Cormatin castle

The grandest Louis XIII (1628) apartments remaining in France, with painted, sculpted and gold-leafed panelling and ceilings.

Fully furnished with tapestries, vast stone staircase (1623), picturesque kitchen, and drawing-room decorated in 1900 for an Opera director. 25 acres of grounds, flower borders, extensive box maze, old fashioned kitchen garden, etc.

Tea room (open afternoons in the summer).