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Chateau de Hautefort

4.0/5 (1 ratings)

Photographs © Oxford Botanica/Adam Hodge

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As elsewhere in Europe, an enthusiasm for Arts and Crafts ideals led to historically-influenced restoration work. Hautefort was once a Roman camp. It belonged to a famous troubadour-poet in the 12th century. The site is dramatic and commands extensive views ofﾅ.The present chateau was built between 1630 and 1670. In 1929, Baron Henry de Bastard and his wife began to restore the Chateau and its garden. They made neat parterres which nestle inside the fortifications in the medieval manner. But their planting owes more to the design ideas of the seventeenth century. The enthusiasm for old castles and clipped hedges can also be seen at Crathes and Sissinghurst.

Address - 24390 Hautefort, Aquitaine, France
Opening times - Easter to October. Daily. Open 9am to noon and 2pm to 7pm.
Admission - Entrance fee
Website - Visit the Chateau de Hautefort website

Local Hotels

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Hotel Le St-Robert (7km away)
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Le Moulin De Mitou (17km away)
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Hostellerie L'imaginaire (18km away)
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Logis Auberge De La Truffe - Hotel De La Mairie (18km away)
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Inter-Hotel Le Moulin Rouge (18km away)
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Logis Auberge De La Mandrie (19km away)
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Auberge Sur Vezere (20km away)
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Au Créol'a (20km away)
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Reviews and Comments

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over 4 years ago Adam Hodge said
As one strides up the wide drive flanked with bold, immaculately trimmed hedging one suddenly beholds this striking Chateau perched high above the surrounding landscape. The gardens, although not that extensive, wrap around the Chateau. Intricate Box patterns with delightful and tastefully toned seasonal bedding schemes decorate the gardens at the east end whilst on the northern side a line of columnar Yews with box bases break the wide view.
It is a lovely place There is plenty to enjoy.

(4.0/5)

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