Chateau Du Grand-Luce

The Château du Grand-Lucé is a French national treasure, located in the Loire Valley, a 55-minute train ride from Paris. Constructed between 1760 and 1764 by Baron Jacques Pineau de Viennay, this neoclassical icon was the vanguard of extravagance and luxury – built for noblemen and meant to host both royalty and the profound philosophers of the Age of Enlightenment. Hotel Château is a destination changing property for the Loire Valley, bringing Parisienne sophistication and an elevated level of design and luxury to the garden of France.

Inspired by Baron Pineau de Viennay insistence in exacting every detail with the finest in ultimate savoir faire. Hotel Château opened with the same curated attention, providing today’s elite guests with the Baron’s vision of modern splendor – translated centuries later.

The property itself is magnificent – a private enclave of eighty acres surrounded by the original medieval wall which itself is a piece of historic art. The grounds include perfectly manicured classic French gardens, the Jardin Anglais, set at a lower elevation and receiving the most warmth from the Loire Valley sunshine, the potager gardens and orchards, filled with vegetables, fruits and herbs for the hotel’s kitchen, a lake, fields and meadows, and a historic white oak forest where statues given as a gift from King Louis XV are secreted.