Before You Arrive
Practical Information
What to know before you come
Getting Here
Finding Chazeuil
By Car
330 km from Paris · 3–3.5 hours
75 km from Clermont-Ferrand, 150 km from Lyon, motorway most of the way. Ample private parking on the grounds. GPS coordinates are sent with your booking confirmation.
By Train
SNCF station 2 km away
Paris Bercy to the local station takes about 2.5 hours. Private transfers from the platform can be arranged in advance — tell us your train and someone will be there.
By Air
Clermont-Ferrand airport 79 km · about 1 hour
Lyon-Saint Exupéry is 150 km (1.5 hours) and Paris CDG 3.5 hours by road.
Around the Estate
What Is Nearby
8 km
Briailles golf course
Golf in the Bourbonnais countryside
Sports
27 km
Vichy
Thermal spas, Belle Époque architecture and the Opera
Culture
29 km
Moulins
Historic capital of Bourbonnais — its cathedral, museums and architecture
Culture
79 km
Clermont-Ferrand airport
The nearest international airport
Travel
- Le PalFamilyAmusement park and wildlife sanctuary
- CharrouxHeritageMedieval village — one of France's 'Plus Beaux Villages'
- ApremontNatureBotanical gardens and floral park
- Wake ParkSportsWater sports and wakeboarding
- Bourbon-l'ArchambaultWellnessThermal town with centuries of healing tradition
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Bourbonnais, Auvergne‑Rhône‑Alpes
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The Estate Opens to Guests·The first holiday house welcomes guests, and three more units in a second, renovated house open with the 2027 season.
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What's Included
Your Stay Includes
- Linens and towelsPremium, changed on request
- Wi-Fi throughoutEvery building on the estate
- Heating and hot waterGas central heating
- Heated pool14.95 × 6.50 m · open all season, heated from early May to the end of October · daily 09:00–19:00 · a private hour after closing, on request, arranged with the estate, included in the price
- Finnish saunaWood-fired · daily 09:00–19:00 · a private hour after closing, included in the price
- 35 hectares of groundsForest trails, ponds, meadows
- Kitchen garden harvestFruit, vegetables, eggs, goat milk
- Private parkingOn the grounds
- Welcome hamperLocal Bourbonnais produce
- Countryside PassportOur guide to the region
La Maison d'Été from €650 a night
- The season opens on 6 May 2027
- Stays from 2 nights
House Guidelines
Living Together
This is our family's home, and for a while yours too. Please treat it as you would your own.
We reply within 24 hours, and within 48 hours at the busiest times. Phone or WhatsApp +33 7 69 31 68 93, or email [email protected].
- In 14:00–20:00 · out by 12:00Tell us your arrival time in advance
- Season: 6 May – 30 November
- Quiet 22:00 – 08:00
- Minimum 2 nights
- No parties or events
- No smoking indoors
- Children supervised near water
- No pets
- Respect the wildlife
What You Arrive To
Room to be left alone
Old oaks, spring-fed ponds, and all the quiet you came for.
See the full archiveCommon Questions
Frequently Asked
Booking
- 2 nights, with arrival on any day of the week; please book at least 48 hours ahead. Booking directly with us, longer stays are rewarded: 7+ nights 10% off, 14+ nights 15% off and 30+ nights 25% off. Only the highest discount you reach applies; discounts never combine. The 2027 season runs from 6 May to 30 November.
- The nightly price is the same all season, July and August included, with no cleaning fee, and the tourist tax is included. All stays include: linens and towels, heating, Wi-Fi, the pool (open all season, heated from early May to the end of October) and the Finnish sauna (daily 09:00–19:00), private forest and trails, parking, a welcome hamper with local produce, and access to the kitchen garden's seasonal harvest (fruit, vegetables, eggs, and goat milk when available). Experiences and airport transfers are available at additional cost.
- Check-in is between 14:00 and 20:00; please tell us your arrival time in advance. Check-out is by 12:00. Early check-in or late check-out may be arranged subject to availability: just ask when booking.
- Booking is instant: you pay a 30% deposit and the nights are yours at once. The deposit is not refundable. The balance is charged 30 days before arrival.
- The refund depends on how long before arrival you cancel. 7 days or more before arrival: everything paid beyond the 30% deposit is refunded; the deposit is not; 6 days or fewer before arrival, or no-show: no refund. If we have to cancel your stay, you get back everything you paid, plus compensation equal to the 30% deposit.
- The damage deposit is €500 per house. It is not taken online: you pay it on arrival, when you sign the house rules, by card, cash or cheque. It is returned after the house is checked, within 7 days at the latest.
- No. The château is the family's home and is not rented, now or later. You stay in one of the houses on the estate. Now and then a visit inside may be possible, but we cannot promise one. Families and groups who want several houses together can write to us through the gatherings page, and we arrange everything with them.
- No. There is no reception desk, no room service and no daily housekeeping. You get a key, a welcome hamper, the run of the park, and a house to make your own for as long as you stay.
- Not with an online booking. From December to early May the estate is closed to bookings: the renovation carries on and the next season is prepared, and the estate keeps breathing and growing. In those months we open only for private events and retreats, by arrangement, for people we know and guests who have stayed with us before. Please don't count on a stay at Christmas or New Year. The season runs from 6 May to 30 November.
Getting Here
- The château is at Varennes-sur-Allier (Allier, 03150), in the Bourbonnais region of Auvergne, about 330 km south of Paris (3–3.5 hours by motorway). It is not to be confused with another Château de Chazeuil in the Côte-d'Or. Clermont-Ferrand is 75 km away, Lyon 150 km. The nearest SNCF train station is 2 km from the estate, and shops and services are also 2 km away. We can arrange private transfers from Paris, Lyon, or the local station.
- The Bourbonnais region offers: Le Pal amusement park, the thermal spas and Belle Époque culture of Vichy (27 km), the medieval village of Charroux, the botanical gardens at Apremont, wake parks, the cultural sites of Moulins (29 km), and the thermal town of Bourbon-l'Archambault. The Briailles golf course is 8 km away. For forest trails, fishing, riding stables and craftsmen to visit, every guest receives our own guide to the region, the 'Countryside Passport'.
Families
- Yes, children of any age are welcome; the guest who books directly with us must be at least 23. Inside the 35 walled hectares there are ponds, a heated pool (14.95 × 6.50 m), rustic swings, trails, the farm animals and the woods to explore. Children aged 2 and over count as adults in the guest count and the price. Cots are free for younger children on request; extra beds are not available. High chairs can be arranged with advance notice.
Practical
- Yes. The heated pool (14.95 × 6.50 m) is open all season and heated from early May to the end of October, every day 09:00–19:00, and the wood-fired Finnish sauna 09:00–19:00. A private hour after closing, at the pool or the sauna, can be reserved for your own party on request, arranged with the estate; it is included in the price.
- Pets are not allowed in the holiday house.
- We reply within 24 hours, and within 48 hours at the busiest times. For something urgent, call or send a WhatsApp message to +33 7 69 31 68 93.
- Fast Wi-Fi reaches the holiday house, the pool area and the main grounds. Mobile signal depends on your provider, and deep in the forest there is none at all, which many guests enjoy. For remote work: fast internet, room to work, and monthly rates on request for long stays.
- Please contact us before you book and we will tell you plainly what the house and the grounds offer for guests with limited mobility, so your stay is comfortable.
- There is no restaurant and no meal service: each house has its own kitchen, and the cooking is yours. For a special occasion, a private dinner in the tavern, the château's vaulted cellar, or a meal cooked by a chef we invite can be arranged on request, at least a month ahead. Write to us and we will tell you what is possible.
Events
- Not with a booking made online: the houses are for quiet stays, and bachelor and hen parties are not accommodated. Retreats, family celebrations or the whole estate for a group are arranged privately with the owners: write to us from the gatherings page.
Ready when you are
Anything this page does not answer, ask us directly.
- The season opens on 6 May 2027
- Stays from 2 nights