Chateaux

Published: 01:50 EST, 9 September 2016 | Updated: 02:49 EST, 9 September 2016 We spy the towering chateau as we make our way along the long, winding gravel driveway, the vast building looking magnificent and welcoming at the same time. Tucked away in the French countryside in a tiny village called Tocqueville, our impressive home … Continue reading »

Courtesy of Chateau Ste. Michelle Chateau Ste. Michelle is Washington state’s largest winery and will celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2017. Courtesy of Kevin Cruff/Chateau Ste. Michelle Chateau Ste. Michelle’s Canoe Ridge vineyard is seen in this photo. Chateau Ste. Michelle is Washington state’s largest winery and will celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2017. Chateau … Continue reading »

SARATOGA — It’s the latest in Silicon Valley real estate: your own chateau, built by winemaker Paul Masson to entertain his chums. And you can have it for $7 million — not a bad price, given the dizzying state of the Silicon Valley market. The hilltop estate sits on 3-plus acres and has its own … Continue reading »

Long before anyone worried about drones crashing through the front window, winemaker Paul Masson built a chateau in the hills above Saratoga. Now it’s for sale. You can have it for $7 million — not bad in the Silicon Valley real estate market, where paying upwards of $5 million for a house somehow doesn’t register … Continue reading »

From ‘Disney castle’ to abandoned ruins: Haunting pictures inside a crumbling chateau that was once the stuff of fairy tales  Chateau Miranda looks like something out of a Disney film from the outside, but is in ruins on the insideIt was built in 1866 by English architect Edward Milner – it’s now known as Chateau … Continue reading »

Published: 18:51 EST, 12 August 2016 | Updated: 13:55 EST, 13 August 2016 Prince William and Kate spent part of their recent summer break in the 16th-century holiday home of Michael Green The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have holidayed in a stunning French chateau owned by the media boss who first employed David Cameron. … Continue reading »

The newly restored château de Môh captures the languorous luxury of the French countryside.   It is lunchtime on a bitterly cold January day when I arrive at Château de Môh. Within moments of pulling up to the estate—a restored 15th-century castle overlooking the confluence of the Vienne and Loire Rivers in the village of Candes-Saint-Martin—I am … Continue reading »

Published: 15:56 EST, 31 July 2016 | Updated: 08:45 EST, 4 August 2016 An opulent French villa on the Côte d’Azur has been valued at £250million – putting it on course to be the most expensive home ever sold. Villa Les Cedres is in Saint Jean Cap Ferrat, a refuge between Nice and Monaco for … Continue reading »

Founded as a women-only college in 1879 by Thomas Holloway, the college officially became part of the University of London in 1900 and started to admit male students in 1946. In 1985, it merged with Bedford College. The institution is based in Egham, Surrey, and has a total of 19 academic departments.    Courses and Teaching … Continue reading »

Published: 18:08 EST, 31 July 2016 | Updated: 06:22 EST, 1 August 2016 Dick Strawbridge is rather proud of the fact he and his wife Angel are ‘do-ers’, which is why this evening they’ll be enjoying a bottle of the Loire valley’s finest on the front lawn of the sort of fairy- tale chateau the … Continue reading »