Chateaux

Published: 18:14 EDT, 19 September 2017 | Updated: 18:20 EDT, 19 September 2017 An enormous chateau with sprawling gardens and several outhouses is going up for auction with bids starting at just one euro. Chateau de Blancafort was built in the Loire Valley in 1453 with Roman-style turrets and a French Baroque façade added two hundred … Continue reading »

“My job is to produce TV shows, documentaries, talk shows,” Mr. Remilleux said. “For the past five or six years, I produce mostly documentaries about history, because the more I become old, the more I want to do only what I love.” He was awarded the Order of Arts and Letters in 2014. In an … Continue reading »

French chateau for just $3.5 million seems like a steal COLLEEN HAWKES Last updated 14:18, March 23 2017 JOHN D WOOD & ASSOC This stunning 10-bedroom French chateau in Vienne could have been a copy of Disney’s Cinderella Castle, except it was built 140 years earlier. A French chateau is the stuff of dreams and this … Continue reading »

Many purchasers like the idea of owning a piece of history, but the appeal of the château is broader, says Tim Swannie of French agent Home Hunts. “Status is important for some buyers – the French château fits nicely alongside the Alpine chalet, Tuscan farmhouse and city penthouse – but that is far from being … Continue reading »

Many purchasers like the idea of owning a piece of history, but the appeal of the château is broader, says Tim Swannie of French agent Home Hunts. “Status is important for some buyers – the French château fits nicely alongside the Alpine chalet, Tuscan farmhouse and city penthouse – but that is far from being … Continue reading »

Published: 00:37 EDT, 18 March 2017 | Updated: 07:09 EDT, 18 March 2017 They boast up to 17 bedrooms, swimming pools and acres of landscaped gardens – but these stunning French chateaus are still cheaper than a rundown Sydney home. As the median house price in Sydney soars to well over a million dollars, Daily … Continue reading »

Image Credits: www.chateaugudanes.com It looks like something straight out of a fairy tale. A sleeping beauty of a chateau was neglected and abandoned for years until a family fell in love with the magic of it in 2011. Chateau de Gudanes, built in the 1740’s, is a 94 room mansion neatly tucked away in the valley of the … Continue reading »

Ottawa’s hotel lobby group will wait to see what happens in Toronto before pushing for regulations targeting Airbnb, but the hoteliers already know what they want from city hall. Steve Ball, president of the Ottawa Gatineau Hotel Association, said a municipal licensing system should restrict hosts to posting on Airbnb only their principle residences to … Continue reading »

I will readily admit to being a Francophile over a wide range of topics—history, art, architecture, land- and seacape, food and, not least, wine, which is something of a first love because when I was in my salad days it seemed appropriate to drink French wine, after getting over a transient infatuation with Mateus Rose, … Continue reading »

La La Land’s singing and dancing stars Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone may be center stage in the Oscar-nominated film, but movie history buffs (and Angelenos) likely noticed another small but significant cameo right at the end when, ahem, the big thing happens. (No spoilers here.) The Chateau Marmont, Hollywood’s most infamous hotel, makes an appearance, as the final … Continue reading »