From Vikings to Versailles

Château de l'Isle-Marie stands on the elevated site of a Viking fortress. In winter it is truly an island; the fields surrounding the gardens are flooded and the castle, wreathed in a magical mist, seems to float on a shimmering sea that mirrors a silver sky.

In spring and summer the lush meadows and woodlands of
the estate burst into blossom and in autumn the countryside
is ablaze with colour.

The main residence on l'Isle-Marie is built in a delightful, neo-renaissance style.

On the estate are two other fine houses. In the seventeenth century Field Marshall de Bellefonds - a companion of king Louis XIV - added a manor house with an adjacent chapel designed by Mansart, the architect of Versailles.

And last but not least, there is the beautiful late sixteenth century Château aux Espaules.