Chateau Rideau - Chic Chateau in the Bordeaux vines
Chateau/Castle with 9 Bedrooms, Sleeps 24, Garden, Swimming Pool
The chic Chateau Rideau in the Bordeaux vines has a wonderfully relaxed atmosphere and staff on hand to make sure life's really easy for you. Eight huge en-suite bedrooms accommodate 16 adults and further dorms take up to 8 children. A stunning swimming pool, private screening cinema (with comprehensive DVD library) and a chapel bar complete the picture. There are complimentary REN spa products in the bathrooms and iPod docks in every bedroom.
Enjoy breakfast on the east terrace, with views over the wild flower meadows; laze in a hammock; catch a film; take tea and cakes by the pool; or hide from the world in the Chapel bar. Dinners and lunches can be provided for you on request. You and your family and friends can enjoy the setting that this stunning medieval chateau affords but in contemporary style and luxury.
All of the bedrooms at the Chateau Rideau feature enormous super king size double beds with crisp white sheets, luxury fake fur throws, iPod docks and complimentary REN products in the bathrooms.
The main chateau kitchen is the heart of the house, overlooked by a splendid 15th Century fireplace and equipped with a brand new Aga, dishwasher, dining table for 10, and stereo.
Step up from the kitchen into the Chapel Bar. Fully stocked and with as many cocktail glasses as any budding barman might aspire to, the bar also features a wall mounted plasma screen with Sky feed, keeping you abreast of the latest sports action. Alternatively, play your iPod through the system and use the screen as a giant jukebox.
Double doors from the kitchen lead into the stately dining room which accommodates up to 20 seated for a formal dinner. There's a huge open fire at one end and a small library area where guests may choose from over 1000 titles of holiday reading.
A 40 metre corridor then stretches the length of the wing, opening onto a fully equipped Chef Kitchen. This enables a booked chef to cater for your party without interferring with any activities in your own Chateau kitchen.
The snug, a small sitting room with wood burning stove, is replete with modern sofas and a retro 70's chandelier.
The cinema delivers THX quality film projection to a three metre screen with tiered sloppy sofa seating for 18 .
The Maroc lounge: this final lounge can be adapted according to the booking. It can be decked out as a games room, with table football and table tennis, or to provide a conference facility, or even a teen den.
Facilities include: Broadband WiFi throughout the house, a professional cinema, a satellite TV, an extensive DVD library, a plasma screen with satellite link in the Chapel bar, table tennis, a boules terrace, and croquet.
The Chateau Rideau sits within 10 acres of landscaped gardens and grounds.
Facilities for this holiday chateau/castle in Libourne, Aquitaine/Dordogne
Real Fire, Central Heating, Maid Service, Telephone, House Linen, Towels Provided, Internet Access.
Entertainment:
Satellite TV, Video, DVD, CD System, Board Games.
Outside:
Private Pool, Terrace, Garden, BBQ, Parking, Garden Furniture. Take breakfast on the East terrace with views across the vines & the wild flower meadow to the neighbouring chateau. Lunch on the south terrace & take the last rays of sunshine on the west terrace.
Suitability:
Children Welcome, Suitable For Elderly.
Local activities in and around Libourne, Aquitaine/Dordogne
Chateau Rideau is five minutes from the nearest town, Castillon La Bataille, where you will find banks, supermarkets, estate agents etc.
Two minutes from a bathing lake with restaurant and bar.
Fifteen minutes drive from chic and sophisticated St Emilion, the first UNESCO World Heritage site.
Forty minutes from the splendid shops and restaurants of Bordeaux, and an hour and a half from the nearest beaches at Arcachon.
Locally, within fifteen minutes, you can enjoy canoeing, riding, tennis, jet skiing, quad biking, and inland lakes with restaurants and water slides.
Restaurants: We're very lucky to be within a mile of a gem of a restaurant offering contemporary French cuisine in a stylish environment. La Poudette is a must for any guest with a gastronomic interest and particularly welcomes our guests who are very well looked after.
A five minute drive over the hills will take you the Les Ramparts, a hotel run by an English couple whose cooking has casued a stir within the local community. The evening view over the hill is charming.
St Emillion boasts a Michelin star restaurant, La Hostillerie Du Plaisance, which is impressive but not for the faint hearted diner. A little further afield, the St James' Hotel in Boulliac serves up a stunningly modern Menu Decouvert in the dining room of the original 'Hip Hotel'; pricey, but a memorable experience.
Bordeaux, a 40 minute drive away, is of course heaving with fine gastronomic establishments which are listed in some detail at the chateau.
There many other local restaurants serving regional specialities which of course include Fois Gras and everything duck related. During the summer months we also benefit from a typical French grill restaurant which is outdoors on the banks of the Dordogne.
Other: The closest town for shopping purposes is Castillon La Bataille, approximately four minutes drive away, and there is a different regional market within easy reach every day of the week.
Rental rates for this chateau/castle
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Low Season Rate From:
£8400.00
€10584.00
$13608.00
High Season Rate From:
£10000.00
€12600.00
$16200.00
Rental Notes: - Security deposit: £500. This is paid by cheque on arrival and will be refunded in full after departure subject to damage inspection. - Linen & towels: All linen and bath towels are included in the rental price. - Energy costs: Included in the rental price. - End of stay cleaning: Included. Please leave the property in the state that you found it. - Arrival time: 4pm onwards. - Departure time: 10am. - Pets: 2 pets allowed. - Smoking: No smoking in the property. Smoking only allowed in the chapel bar.
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Availability of Chateau Rideau
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