~ Historic, luxury 17th century Chateau Hotel less than an hour from Paris near Fontainebleau ~

         

“ Luxury historic chateau set in a rural village among glorious landscapes where Impressionists
like Renoir, Monet and Sisley created their best paintings. It's near the impressive Fontainebleau
castle, Milly-la-Forêt, Vaux-le-Vicomte and Barbizon. ”

~ One of our "Chateaux & Hotels de Charme" ~
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Château de Bourron 14 bis, Rue du Maréchal Foch 77780 - Bourron-Marlotte (7 km south of Fontainebleau) - French National Trust Heritage - Email: ILABourron@ila-chateau.com Paris 70 km • Barbizon 17 km • Nemours 10 km Disneyland Resort 80 km Roissy Airport Charles de Gaulle 100 km (1h30 drive minimum) Orly Airport 60 km (1h00 drive minimum) Vaux-le-Vicomte 30 km (One of the great monuments of French     17th-century architecture) GPS Coordinates:    - Latitude    02° 42' 30"    - Longitude 48° 20' 31" Owners: Count & Countess Guy de Cordon Number of Rooms / Suites: 2 / 2 Rates: from 160 € / from 250 € Suites only are air-conditioned Open all year round except for Christmas Secure WI-FI connection Gastronomic Restaurant in the old stables    - Advance reservation compulsory    - Closed on Monday, Tuesday and Sunday evening Extensive grounds (100 acre estate) 8 Golf courses nearby Tennis - Helipad Horse riding in the nearby forest of Fontainebleau A haven for team-building, group dynamics or any outdoor activities Possibility of exclusive renting Ideal setting for any kind of prestigious event for up to 200 people (elegant weddings - glamourous nights' parties - fashion or movies shootings)

~ Arrival by helicopter at your venue ~

Situated at the edge of the Fontainebleau forest (40,000 acres), the château shares a delightful informal walled wooded estate of over 100 acres with romantic alleys shaded by a profusion of century-old linden trees.

Classified as "Monument Historique" (French National trust Heritage), Bourron is a stately brick and stone castle built at the very beginning of the 17th century, surrounded with moats from an earlier feudal fortress, in the middle of a formal grass garden "à la française". It's architecture of pure sobriety, great character and spirit is typical from Ile de France region.

With its two horseshoe-shaped staircases it really echoes the famous nearby château de Fontainebleau which was transformed in the early-16th century by the flamboyant François 1er into a magnificent Renaissance Palace, becoming later on Napoleon's favourite place.

Bourron belongs to the Montesquiou-Fezensac family for over one hundred years. The actual descendants, Estrella et Guy de Cordon, still live there and run the place as a "Chateau receiving paying guests ". They are charming and delightful hosts with a fund of stories to tell about their home, ancestors and locality. A night at Bourron is more like being the house-guests of cultural friends than staying in a hotel. Although ignored by a large majority of travelling guides, Bourron remains a little gem capturing the true pastoral spirit of this part of Ile de France and in spite of the luxurious interiors there is nothing pretentious or formal about the atmosphere, which is friendly and happy.

Estrella and Guy have a real affection for Bourron, of which they are justifiably proud. Family heirlooms are everywhere and they even have named the bedrooms after their grandparents. Equipped with all modern facilities, they all are spacious and each has a distinctive character - high ceilings and genuine antiques - some with 17thcentury old tiled floor and linen by Brunschwig, others with hangings by Pierre Frey or silk empire canopy from Lelièvre.

Bourron really is "The French way of life at it's best" and an unusual stopover not to be missed as well as an exciting venue to consider for any kinds of special events at less than one hour drive from Paris.

“ Unter den Linden ”
A wedding ceremony in the park

Seminars (Six meeting-rooms all well lit by natural daylight)

	History of the room of General de Brye ~ Count Gérard de Brye (1902 - 1964) and his wife Odette (1908 - 2002) Cavalry officer, engineer, legion of honour, cross of war & native of Calvados. She was a harpist, author and composer.

~ History of the suite La Bédoyère ~
Count Antoine and his wife Yvonne de La Bédoyère were from a family famous
for their ancester the Count Charles de La Bédoyère, French General (1786-1815).
He went to arrest Napoléon in Grenoble after his return from Elba Island but
Charles decided instead to join him and was shot when the royalty was re-established.

~ History of the Suite Cordon ~
Count René and his wife Christiane de Cordon are natives of the Savoie, and their
ancestors fought for a long time for the independence of the Savoie before it was
absorbed into to France in 1860. Loyal papists, the Cordon family followed the
different crusades.
The coat of arms and the portrait of the Knight Jacques de Cordon are respectively on
the left and on the right of the canopy. He fought the "unfaithful" in 1585 as a knight
of the Order of Malta during the battle of Passava and Machomette. At the centre of the
canopy is the engraving of the Countess Gower and her daughter Elisabeth. She welcomed
Christine de Cordon in England during the turbulent period of the French Revolution.

~ History of the Montgolfier brothers' room ~
Félix and Colette de Montgolfier had for ancestors the famous brothers, Joseph and
Etienne, who invented the first hydraulic machine. They are mainly remembered for
the invention of the hot air-ship or fire-balloon (1783). History books remember the
flight of a hot air balloon from the Tuileries Gardens in front of the stupefied King
Louis XVI. The first flight transported a sheep, a cock and a duck.
You can see a medallion which represents the two inventors and above the beautiful
Louis XV chimney mantle, there is a painting which represents the English park in
the chateau in 1881.

~ ”Cabaret Mère Antoni” ~
Painted at Bourron-Marlotte by Renoir in 1866
(National Museum - Stockholm)

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