Château de la Couronne
- Style
- Fairtytale French château
- Setting
- Peaceful Marthon village
A 16th-century château immersed in its own landscaped parc, this imposing but intimate boutique hotel near Bordeaux has been lavished with contemporary attention to create a restfully rustic urbane haven.
Need to know
- Rooms
- Five suites.
- Rates
- €145–€315, excluding breakfast (€15). You can rent the whole château for €2,000 a night (€12,000 a week).
- Check-out
- 11am, later check-out can be arranged in advance, subject to availability.
- Facilities
- Cinema, billiard room, DVD/CD library, free WiFi in the piano lounge. In rooms: flatscreen TV, DVD/CD player, fully stocked fridge, Marseilles toiletries.
- Poolside
- The large heated pool is surrounded by five acres of manicured, Louis XVI-style gardens, with plenty of sun-soaking space on the tiled terrace.
- Children
- There are plenty of activities, both indoor and outdoor, for young ones, including pool and tennis. Cots are available free, and extra beds can be provided for €40 a night.
- Hotel closed
- Although the hotel is open throughout the year, it is usually rented as a whole in July and September.
- Also
- Massages, manicures and pedicures may be pre-booked. Château guests are free to use Marthon’s village tennis club facilities, and rackets are available to borrow.
In the know
- Our favourite rooms
- We were seduced by Suite 4, which has a vast double-tubbed bathroom, and natural stone walls snaked with exposed copper piping. It’s one of the hotel’s largest suites, with modern iron-and-glass furniture, bright lime-green cushions, and a toe-scrunchingly fluffy navy blue carpet. Suites 2 and 5 have turrets, and the latter also boasts a striking coloured-glass mosaic between its twin corner baths.
- Packing tips
- A frisbee, for flinging around the extensive green gardens. The château’s also popular as a film set, so bring along your camcorder and make your own movie magic.
- Also
- The hotel’s cinema space not only features a 2.5-metre widescreen, but also caters to the musically minded with acoustic guitars, drums, a keyboard and amps on hand to play with.
Food & drink
- Hotel restaurant
- Although there’s no restaurant, Château de la Couronne can prepare a dinner for 10 or more, if booked in advance. A wide-ranging buffet breakfast is served under the sky-high ceilings of the refectoire.
- Dress code
- Catwalk-casual (Nicky, the owner, is a former Top Shop bigwig, so dress to impress).
- Top table
- Nursing a glass of wine on the black leather chesterfield in the gorgeous Stone Salon.
- Last orders
- Drinks are available round the clock.
- Hotel bar
- There’s an extremely well stocked honesty bar in the Stone Salon, and you can also kick back with a local wine in the 70s-feel White Salon in front of the original open fireplace, or in the Piano Salon, buy the bay window overlooking the gardens.
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