Informations pratique

Access

Jardins et parc de Breteuil

CHOISEL, 78460 CHEVREUSE

35 km from Paris, 20 km from Versailles and 7 km (along paths for walkers) from Saint Rémy-lès-Chevreuse.
Coming from Paris: at the Sèvres bridge, take the N118 towards Bordeaux, Saclay exit, then follow the RN306 to Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse. Then follow signs for Les Molières and the route is marked with arrows.

 
 

Contact

Owners : Henri-François and Séverine de Breteuil

Tél. : 01 30 52 05 02

Fax : 01 30 52 71 10

contact@breteuil.fr

 
 

Services & opening times

Open for visits all year round, daily from 10.00 to 18.30

Individual visitors : the park opens at 10.00, tours of the chateau from 14.30 (last visit starts at 17.30). On Sundays and every day during school holidays in the Paris region, additional tour at 11.30 and story teller at 16.30

Groups : open for visits in the morning or afternoon by prior arrangement.

Playground and picnic areas.

Kiosk-creperie open from midday on Sundays and public holidays from 1st April to 28th October. Tearoom open on Sundays from 4th November to 25th March (closed in December).

Limited access for disabled Airport / Aerodrome nearby Children's playground Shop Parking area for camper vans and caravans Dogs admitted when kept on lead
Group visit Room hire Free bus parking Open 7 days out of 7 Shady picnic areas
 
 

Tariffs 2008

 

Gardens and fairy tales: full rate 7.90€, reduced rate 6.40€ (young people and seniors).

Chateau, gardens and fairy tales: full rate 11.90€, reduced rate 9.90€ (seniors), 8.90€ (children)

 
 

Visites Virtuelles

 

Breteuil

listed by the French Ministry of Culture as " remarkable gardens "

 

The gardens of the chateau of Breteuil have been listed by the French Ministry of Culture as " remarkable gardens ". The magnificent park, covering 75 hectares, can be rediscovered as the seasons change: some visitors will find interesting botanical specimens, others a maze and play area, but everyone will find a place where they are free to relax.

   Jardins et parcs de Breteuil

Breteuil was built on a promontory and dominates the Regional Nature Park of the Vallée de Chevreuse. The site has been the subject of continuous improvements for 400 years.

The French style gardens, which include a water mirror and borders planted with yews and topiary bushes, form a magnificent backdrop to the chateau; they are the creation of Achille Duchêne. These gardens are enclosed by an English style park laid out on one of the slopes of the Vallée de Chevreuse. Clumps of rhododendrons which flower in the spring, carpets of wild cyclamen in the autumn and striking trees punctuate the promenade which leads to 2 romantic pools, the realm of the ducks. In the hollow of a small valley are some outstanding examples of grafted chestnut trees, the remains of a plantation dating from the XVIIIth Century, which have now become ecological shelters for nocturnal birds of prey and woodland insects.

This botanical heritage has been enriched with contemporary creations on the Italian style terraces, which were laid out in the XVIIIth Century. On the oldest of these, the present Princes' Garden includes perennial plants, tree peonies, collector's Japanese cherry trees and shrubs of all kinds, all organised around the former watering pond for the kitchen garden and orchard and along a pergola which is covered in roses in spring. On another terrace the maze created from 1000 box trees, which was inaugurated in the year 2000, is a contemporary interpretation of the fanciful copse which disappeared in the XIXth Century.

A visit to Breteuil also means visiting the chateau, to discover its works of art and also its history, which is brought to life through the 50 waxwork figures from the Musée Grévin. You can also make your way from the washhouse to the fruit storeroom, from the hunting room to the stable, where you will meet Cinderella, the Sleeping Beauty or Puss in Boots, all heroes and heroines of the fairy tales of Charles Perrault… With so much on offer, a walk at Breteuil becomes a magical process of discovery.

Evénements

  • Breteuil at table

    The various scenes include miniature to represent the most famous paintings evoking the gastonomy through the ages.
    April 19th to November 16th 2008.

  • Easter

    Egg hunting through the park.
    Sunday march 23rd and Monday March 24th 2008 at 5 p.m.

  • Breteuil special feast day

    Musketeers ok the king, Officers of Napoleon, theater for children storytellers.
    Sunday June 8th : 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

  • Heritage day

    Grand franco-american costume ball inspired by " Gone with the wind " with the company " Carnet de bals ".
    Sunday September 21st : 3 to 6 p.m.

  • Magical Breteuil

    Table settings for Christmas and the New Year.
    December 20th 2008 – January 4th 2009.