Château de Caillebert

Dear visitors, we are delighted to welcome you to the Loir Valley, in historic Anjou.

Nestling in a green setting is the elegant Château de Caillebert, with its outbuildings and 11 hectares of meadows and forests. Home to the illustrious Baron Schramm, Napoleon's general, and a branch of the Castelbajac family with a passion for horses and hunting, this château is a fascinating page in French history. In 2020, a very large family embarked on the wonderful adventure of restoring the estate's buildings and offering you a choice of listed gîtes in an exceptional setting. The price of the gîtes is used for this restoration.
The château sleeps 15 people and the longère sleeps 9.
The château has been perfectly restored to provide security and comfort on a daily basis.

The grounds are ideal for relaxing and unwinding, and you'll love the sunset aperitifs. Away from the crowds, you'll enjoy a unique experience, plunging into the past, the serenity of the surroundings and respect for nature. At sunrise, you'll see roe deer roaming freely in the park.

The Loir valley is full of activities, including La Flèche zoo, La Monnerie lake, Terra Botanica, the Malicorne earthenware museum, bike hire, swimming pool, tennis, golf at Sablé and Baugé, Angers 30 minutes away, Saumur and Le Mans and its racetrack.
Close to the Château de Chambiers, the Château de Plessis-Bourré and the Château du Lude, the Loire's leading castle, 20 minutes away.
Also close to the abbeys of Solesmes and fontevraud. We are at the heart of several long-distance hiking trails, and close to the Sarthe greenway.
Local produce (Sarthe goat's cheese, Anjou wine producers) can be found in the surrounding area.
Intimate weddings possible (up to 24 people);
Company seminars;
Photo shoots;
Wellness retreats.

On the ground floor you will find :
2 entrances;
A ceremonial lounge with a table for 10 to 12 people;
A ceremonial lounge with cosy corner, 2 sofas (one in Roche Bobois nubuck) and bistro-style table football;
1 small lounge with piano;
1 library;
1 long dining room with a table seating 24, just like at the Parisian Bristol with its fresco, overlooking the park at sunset;
The hunting room or large kitchen with its table for 12 to 15 guests and its pool table;
1 pantry with sink and plenty of storage space;
1 laundry room with sink, washing machine, tumble dryer and plenty of storage space;
1 storeroom with antique sink and a large American fridge-freezer;
2 toilets.
The farmhouse has a large living room with leather sofa.
All served by Wi-Fi or wired connection. There is no television in the château, but there is a flat-screen TV in the farmhouse.

The château can accommodate a maximum of 15 people, but the size of the premises allows for a wide range of configurations:

There are 5 majestic bedrooms with new bedding on the 1st floor:
Atine's bedroom with queensbed and green bathroom with new toilet and bathtub;
Countess Elisabeth's bedroom with queensbed, balcony and pink bathroom with new toilet and bath;
Marie's bedroom with queensbed, wooden cot and art deco shower room with toilet;
Augustine's royal bedroom with a queensbed;
Agnès' bedroom with 2 single beds, a 70x190 extra bed, a wooden cot and a bathroom with bath and new toilet.

On the 2nd floor, you can sleep in 5 completely new bedrooms (with new bedding):
Anne's large bedroom with queensbed and wooden cot;
Thérèse's bedroom with queensbed,
Marie-Madeleine's bedroom, small room with exposed beams, 1 bed 90x200 ;
Geneviève's large bedroom with a 90*200 bed (optional for €50 per night);
Clothilde's room, a new room with exposed beams, 1 bed 90*200 (optional for €50 per night).

On the 3rd floor, in the turret, is the lovebirds' bedroom, with a queensbed, thick white woollen carpet and a splendid view over the rooftops (option for €100 per night).

Augustine's room and the rooms on the 2nd and 3rd share the white bathroom with the white room and bathroom on the 2nd.
The baths are beautiful and perfectly clean, but they bear the marks of decades gone by.

Bed linen is provided and reserved beds will be made up on arrival - unless special arrangements have been made at the time of booking (you may bring your own bed linen, in which case a discount will be offered). All rooms on the 2nd and 3rd floors are air-conditioned in July and August.

In the farmhouse, you will find :
1 bedroom with a 180 cm wide kingsbed and an umbrella bed;
1 bedroom with two single beds and two bunk beds;
These two bedrooms share a large bathroom with bath;
1 bedroom with kingsbed and wooden cot, and its own shower room and toilet.

The electricity system has been completely upgraded, the château and the farmhouse are served by fibre optic cables, and a powerful geothermal heat pump provides regular heating in winter.
The château has been insulated, and most of the windows have been replaced with double-glazed units, while those that have been retained provide optimum ventilation. Large velux windows have been added to the roof to give the 2nd floor bedrooms plenty of natural light.
The wastewater drains have all been refurbished, and the filtered and purified water flows into the secure pond where geese and ducks frolic.
The estate comprises 5 ha of parkland and 5 ha of forest, the rest being covered by buildings. The entire property is accessible to travellers from the château, except for access to the other outbuildings. In the garden there are swings and a large trampoline, a table tennis table, a large gas barbecue and a wood-burning barbecue.
Electricity charges are included in the rental price at a rate of 16kwh per day, which corresponds to normal use of the château. Any excess will be billed to guests.

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