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Château de La Ballue

Address: Bazouges-la-Pérouse, Combourg
Phone: 02-99-97-47-86
Fax: 02-99-97-47-70
www.la-ballue.com

Category: Castles/Palaces
Location: Combourg

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Fodor's Review:

This château, 18 km (11 mi) east of Combourg and dating from 1620, has sophisticated gardens that feature modern sculpture, leafy groves, columns of yew, a fernery, a labyrinth, and a Temple of Diana. To visit the interior, with its gleaming wood paneling and huge granite staircase, you'll have to stay the night—in one of the five large, beautifully decorated, fabric-swathed guest rooms (each with a four-poster bed), and dine with the dynamic English-speaking owners Alain Schrotter and Marie-France Barrère. Reserve well in advance and be sure to specify whether you'll be staying for dinner. Nineteenth-century writers Alfred de Musset, Honoré de Balzac, and Victor Hugo all preceded you as guests.

Cost: Gardens EUR 8
Open: May-mid-July and Sept., Fri.-Sun. 1-5:30; mid-July-Aug., daily 1-5:30

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