Scenery of Southern France ~ Living in a big castle

I can't be reincarnated as a nobleman or live a noble life in this life. After traveling in Europe for so many years, I have really visited a lot of castles. Now that I have come to the Loire Valley, and since the most famous thing here is the castle, I might as well take the opportunity to stay there. At least we experienced it ourselves once.

 

We booked Bouvron Marlotte Castle (BouvronMarlotte ) , and drove to the nearby area according to the navigation guide. We had definitely felt the castle, but we were not allowed to enter. We walked around two rounds along the castle wall. Circle, you clearly know that there is a castle inside the big wall, but you can't find the place to enter. You see a big iron gate that is also closed, and it looks like it has been closed for a long time. Finally, you find the closest place. There is a small door. In the yard, the house next to it looked like an office. It was the weekend, and there was no one there. I didn’t even know who to ask.

 

After thinking about it, in fact, this should have been the castle's stables . Now these houses have been rented out to others as offices .

There is a big iron gate next to the house. From here, you can see the inside of the castle. My sister and I were lying on the iron gate and looking around. From a distance, we saw a person driving a small battery car, who looked like a waiter. The two of ushellohello I greeted the person politely, and as expected, the person passed by and opened the door for us.

 

In fact, there are sensors on both sides of the gate. If someone enters this area, the castle should know it, so someone will open the door.

 

After confirming that we were guests, he helped us carry our luggage. Of course we thought he was a bellman or something. When we were introduced to the hotel, we found photos displayed in many places. The man in the photo was the "bellman" in front of us. , it turns out that this is really the master of the castle.

 

From the introduction of the castle, we can see that this castle can be traced back to 15 At the end of the century, the layout of the castle followed the pattern of medieval castles, similar to the Palace of Fontainebleau, surrounded by walls and water; Bouvron ) means "spring", referring to the Gaulish god of water, and later became the name of the lord and the village.

 

The earliest owner was named Robert de Paulon, who seemed to be a writer who wrote some controversial books. Although the owner changed later, the name and location of the castle did not change. The later owner was a viscount. The manor was sold due to the profligacy of the descendants. The buyer was a duke, and his property was passed down to the seventh generation.

In the 16th century, the last owner of the castle was the Montesquieu family, among which Baron Charles·de· Secunda Montesquieu (1689Year1Month18Day-1755Year2Month10Day) He is a French Enlightenment period thinker and lawyer , the founder of Western countries doctrine and legal theory. Together with Voltaire and Rousseau , they are collectively known as " The Three Swordsmen of the French Enlightenment " . " Byzantine Empire " Montesquieu contributed a lot to the popularity of this statement. Montesquieu was an encyclopedic scholar. He has made great academic achievements and received high honors. He was elected as an academician of the Bordeaux Academy of Sciences, academician of the French Academy of Sciences , member of the Royal Society , and academician of the Berlin Royal Academy of Sciences .

 

The male owner’s wife is a descendant of the Montesquieu family, and they inherited this inheritance in 2001. As for why the castle has become a hotel now, in fact, if you think about it, you will know that the maintenance of a castle requires huge expenditures. Now as a hotel, it must be able to supplement some expenses. It is not easy for the nobles to think about it. Now they have to do it for us. Moving boxes, and there are no other service staff in the entire castle.

 

It seems that apart from the owner's family, only my sister and I live here in this huge castle. Our room is called "Mongolfier". The Montgolfier brothers are famous French inventors who invented the hot air balloon. Above the bed is a medal representing the achievements of the Montgolfier brothers.

 

The room is beautiful and the bed and bathroom are very comfortable. It's really comfortable.

Anyway, there are only two of us in the castle. The owner only lives on the east side and does not seem to live in the main area (a good place must be kept to make money, of course). This is because we saw the hostess picking up her son from school and coming back with her. , they entered the castle through the small door on the east side, so the two of us were completely free to wander around the castle. In addition to visiting the public areas and taking photos, we also opened many rooms and browsed them.

 

There is a small table at the entrance that serves as an office desk. In fact, this really doesn't make much sense. It will probably be useful when there are many guests.

 

The one on the left is a restaurant. Because there were too few customers, the owner asked us if we wanted to prepare food. They probably wanted to go buy it and make it now. We both thought it was too much trouble and declined.

 

There is an empty room on the right, which looks like a multi-purpose hall. It should be able to open a ladder or something.

 

The portraits on the wall are probably all of the ancestors. In fact, the names are written next to the portraits, so I really don't care that much.

 

The next room looks like a living room, and it is easy to think of the place where the women drink tea and gossip in "Downton Abbey".

 

 

This room should be considered a study room.

 

After visiting the castle, I went for a walk in the garden. The grand staircase of the castle was very impressive. I originally wanted to take an elegant photo, but through my sister’s lens, I really didn’t look like a noble.

 

The garden is very large, with a forest on one side. Of course we dare not enter casually.

 

 

While strolling in the garden, a big golden retriever came running happily. I guess it rarely saw new people, and it was very enthusiastic when seeing guests.

 

 

There are many fish in the waters around the castle, but they are very shy. As soon as people approach, they will immediately dive under. Do they know that the Chinese are coming? We thought of many ways to make it at that time, such as braised in soy sauce and fish-flavored. , spicy, stewed, haha.

 

I slept soundly all night, and no noble ancestor came to disturb me. When I got up in the morning, I basked in the sun for a while in the garden.

 

Saying goodbye to the host and embarking on the journey can be considered a wonderful experience.