Live like a French aristocrat... from just £41 a night each: 調書をとる／予約する a grand chateau with friends and family this summer and you may be in for a 取引

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Just the word ‘chateau’ sounds expensive, but staying in the 城s and large country houses that were once home to French nobility doesn’t have to blow your holiday 予算.

Gather the 一族／派閥 for a 調書をとる／予約するing of up to a week and you’ll be surprised at how reasonable it can be.

BRITTANY FROM £41

Four-poster 高級な を待つs at the 15th Century Chateau de Queblen 近づく Quimperle

Only the west wing of the 15th Century Chateau de Queblen 近づく Quimperle has so far been 回復するd, but the accommodation is far from 中世.

Eat in the shabby-chic kitchen-diner before moving to the elegant sitting room with marble fireplace and windows looking out to 40 acres of wooded grounds.

の中で the five bedrooms, one with a 木造の four-poster bed is reached 経由で a spiral staircase. The Breton coast beaches are just 15 minutes away.

How to do it: A week in September costs fro m £2,896 for ten (Airbnb 所有物／資産／財産 言及／関連 45252876; also see chateaudequeblen.com). Take the car フェリー（で運ぶ） to St Malo from £349 return (brittany-フェリー（で運ぶ）s.co.uk).

NORMANDY FROM £69

Grand: Chateau du Mont in Normandy is an '課すing' 所有物／資産／財産 with formal and Italian gardens?

A fountain plays outside the 課すing Chateau du Mont, with its formal and Italian gardens. Within, rooms are 十分な of 初めの features and 支持を得ようと努めるd panelling, the nine bedrooms have a 精製するd period 空気／公表する about them, and the bathrooms hav e been nicely modernised.

The thatched, beamed poolhouse has been 変えるd from former stables. Bayeux and its tapestry are just 15 minutes away from this house whose guests have 含むd the?Dalai Lama and the Aga 旅宿泊所.

How to do it: A week in May or September costs from £8,772 for 18 (chateaudumont-normandy.com). Take the car フェリー（で運ぶ） to Le Havre from £146 return (brittany-フェリー（で運ぶ）s.co.uk).

BURGUNDY FROM £54

Chateau Bourgogne, half an hour from Chablis, 誇るs ten bedrooms and a saltwater swimming pool (above)

The decor at Chateau Bourgogne is 'farmhouse chic' with?beamed 天井s and 石／投石する 床に打ち倒すs. Pictured is the library?

Just half an hour from Chablis, Chateau Bourgogne comes with its own ワイン library, and you can arrange for a sommelier to advise you which vineyards to visit. This creeper-覆う？ 所有物／資産／財産 with crenelated turret and ten bedrooms has 法外な staircases, 厚い 塀で囲むs and a watchtower terrace.

The decor is farmhouse chic, with beamed 天井s and 石／投石する 床に打ち倒すs. A saltwater pool can be 設立する in the grounds, and you can walk to the village to use the tennis 法廷，裁判所 for 解放する／自由な. 調書をとる／予約する a chef to rustle up something on the 範囲 cooker while you sip a glass or two.

How to do it: A week in May is from £6,004 for 16 (oliverstravels.com). Take the train to Montbard 経由で Paris from £219 return (thetrainline.com).

LOT-ET-GARONNE FROM £48

Chateau de Galaup, 近づく the 丘の頂上 village of Beauville, may be new to Vintage Travel’s 大臣の地位 this year, but it 持つ／拘留するs plenty of history within its 厚い 塀で囲むs, with an old archway, square keep and two 石／投石する spiral staircases.

The 15th Century 所有物／資産／財産 with five bedrooms has been 変えるd into a comfortable living space that exudes relaxed elegance, with 木材／素質d 天井s and terracotta 床に打ち倒すs. Outside, a pool has far-reaching 見解（をとる）s over the rolling countryside of フラン’s South West. There is also a tennis 法廷，裁判所.

How to do it: A week in May is from £3,358 for ten or £2,786 for six (vintagetravel.co.uk). 飛行機で行く to Bergerac from £119 return (ryanair.com).

DORDOGNE FROM £63

Chateau de la (1)偽造する／(2)徐々に進む in the Dordogne is a classic Perigord country house 始める，決める within a 32-acre 広い地所

You can really make an 入り口 at the 32-acre 広い地所 at Chateau de la (1)偽造する／(2)徐々に進む, where wrought-アイロンをかける gates open on to an avenue of trees. It leads to a classic Perigord country house with blue shutters against pale 石／投石する 塀で囲むs.

推定する／予想する polished 支持を得ようと努めるd 床に打ち倒すs, panelled 塀で囲むs and high 天井s in the downstairs rooms; there’s also a billiard room. Upstairs, the six bedrooms have a more modern feel, with colourful fabrics. There’s a pool in the grounds, and you can 雇う kayaks to paddle along the Dordogne in nearby Mussidan.

How to do it: A week in September is from £5,295 for 12 (simpsontravel.com). 飛行機で行く to Bergerac from £119 return (ryanair.com).

CHAMPAGNE FROM £50

There’s surely no better place to party than in シャンペン酒. Chateau de Mairy is just ten minutes from Chalons-en-シャンペン酒 and half an hour from Reims and Epernay, with as many cellars as you care to visit.

A historic monument, the 17th Century building with a 私的な chapel has a genteel feel to its public rooms and 15 bedrooms, with chandeliers, panelled 塀で囲むs and 床に打ち倒す-to-天井 windows. Bathrooms and the kitchen aren’t of the same 基準. Not that you need to cook here: it’s a short walk to the 地元の restaurant, or you can 調書をとる／予約する a 地元の chef.

How to do it: A week costs from £7,145 for 20, or from £10,427 for 30 (chateaudemairy.com). Take the Eurotunnel to Calais from £232 (eurotunnel.com).

PAS DE CALAIS FROM £47

Chateau d’Hallines 申し込む／申し出s entertainment in 豊富, from an indoor trampoline room and home cinema to a heated outdoor pool and a tennis 法廷，裁判所

You’re ありそうもない to get bored at Chateau d’Hallines, which is just 30 minutes from the Eurotunnel 終点 at Calais. Its indoor attractions alone 含む a trampoline room (yes, really), 小型の tennis 法廷，裁判所, games room, home cinema and snooker room. Outdoors you will find a heated pool and a tennis 法廷，裁判所.

The 入り口 hall 主要な from the exterior has a grand staircase 主要な to 12 colourful bedrooms 株ing 11 bathrooms. Cook in the 同時代の kitchen and serve dinner in the 支持を得ようと努めるd-panelled dining room, with its （米）棚上げする／（英）提議する for 30.

How to do it: A week in May is from £8,489 for 26 (holidaylettings.co.uk; ref 9074565). Take the Eurotunnel to Calais from £232 (eurotunnel.com).

PROVENCE FROM £71

A former 退却／保養地 for French 王族, Chateau Aubenas 近づく Forcalquier has an elevated 見解（をとる） over the rolling hills of the Luberon. In gated grounds with a pool まっただ中に the pine trees, an olive grove and a sun terrace with barbecue, this cream-石／投石する mansion is all about outdoor living.

Not that the 内部のs have been neglected; 抱擁する rooms with high 天井s have been decorated in a light palette, the modern, minimalist look rubbing shoulders with 初めの features.

A 寄宿舎 for four children is in the tower, and there are four other bedrooms for eight adults.

How to do it: A week in August costs from £6,015 for 12 (cvvillas.com). 飛行機で行く to Marseille from £92 return (ryanair.com).