Journées du Patrimoine 2014 - 20 & 21 September

 

This year, the theme of these two days is «Cultural Heritage-Natural Heritage», a theme that is right up our alley since Courances is a domain that combines both Culture and Nature.

 

On the programme of these special heritage days: guided visits of the Château, guided visits of the park, and, for the first time, you will be able to visit the original vegetable garden of the Château, refurbished in 2013!

 

 

Hours

 

Courances will be open from 11am to 6pm, on Saturday 20 September and Sunday 21 September.

 

 

Entrance

 

The entrance for all the venues described below can only be purchased at the ticket office of the Château, 13 rue du château 91490 Courances. Access to the vegetable garden takes place through the park.

 

 

Rates

 

Reduced rates for all.

 

Park + Vegetable Garden = 5,50€

 

Parc + Potager + Château = 7,50€

 

 

Free for children under18 years.

 

Note: Free entrances during the Journées du Patrimoine is not an absolute rule. Take a look at the official site of the Journées du Patrimoine.Private owners – as is the case with Courances – are free to establish visiting fees. It’s thanks to entrance fees that you can enjoy one of the most beautiful parks of the Ile-de-France region!

 

 

Cultural Heritage - Guided visits of the château

 

Discover an authentic Louis XIII château, still furnished and lived in, thanks to a guided visit punctuated with history and family anecdotes.

 

Guided visits of the Château on Saturday and Sunday at 11:30am, 12:30pm, 1:30, 2:30pm, 3pm, 3pm, 4pm, 4:30pm, 5pm and 5:30pm.

 

Duration : 50 minutes

 

We take no advance reservations; you are signed in when you arrive at the ticket office. We suggest arriving early in the day. In case of strong affluence, we cannot guarantee a place in a visit as soon as you arrive, and if there are many people, the visit of the château may not be possible because we are limited to groups of 35 persons.

 

Rates: 7,50€ (Château + Park + Vegetable Garden)

 

 

Natural Heritage - Guided visits of the park

 

Starting at 11:30am, Saturday and Sunday, garden specialist tour guides will enable you to discover the park of Courances.

 

Duration 1h30. Departure every two hours (11:30am, 1:30pm, 3:30 pm and 5:30pm) in front of the château. No reservations necessary.

 

Rate: entrance to the park 5,50€, no supplement for guided visits.

 

 

Natural Heritage - The new vegetable garden opens to the public

 

Cultivated once again since 2013, the vegetable garden of the Château spreads out on 3 hectares adjoining the park. Created at the initiative of Valentine de Ganay, « Les Jardins de Courances » supply a wide array of fruit and vegetables to leading Parisian restaurateurs (Alléno) as well as private individuals. Visitors are also welcome to come buy fresh produce!

 

Thanks to the work of Antoine Berthelin, one of the initiators of the success encountered by the Rosendal’s Garden in Stockholm, Sweden, the vegetable garden will become officially «organic» in 2015.

 

For the first time, you can discover this new space from 11am to 6pm, Saturday and Sunday. You can either visit the vegetable garden on your own, using our flyer distributed when you arrive, or partake in a guided visit by Antoine Berthelin, at 3pm on both days. No reservation is necessary.

 

Rate: Park + Vegetable garden = 5,50 €, tickets can only be purchased at the ticket office.

 

 

Gourmet dining offers

 

 

Rendezvous at the La Foulerie tea salon to have lunch from 11h30am until 2pm or at teatime from 2pm to 5pm on Saturday, and from 2pm to 7pm on Sunday.

 

 

«WILD CUISINE» DINNER ON SATURDAY 20 SEPTEMBER

 

Two leading Danish chefs, Erwin Lauterbach and Mikkel Maarbjerg, are concocting a « Wild Cuisine » dinner, Saturday 20 September at La Foulerie.

By reservation only, more informations.