{"id":32913,"date":"2023-06-26T03:10:11","date_gmt":"2023-06-25T17:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?p=32913"},"modified":"2023-10-20T07:23:42","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T20:23:42","slug":"domaine-de-courances-france-%f0%9f%87%ab%f0%9f%87%b7-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?p=32913","title":{"rendered":"Domaine de Courances, France \ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddf7 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Date: 24th June 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Travelled: 115 kms from Melun to Saint Julien du Sault  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visited: Ch\u00e2teau de Courances  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stayed: Saint-Julien du Sault Aire CC. Free, N48.02920, E03.30050  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Budget: 33 days @ \u20ac100 per day<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Our second night on the Seine at Port de Roy was even quieter than the first night, no duff, duff and we were the only one there. Another long walk along the Seine but in a different direction this morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We chill out over a long breakfast and second coffee. The Ch\u00e2teau de Courances does not open to the public until 2 pm. So once where on the road we find a boulangerie on our way and arrive in time to have lunch in the shade of a grove of plane trees opposite the ch\u00e2teau.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Ch\u00e2teau de Courances<\/a> has been a marker on our Google map for a couple of years now. It featured on an episode of Monti Don\u2019s Gardens, one of the finest example of a Renaissance water garden in France and here we are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ch\u00e2teau was built in 1630 the Courances estate and the gardens have been in constant development since then. It\u2019s privately owned by the Ganay family and opens only on the weekends from 2-6pm, entry is \u20ac12 pp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There are 17-18 lakes and canals and the ch\u00e2teau itself is moated. You have to give it to the French garden designer who 3-400 years ago were able to work out the hydraulics to have all these lakes interconnect with a constant flow of water. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Our mistake was doing a tour of the ch\u00e2teau which we knew would be in French but what we didn\u2019t know was that we could not take photos. So we were disappointed and a little bored as it was slow going.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Japanese garden with its fire red maples and bonsai shaped shrubs were amazing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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