Woods and hedge-lined pastures, ancient village churches and chateaux contribute to its appeal.
As the occupants of the chateaux fled eastwards, it was immobile occupants of the cottages who bore the brunt.
Sadly, many stately homes and chateaux mariages—the sort of hotels that would be applying for licences—are anything but the kind of places where marriage vows should be properly exchanged.
This accounts for the lack of a grand staircase or a gallery, standard elements of most contemporary chateaux.
They need a theme: chateaux, churches, regional specialties?
The methods used to dupe innocent consumers includes photocopying labels, creating different and phony chateaux names on the capsule and the label.
The last prince bequeathed the property to his stepson, who sold it to an association of historic chateaux in 1979.
One finds many recent chateaux, mas and bastides.
