Intimate gatherings/ corporate retreats À que 2 heures de Paris, château historique à louer en Normandie, privé, élégant et très confortable. Your very own special Chateau rental amid the green fields of Lower Normandy, France. A warm and light-filled home for your friends to gather, your family to unite, and children to discover the outdoors in all seasons. Chateau features full luxury kitchen,
breakfast room, grand dining room, library, drawing room with grand piano, games room, billiard room, meeting rooms. Within range of D-day beaches, Mont-Saint-Michel, Deauville, Trouville, Château de Versailles, Paris, Giverny Monet gardens, the Perche. CULTURAL ACTIVITIES AROUND COURTOMER:
Paris is a 1, 5 train ride from L’Aigle, and 2,5 hour-drive from the Château. Organise a one-day visit, see the Louvre museum, shop on the Champs Elysées, have tea at Ladurée, climb up the Eiffel Tower, etc. You can go to the sea-side: Deauville, Trouville, Cabourg. Vvisit the D-day beaches, go for a pilgrimage to Lisieux, go to the Norman townd of Rouen, admire the famous Bayeux tapestry (http://www.tapisserie-bayeux.fr/index.php?id=1&=&L=1), spend a day at the exceptional Mont-Saint-Michel (http://www.ot-montsaintmichel.com/index.htm?lang=en). Chateaux of the Loire Valley is another day-trip or overnight expedition: Chenonceau, Chambord, Azay-le-Rideau and the medieval town of Tours are
all around 100 miles away from the Château (http://www.chateaux-de-la-loire.fr/chateaux_of_the_loire.htm). SPORTS AND ADVENTURE AROUND COURTOMER:
Regarding the swimming pools, there is a great one 25km away from Courtomer called Cap'Orne: http://www.guide-piscine.fr/orne/piscine-le-cap-orne-a-l-aigle-435_P, where there are some of the biggest slides in Europe, as well as two swimming pools - indoor and outdoor - a bowling, a restaurant, jacuzzi, hamam and a sauna.
11km away from Courtomer, you will find a leisure base, with swimming, mini-golf, pedalo boats, etc: http://www.paysdalencontourisme.com/pays-alencon-pays-melois_22_fr.html
In Chailloue, 12 km away from the château, you can go paint balling. Another great activity for kids is the Laser Quest Planète Loisirs 61 in Alençon, 30km from Courtomer, where you will find inflatable castles for kids as well as a maze: http://www.parc2loisirs.com/presentation-laser,quest,planete,loisirs,61.html
You will also find, an hour away from the Château, a town called Bagnole de l'Orne, where you can find a tree climbing path (acrobranche in French): http://lebois-orne.izispot.com/
Finally, in the Parc Naturel du Perche, you will have different types of workshops, exhibitions etc: http://www.parc-naturel-perche.fr/toutAgenda.asp
More for adults, there is also in Bagnole, a piloting club: École de pilotage, vols découverte du bocage ornais. Mme Leudière : http://www.aeroclubdandaines.com, or tel: 02.33.37.91.84
Also in Cabourg, on the ocean front, 1h45mn away from Courtomer, there is a kitesurf school: http://www.lemenhir.com/
For other sports like tennis, you will find a tennis court at Sées (Club Sées, rue Edouard Paysant, 02 33 27 91 49) or golf very near the Château, at the Golf de Bellême - Les Sablons - 61130 Bellême -http://www.orne.fr/orne-sport-loisirs-golf.asp, or tel: 33 2 33 73 12 79. Directions: Take D4 then D7 by car.
