Chateau de la Coutere

22/09/2026

Summer at Chateau de la Coutere is a lot of fun, and this has been our biggest and busiest ever season! Our 2027 calendar is now open ❤️
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20/09/2026

WHAT CAME FIRST, THE CHATEAU OR THE FARM?

The farm. By quite a few centuries, as it happens.

The earliest written record we've so far found of this place dates to **1230**, when the estate appears under its medieval name, LACOTERA (the Italian translation for La Coutère) in a confirmation issued under Pope Gregory IX.

So long before the Château de la Coutère we know today existed, there was already a named agricultural domain here.

Nearly 800 years later, that makes what we're doing feel rather less like creating a farm and more like bringing one back to life.

When we bought the château, we knew surprisingly little about its history. Over the years we've slowly pieced together more of its story, while at the same time gradually bringing the land surrounding it back into production.

Today our 30 acres are home to our Jersey cows, sheep, chickens and rabbits. We have the kitchen garden, polytunnels, fruit trees, pasture and woodland, alongside areas that we deliberately leave to nature.

And all of that feeds back into life at the château.

Quite literally in some cases. Vegetables, salads and fruit from the garden, eggs from the chickens and milk from our Jerseys make their way into the kitchen and onto the table. For guests staying with us, food doesn't necessarily begin with a trip to the supermarket. Sometimes it begins a few hundred metres from the kitchen door.

But the farm gives something else back to the château too, we are helping to keep the land alive and ecosystems thriving!

The animals graze the pastures, the kitchen garden changes with the seasons, fruit trees blossom and produce, and the areas we've allowed to become wilder provide habitat for an extraordinary amount of wildlife.

So although today we talk about The Chateau Farm and Château de la Coutère as two different parts of what we do, historically they really aren't.

This château sits within the much older estate of Laucotera.

And nearly eight centuries after that name first appears in the written record, there are once again animals grazing the fields, food growing in the ground and a family making its living from the land.

There's something rather lovely about that. ❤️

20/09/2026

WHAT CAME FIRST, THE CHATEAU OR THE FARM?

The farm. By quite a few centuries, as it happens.

The earliest written record we've so far found of this place dates to **1230**, when the estate appears under its medieval name, LACOTERA (the Italian translation for La Coutère) in a confirmation issued under Pope Gregory IX.

So long before the Château de la Coutère we know today existed, there was already a named agricultural domain here.

Nearly 800 years later, that makes what we're doing feel rather less like creating a farm and more like bringing one back to life.

When we bought the château, we knew surprisingly little about its history. Over the years we've slowly pieced together more of its story, while at the same time gradually bringing the land surrounding it back into production.

Today our 30 acres are home to our Jersey cows, sheep, chickens and rabbits. We have the kitchen garden, polytunnels, fruit trees, pasture and woodland, alongside areas that we deliberately leave to nature.

And all of that feeds back into life at the château.

Quite literally in some cases. Vegetables, salads and fruit from the garden, eggs from the chickens and milk from our Jerseys make their way into the kitchen and onto the table. For guests staying with us, food doesn't necessarily begin with a trip to the supermarket. Sometimes it begins a few hundred metres from the kitchen door.

But the farm gives something else back to the château too, we are helping to keep the land alive and ecosystems thriving!

The animals graze the pastures, the kitchen garden changes with the seasons, fruit trees blossom and produce, and the areas we've allowed to become wilder provide habitat for an extraordinary amount of wildlife.

So although today we talk about The Chateau Farm and Château de la Coutère as two different parts of what we do, historically they really aren't.

This château sits within the much older estate of Laucotera.

And nearly eight centuries after that name first appears in the written record, there are once again animals grazing the fields, food growing in the ground and a family making its living from the land.

There's something rather lovely about that. ❤️

19/09/2026

Good morning folks! The sun is shining, what are you up to?

05/09/2026

It’s a change of focus for us over the coming weeks as we transition from hosting our brilliant guests, to full-time farm focus.

Without doubt it has been the most challenging spring and summer on The Chateau Farm but we are finally looking forward to some cooler weather below 30 degrees next week. Autumn and winter are very productive here in the south of France and time spent in our kitchen garden and on the farm give us some of our most precious moments of the year!

01/09/2026

The reviews are in! So thankful to all our wonderful guests this year! Just a few weeks of the season left and we’re now taking bookings for next summer - details on our website!

‘10/10 - Wonderful’
‘I would like to highlight the magnificent estate surrounding the château, rich in flora and fauna. Communication with the owners was excellent. Overall, the stay was excellent!’
HENRY, Barcelona.

05/07/2026

With the prolonged hot weather (now heading in to our 7th week of temps well over 30 degrees), the flowering plants around the chateau’s gardens are blooming on overdrive!

The downside is that many are early and nature pushes them to flower and go to seed far quicker than usual. We do our best to deadhead and water as much as possible, it’s a fine balancing act for sure growing a perennial flower garden in southern France!

Two of our favourites;

the passionflowers and the roses - of which we have around 40 mature plants - some of which are over 40 years old now!

How do we know? Because we are friends with the members of the family who lived at the chateau from 1960-2001 and whose mother planted them!

Some of these roses have now been repositioned by us over the years, and thankfully they are thriving 🌹

04/07/2026

It’s sunflower season here in our little part of France where swaths of golden yellow smiley faces light up our days for the next few weeks!

What are you up to this weekend? Have a great one folks!

27/06/2026

Only ONE FULL WEEK Left This Summer! ☀️

Hello folks 👋

Every summer we watch the weeks disappear one by one, and we're now almost fully booked for the season.

With guests arriving every week since the end of May, summer at Chateau de la Coutere is well underway,

And just **two opportunities** remaining before the end of September.

🌿 3–11 July (7 nights available – minimum 2-night stay)

🌿 18–24 July (6 nights available – minimum 2-night stay)

Whether you're looking for a full week away or a relaxing short break, this is your final opportunity to experience the peace and privacy of our little corner of rural France this summer.

Spend your days by the pool, wander through the woodland to the waterfalls, enjoy long lunches on the terrace and unwind in the tranquillity of the château's own private valley.

If you'd like to know more, just send us a message—we'd love to welcome you.

And if you know someone who might be looking for a last-minute summer escape, please feel free to tag them below or share this post with them. ❤️

Leanne & Julian x

26/06/2026