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A chateau is a manor house, a large country house or mansion, usually located in the countryside.
Typically, the chateau or manor house was the main house for the lord of the manor. Architecturally, these chateaus commonly included stone walls that served that served as fortifications in defense against robbers, along with watchtowers.
Often, these manor houses or chateaus were owned by gentry--well bred and well born people of high social class, the artistocracy, encompassing ranks of nobility.
In France, the terms chateau and manor are used synomously to describe a French manor house.
Throughout Europe, but specifically in France, commonly in the northwestern region known as Lower Normandy and which includes towns like Bayeux and Picauville and Normandy, many of these chateaus can been seen dotting the landscape of the French countryside.
For visitors to France, especially American visitors who are hungry for history, there are many options. Some of these include the opportunity to stay in a french castle, a french chateau, a french bed and breakfast, a gite, or even reside in one of the many holiday homes some which include their own self catering apartments. These self catering apartments include their own kitchens, enabling families and couples to save money by preparing and cooking their own food, and to participate like a local by purchasing the food at nearby towns or villages.
Of the small luxury hotels and french chateaus that line the hamlets (village or settlement) or villages of the French countryside, one chateau that also serves as a luxury bed that stands heads and shoulders above the
rest is a must visit for any traveler to Europe, particularly for those visiting Normandy, France.



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