Chateau de Perreux

The two days we stayed in the Loire Valley at the Chateau de Perreux.  Check it out...

It is an actual Chateau!  There are so many of these smaller chateaux in the region that many are now hotels or B&B's.  This was actually quite small, only about 12 guest rooms.  The manager, Francois, greeted us when we drove up.  He gave us a quick tour of the house and grounds before showing us our room.  Here I am on the balcony - ours was just above the front door.

Inside our room...

It would have been a really nice romantic getaway.  But Lizzie and I still had fun!  Aside from the general awesomeness of the Chateau, our favorite feature was this..

Lizzie called it the Bat Cave and that was kinda what it felt like!  So it is a little hard to see in the first picture, but the back side of the Chateau was built into the hills behind it.  There actually is no back side to the house, just caves behind it.  So this tunnel was built between the main part of the house and a cave over on the side that they use for a parking garage.  And when you walked into the "Bat Cave", all the lights automatically came on!  It was very fun.  :)

This picture is taken from the terrace on the side of the house and shows the build into the rocks behind.  Also, there is an old run-down greenhouse up there - you can see the windows.  

We highly recommend the Chateau if you ever need a place to stay in the region.  It was beautiful and easy to find, but just outside of town, so very quiet and relaxing for a weekend away from the city.  And Francois was a great host and the breakfast every day was fantastic!