Château Bellenau

Exclusive to Voyager School Travel and dating back to the 15th Century, Chateau Bellenau in Normandy offers a welcoming environment for school groups who will enjoy its many facilities, fabulous gardens and excellent location.

The key features of Chateau Bellenau are;

• FREE upgrade to the Western Ferry Route for new 2011 bookings
• Superb location - short transfers from port and ideal for visiting Normandy's places of interest
• Wonderful standard of accommodation and on-site facilities
• Sole occupancy (min. 35 paying pax) - exclusive to Voyager School Travel
• Run by Voyager staff - the highest service levels geared to UK schools
• Evening entertainments delivered by Voyager staff
• Genuine French Experience delivered by our French Voyager team
• Accommodation bursting with charm, character and history, including being the first chateau to be liberated during the WWII Landings.

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Located just outside Isigny sur Mer, Chateau Bellenau is only 30 minutes from the port of Cherbourg, 60 minutes from Caen and just under 5 hours from Calais. Once at the chateau, you are only minutes from the WWII Normandy Landing beaches and Bayeaux, with Caen, Honfleur, Mont St Michel and the many other attractions Normandy has to offer only a little further afield (please see below).

Accommodation back to top

Chateau Bellenau is a one party accommodation (min. 35 paying pax), exclusive to Voyager. The accommodation wings of the chateau have been converted into a number of gites, each with a teacher(s) room, plus one or two more rooms for students. Each gite also benefits from a living room where the group can relax and meet. There are also two rooms specially converted for disabled access.

Immediately outside the gites is a lovely walled courtyard, providing a car-free, secure area for students to run around and let off a little steam. Across the courtyard is the dining wing of the chateau which also doubles up as a venue for evening ents. Our restaurant guarantees typical French cuisine, tailored to a student palette. We of course also cater for special dietary requirements.

Facilities back to top

Facilities include tennis court and meeting rooms, plus 12 extraordinary acres of gardens with walkways, lakes, islands and caves which will enthrall you and your students.

Programmes and Extras back to top

Our Philosophy at Chateau Bellenau is to deliver a genuine French experience to UK students visiting Normandy:

• Our native French Voyager team will encourage your students to speak French, as well as delivering a programme of evening ents.
• Our typically French menu will introduce your students to an essential ingredient of French culture.
• Learning programmes available at the Chateau which support the National Languages Strategy. Our D-Day Normandy Language programme combines a day of French, with a day of History and a day of French Culture. Or there is our Voyager Interaction programme where your school is linked up with a French school in the area with whom you will 'interact' before, during (you spend one of your days with the French school) and after your school trip to France. Please call us on 01273 560449 or email schools@voyagerschooltravel.com for more details.
• Normandy Workbooks to support your trip, available for each student.

Testimonials back to top

"Wonderful - lovely grounds and the gites were great. The cook was great and really engaging - typically French food and not a chip in sight."

"Great to have a place to ourselves. Animateur fabulous and breadmaking in the dining room was great."

Please contact us for a quote on a tailor-made tour or complete our online quote request form.

 

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