This castle one hour from Paris will reopen, you can already book a unique egg hunt there

Located &agrav; an hour from Paris, this castle is ready to be visited. reopen its doors for the summer season.

"The estate is currently closed. We look forward to seeing you on March 16, 2024 for its reopening". Here is the message long awaited by the visitors who flock each year to this enchanting site, located &agrav; one hour from Paris. This little Versailles is therefore ready to be opened. reopen its doors for the summer where ù its garden and its immense park will still make many people happy. Better still, this historic site regularly organizes events open to the public which appeal to young and old alike. Fireworks, illuminated evenings, costumed picnics have made its reputation.

Another event is eagerly awaited: the Easter egg hunt. Good news, this egg hunt ;nbsp;is renewed this year since the website confirms that it will be held on Saturday March 30, Sunday March 31 and Monday April 1, 2024. It will be held in the magnificent and gigantic gardens of the park, decorated ;s of fountains, waterfalls, statues and bodies of water where bathe carp. The opening hours are also known: from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. 5:30 p.m. (last access to the ticket offices) for the domain to close 18 hours. Please note, the Easter egg hunt event met with some people. a huge success in recent years and the domain now only offers access via online reservation.

The prices are already known: 18 euros full price, a price which includes the egg hunt (chocolates included) but also access to the castle and the castle. its gardens, compared to 13.50 euros for access only to the gardens. egg hunting and the garden. Access for children under 6 years old is free, which makes it a great idea for an outing with the little ones. The estate's website specifies that the "egg hunts take place all day long, there will be chocolate loot for everyone" .

This castle is that of Vaux-le-Vicomte in Seine et Marne, near Melun, & an hour from Paris by car or via the RER D. Built by Nicolas Fouquet, then Superintendent of Finances of Louis té imagined by the architect Louis Le Vau, the painter Charles Le Brun and the landscaper André Le Nôtre, who also worked for Louis XIV. The story of the fall of Fouquet, tomb in disgrace after an expensive party given in honor of the Sun King, contributed to the éalso à the legend of the place, open to the public from March to September November.