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Château Le Boulay
53350 La Roë
M. et Mme MITCHELL
Phone/Fax:   33.2.43.06.51.04
Email: chateauleboulay@wanadoo.fr

Languages:  English 
Credit cards not accepted; cash only, please

Département: Mayenne (53)

 		 Château Le Boulay
 
  This is a small château in the bucolic Mayenne département near the Brittany border.    Château Le Boulay is a 19th century home built in the style of the 18th century and situated at the edge of the village La Roë on six acres of parkland and mature trees.  The site belonged to the Abbey at La Roë which still stands today in the center of the village and dates from 1096. You will find the history of the château and the abbey most interesting.    The Abbey was founded by a hermit, Robert d'Arbrissel, who went on to found the Royal Abbey at Fontevraud where the English Kings Henry II and Richard the Lionheart are interred. There are many attractions in the area around Le Boulay, and Geneviève and Robin Mitchell will happily arrange a guided tour of the Abbey, where courses and exhibitions are held throughout the summer, or a visit to the local windmill.   Also, they may direct guests to the nearby water sports center and  bird sanctuary, book a game of golf or tennis,  or make dinner reservations at one of several local restaurants.  All guest rooms at Château Le Boulay are tastefully appointed and furnished in either French or English period furniture.  The bedrooms on the first floor are classical in style with marble fireplaces,  while those on the second floor are rustic in design with exposed beams.  Each guest room has views over the park or open countryside.  You are welcome to explore the grounds and to enjoy the pastoral beauty of the Mayenne, or to browse in the basement brocante where you may find a memento of your visit to Château Le Boulay.
 
Rooms:   4 doubles; en suite baths: 1 with bath tub and 3 with showers 
1 twin with en suite bathroom with shower
Price:   Doubles:  € 50, € 54 and  € 60    Twin:  € 60   (any room € 45 for a single occupant)
Breakfast is included.
Dinner:  not available at the château, but reasonable restaurants 4 kms distance at Ballots and St-Aignan-sur-Roë and a very good restaurant 10 kms away in Guerche de Bretagne.
No Pets,  No smoking

Open All Year
On the grounds:  park and gardens, brocante in basement
Vicinity:  Tennis (2 kms), water sports (7 kms), bird sanctuary (7 kms), golf (25 kms).  Abbey Church at La Roë, medieval fortress town of Fougères (64 kms -  overlooks the Nantron River from its hilltop position with 11th - 15th century ramparts)), Vitré (43 kms - old timber frame homes on winding streets, medieval château and picturesque 15th and 16th century buildings), Laval and the River Mayenne (32 kms), Château de Craon.

   Directions:

From Paris:   The A10 / A 11 Autoroute to Laval.  Then take the D32 direction Montjean and St-Poix, continue on the D11 to La Roë.  Château is sign posted.

From Fougères:   Take the D798 direction Vitré and continue on the D178 direction la Guerche-de-Bretagne.  Take the D463 direction St. Aignan-sur-Roë to the fork in the road.  Bear left onto the D25 direction La Roë.  Château is sign posted.

Airport:  Rennes 

Railway Station:  Laval (TGV)

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Cathedral Chambre Church in La Roë View from the Park Dining Room Family Sized Guest Room
Cathedral Room La Roë Church View from the Park Dining Room Guest Room
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