Château de Perreux, The Originals Collection

In a word. A complete dump. Run down. Filthy. Dilapidated. Filthy lobby. Slime laden pond in the front of the place. Broken furniture with filled cigarette ashtrays. Rude help and nasty owner. The website is fake. We are fighting with “Essential Europe” in an effort to get a refund as we would not stay there and had to seek other accommodations. Stay away.

My husband and I have traveled the world, and this ranks as the "weirdest" place we've ever stayed. Aside from the fact that the road is closed from the direction "maps" usually leads people, we finally found a route to this hotel. It looks like a typical chateau... picturesque and surrounded by beautiful green grounds. Upon checking in, we were led to our room in the turret, which was so hot, that we were really sweating before even unpacking. We went down to the front desk, and the nice staff told us they had one cool room in an unfinished part of the chateau, which was built on the side of the mountain, with cave walls. Sensing we would not be getting a refund, we were led by a very nice lady (who carried our large suitcases for us) through construction, cobwebby circular staircase, jumped down a little hill, and finally got to our room. It was definitely cool/cold, felt wonderful, was new construction with beautiful paint, an in-room sauna, a kitchen, and a balcony with a hot tub and table. Although it was wonderfully cool, it was also damp and there were some ants, since it was actually stone ceiling and walls. The lady who cleans and helped with luggage is also the cook in the morning, and she is delightful. The dining room is beautiful. After 3 nights, we grew accustomed to the strange, somewhat treacherous trek to our room and had a great time sipping wine on our private balcony and laughing.

stay in a real chateaux. Worth place to stay for a couple of days while visiting the chateaux sur loire.

Amazing place to stay! The rooms are more than comfortable, the Chateau is beautiful, and the staff is excellent and helpful.

This is a great place to stay in the Loire valley, very near all the important castles, situated in a forest. The rooms are large and comfortable, the service excellent and friendly.

The Chateau is beautiful and has such potential to be fabulous. In fairness we were there during off season, but we do see the need to update the bedrooms. The decor and furnishings are showing wear. The Chateau manager, Sarah, was the sweetest and worked so hard to ensure our stay was pleasurable. Sarah's service and just the pure fact that we were staying in a Chateau, helped us overlook the minor condition of the rooms. Would we stay here again? In a heartbeat!