Château et Parc de Champs-sur-Marne

http://champs-sur-marne.monuments-nationaux.fr/

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A prestigious residence!

Built on a bend of the river Marne in the early 18th century, the Château de Champs-sur-Marne is the archetypal leisure mansion. Owned in turn by the Princess of Conti, the Duke of La Vallière and the Marquise de Pompadour, the Château de Champs played host to some famous guests, including Diderot, d’Alembert and even Voltaire.

In the 19th century, Louis Cahen of Antwerp restored it to the splendour it possessed before the Revolution; he restored the Château in the spirit of the Age of Enlightenment and filled it with exceptional furniture crafted by the leading names in French cabinet-making. His guests included Marcel Proust, Isadora Duncan and the King of Spain Alfonso XIII… The Estate became the property of the State in 1935, then the presidential residence from 1959 to 1974 and welcomed France’s most prestigious guests.

Practical Informations

Château de Champs-sur-Marne, 31 rue de Paris 77420 Champs-sur-Marne

+ 33 (0)1 60 05 24 43

RER A – Direction Chessy Marne-la-Vallée, Noisiel station, then 20 mn by feet
Bus 220, station “Mairie de Champs”.

Motorway A4, exit Noisiel.

Château : 10am-12:15am and 1:30am-5pm Mondays to Fridays ; 10am-5pm Saturdays and Sundays, from 2.01 to 4.30 and from 10.1 to 12.31; untill 6pm from 5.22 to 9.30. Last admission 30mn prior to closing. Closed on Tuesdays, on 1.01, 5.01, 11.01, 11.11, 12.25.

Park : 10am-5:30pm everyday from 2.01 to 4.30 and from 10.01 to 12.31 ; untill 6:30pm from 05.22 to 9.30. Last admission 30mn prior to closing. Closed on Tuesdays, on 1.01, 5.01, 11.01, 11.11, 12.25.

-18s (accompanied by an adult) and -26s (E.U. citizens and residents) free. No entry fee on the first sunday of the month from 11.10 to 05.31. Park is free.