General & History

La Courtoise was once owned by Count Berger du Sablons, La Courtoise up to 1922 was the dower house of the neighboring medieval Chateau de Chastenay.

The property can sleep 8 in its 4 magnificent bedrooms, and it has a superbly characterful private swimming pool.

La Courtoise retains its own medieval charm in the oldest section of the house; however La Courtoise was reconstructed in the 16th century and was developed to by the first purchasers in the 1920’s.

The pretty hamlet of Val Sainte Marie is dominated by imposing Château de Chastenay and its sister house La Courtoise. It is said that the famous French medieval alchemist Nicolas Flammel had his laboratory in the tower of the château and its facade is encoded with the secret information of the Knights Templar.

The cellar of La Courtoise is where the Château wine was made years ago when vineyards existed on the slope down to the river.