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AN EXCEPTIONAL LOCATION

Staying at Le Cottage de la Forêt means being in the heart of Chantilly, close to the shops and the forest, and enjoying an exceptional location. The city’s assets and the charm of the countryside mingle and intertwine for your greatest comfort.

Fancy a walk in the forest to recharge your batteries? Two minutes and you’re in the middle of the woods! A little shopping? You are in close proximity to all the shops! A trip to the restaurant or the movies? 300 yards on foot, and you’re there! Radiate in the south of the Oise to visit a jewel of our heritage? You are in the right place, Chantilly Castle is nearby and other magical and unusual places are reaching out to you! A little “fun” with family or friends? The Asterix Park or the Sand Sea are less than a 30-minute drive away! Need to go to Paris for fun or work? The SNCF station is 2 minutes from le Cottage and you’ll be there in 25 minutes!

SNCF station

All shops

Banks

Restaurants

Bars

Cinema

IMMEDIATELY CLOSE TO COTTAGE

5 minutes walking

CHANTILLY CENTER

Chantilly is known for its castle, which houses the collections of the Condé Museum, and for its whipped cream. It is also internationally recognized for its equestrian activities: in addition to its racetrack, which includes two horse races, the Jockey Club Prize and the Diane Prize, the city and its surroundings are home to the largest centre. french racehorse training.

2 Minutes walking

FORET DE CHANTILLY

The Chantilly Forest is a forest massif of 6,344 hectares. It extends far beyond the town of Chantilly, on the south of the Oise and the north of the Val d’Oise. It forms with the Halatte forest and the Ermenonville forest, the three-forest massif (19,000 ha).

10 minutes walking

CHÂTEAU DE CHANTILLY

With the exception of the “Little Castle”, built in the 16th century by Jean Bullant, the present castle is a 19th century reconstruction on plans by architect Honoré Daumet for the penultimate son of King Louis-Philippe I, Henri d’Orléans, Duke of Aumale ( 1822-1897), heir to the estate, who installed his collections of paintings, drawings and old books. He bequeathed the whole to the Institut de France, under the name of Condé museum.

10 Minutes walking

MUSÉE VIVANT DU CHEVAL | GRANDES ÉCURIES

The Horse Museum is a museum and equestrian showroom located in the large stables of Chantilly Castle, Chantilly ( Oise / Hauts-de-France).

It was opened to the public in 1982 to house the Living Horse Museum, which was completely renovated in 2013. This museum, intended for all audiences, chronicles through more than 200 objects and works of art the importance of the relationship between man and horse since the beginning of civilizations and offers “living” equestrian animations, educational presentations and Shows.

10 minutes walking

POTAGER DES PRINCES

Le Potager des Princes (Princes’ Garden or Faisanderie Park), is a park located in Chantilly, in the department of Oise, in the Hauts-de-France region. It has been listed as a historical monument since 1975. In 1682, the Grand Condé built a pheasant in the gardens of Chantilly Castle and asked André Le Nôtre to draw the garden. The latter marks this place with its mark, balancing perspectives, pools and terraces.

7 Minutes walking

HIPPODROME DE CHANTILLY

Chantilly Racecourse was inaugurated in 1834. It is located on the edge of the forest near Chantilly Castle and covers 65 hectares. This is where the Jockey Club Award for males and females has been held since 1836, and since 1843 the Diane’s Prize for females. Both events are flat races. There are 42 days of racing a year (2018).

Owned by the Institut de France, it is managed by France Galop for track maintenance and race days. The management of the rooms and the rental of commercial spaces are managed by the Foundation for the Safeguarding and Development of the Chantilly Estate of the Aga Khan.

10 minutes walking

MUSÉE CONDÉ

The Condé Museum is a French museum located in Chantilly Castle. Henry of Orleans, Duke of Aumale, son of King Louis-Philippe I, bequeaths in 1897 the castle, with all its collections, to the Institut de France. It includes rooms converted into a museum but also the old large apartments and small apartments built in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries by the princes of Conde and the Duke of Aumale himself.

Its collection of old paintings is without doubt one of the most important in France.

10 Minutes walking

PAVILLON DE MANSE

The Manse Pavilion, also known as the “Mill of Princes,” is located in the centre of the town of Chantilly on the banks of the Nonette, 10 minutes from the castle.

Depending on the Chantilly estate, owned by the Institut de France, the Pavilion was built in 1678 by the Prince of Condé, cousin of King Louis XIV to house the machine to play the Great Waters. Contemporary of that of the Palace of Versailles (Marly’s machine) its role was to raise water from a spring to fill a reservoir and feed the basins, fountains, waterfalls and water jets that adorned the garden to the west of the castle designed by Le Nôtre.

10 minutes walking

MUSÉE DE LA DENTELLE

Chantilly lace is world-renowned. The black silk lace, executed with a spindle, called Chantilly, was at its peak under Napoleon III because his wife, Empress Eugenie de Montijo, of Spanish origin, loved black lace.

The city has created a Municipal Lace Museum, opento the public in September 2016, which brings together beautiful collector’s items. A nice little museum with beautiful pieces of black and blonde Chantilly lace.

AUX ALENTOURS DU COTTAGE

25 minutes by train

PARIS

Paris is the capital and most populous city in France. It lies in the heart of a vast sedimentary basin with fertile soils and temperate climate, the Paris basin, on a loop of the Seine, between the confluence of it with the Marne and the Oise. Paris is also the capital of the Ile-de-France region and the centre of the Greater Paris metropolis, created in 2016.

The city underwent profound transformations during the Second Empire through important works including the drilling of wide avenues, squares and gardens and the construction of numerous buildings, led by Baron Haussmann.
The most populous city in France — its inhabitants are called Parisians — it is the first among the urban areas of the European Union ahead of London and the 29th most populous in the world. Paris has a population of 2.19 million as of January 1, 2016. The Paris metropolitan area developed widely during the 20th century, with a population of 10.73 million as of 1 January 2016, and its urban area (the agglomeration and the periurban crown) had 12.57 million inhabitants.

20 minutes by car

SENLIS

Senlis is a French commune, sub-prefecture of the department of Oise, in the Hauts-de-France region. It is located on the Nonette, between the forests of Chantilly and Ermenonville to the south, and Halatte to the north, forty kilometers north of Paris.

From ancient foundation, royal stay during the Middle Ages, the city retains its long history a rich heritage and has several museums. The old town consists of a set of old houses and alleys surrounded by Gallo-Roman and medieval ramparts, around a Gothic cathedral. The complex was preserved by the creation in 1962 of a protected area of forty-two hectares.

30 minutes by car

COMPIÈGNE

At the confluence of the Aisne and the Oise, on the edge of majestic forests, Compiègne is in the heart of the Compiégnois country.

A royal and imperial city, the scene of major events in the history of France, it remains a city where it is good to live, attentive to maintain the memories of a rich past. Its Imperial Palace, Town Hall, churches and museums bear witness to a thousand years of existence that visitors will be able to browse according to their imagination.

35 minutes by car

CHÂTEAU DE PIERREFONDS

Pierrefonds Castle is an imposing castle located in Pierrefonds, in the department of Oise, in the Hauts-de-France region, on the southeastern edge of the Compiegne forest, north of Paris. The Château de Pierrefonds presents most of the characteristics of the defensive work of the Middle Ages. It was rebuilt by Viollet-le-Duc in the nineteenth century, which also undertook important work of decoration and creation of furniture.

This castle is classified as a historical monument by the list of 18621. It is managed by the Center des monuments nationaux.

15 minutes by car

POLO CLUB D’APREMONT – CHANTILLY

In 1995, a group of friends created the Polo Club of Domaine de Chantilly in the village of Apremont. Fields and grasslands formerly used for the Polo since they had already been chosen by Baron Robert de Rothschild who, since 1920, had brought together the leagues of the Polo Mondial. Since 1995, each year has seen the number and quality of horses increase. In 2004, the club took up the challenge of organizing the Polo World Championship. All the matches took place on the 9 Polo fields of the Ferme d’Apremont. A cavalier and relaxed spirit, continues to flourish in this countryside near Paris. The level of polo continues to improve, thanks to the greatest players in the world who come regularly, attracted by the competitions.

Matches, even the most important, are open access. The game and atmosphere seduce a large audience. Attend a Polo game, all year except August. Free access.
Open de France : End of September

4 PARCOURS DE GOLF

Golf lovers will be delighted by the beautiful courses located around the Cottage: Chantilly Golf, Chantilly Forest Golf, Apremont Golf, Lys Chantilly Golf

30 minutes by car

PARC ASTERIX

The Asterix Park is a tourist complex comprising a theme park and two hotels opened on April 30, 1989 and managed by Compagnie des Alpes, a subsidiary of the Caisse des dépôts, since 2002. The theme park is dedicated to the world of the comics of Uderzo and Goscinny: Asterix. It is located in Plailly, in the Oise, about thirty kilometers from Paris.

It is one of the theme parks in Europe to have been awarded a Thea Award by the Themed Entertainment Association.

30 minutes by car

MER DE SABLE

La Mer de Sable / the Sable Sea is a theme park opened in 1963 and located in the heart of the Ermenonville Forest, in the immediate vicinity of Ermenonville in the Oise. It is the oldest active theme park in France. The park offers visitors the discovery of three universes: “The Gates of the Desert” with its dune, “in the time of the pioneers” on the conquest of the West and “the jungle” with its exotic world.

Instead for children under the age of 14, the park offers twenty-three attractions including five playgrounds and other monkey bridges, four live shows including two equestrians, a farm with two hundred animals and a pony ride.

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