Château des Rochers-Sévigné, Vitré, France

Les Rochers was the estate of the Mathefelon family from the 12th century, before being passed by marriage to the Sévigné family in 1410. The family rebuilt the château in the early 16th century. Between 1644 and 1690, Madame de Sévigné stayed here and refurnished the house. She gave names to the paths through the gardens and in 1689 her son commis-sioned the French Gardens from Le Nôtre. In 1715, the Nétumières family bought the estate and carried out building and restoration works. Today there is a visitor centre at the 17th century Orangerie and exhibition about Madame de Sévigné and the Château des Rochers.

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Cedric le foll (2 years ago)
Discovery of this golf course today. I give 5 stars despite the condition of the course being very very average but the weather of the last few days and the illness on the greens are hurting but we see the teams working on future improvement with drainage work in progress. Beyond that, the design is very pleasant, technical and varied with relief and sloping holes. Special mention for the welcome, from reservation to payment with a gesture on the GF taking into account the state of the route without asking anything, just for this true commercial spirit, we could give 6 stars. I will happily return there in good weather to improve the menu ?.

Andy Perchard (2 years ago)
Tricky course up and down through the trees and hillsides. Well worth the trip and would play again.

christian barbier (3 years ago)
cool

Alina Tiron (5 years ago)
Its cool

Nicole Krieff (6 years ago)
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