To toast before 17th-century Versaille-esque gardens with an Armand de Brignac Champagne and gaze on a sun setting over Île-de-France turning the mirror of the lake pink, is a distinctive, if not a classically French pleasure.
To wallow under the stars (or scudding clouds) on an armchair covered in blue silk brocade, Louis XV sconces and 18th-century allegories of the Arts and Literature is another exceptional, non-necessarily French privilege.
There is evidently a whole universe of seduction and distractions at Château de Villette, the most historically important Manor in France, composed by the very architects and landscape designer who constructed and fashioned the Palace itself, so much so that the establishment gained the sobriquet "Le Petit Versailles".
Owing to its contemporary, charismatic owners, this aristocratic heap, now one of the most sought after sanctuaries and venues near Paris belies the sedate elegance of the Louis XIV court facade. Its lavish interiors, polite lawns and geometric lines in a gravitational axis of pools, orangeries, and equestrian domains, stand as proudly as a freshly-iced wedding cake in 185 perfectly manicured acres, looking as they have jumped straight out of a Cyrano de Bergerac novel.
If you have ever dreamt of getting wed in the Versailles, Château de Villette resembles a keyhole through which one can experience a world lost and found again, a world unlike any other.
Planner Madame Wedding Design
Planner Assistant Intense Events
Stylist/Florist Janna Brown Design
Stylist/Florist Assistant Emma Gillam
Venue Chateau De Villette
Hair and Makeup Harold James Paris
