Chateau les Forges - 27 hole Golf

The parish registers of Ménigoute show that there was already a settlement in 1164 with the name 'Forges'! The current château was built in 1883, but there had been a large house in the village of Les Forges since the middle of the 15th century, when the lord of the estate, one Antoine De Payle, built a 'maison forte' on a site 250 meters north of the current château.

The castle has a main building and outbuildings and 28 apartments have been realized in it. The owners come from all over the world from Australia to the USA but more than 40% of the owners are Dutch. The castle has an 8-hectare garden, a swimming pool and 2 tennis courts. In front of the entrance of the castle is a 27-hole golf course. 

The apartment has a spacious living room (36m2), a spacious bedroom, a bathroom and 2 terraces. There is a small kitchen with 2 burners, a refrigerator and an oven/microwave. There is also a TV with a DVD player and a golf set. The bedroom has a double bed. In front of the living room there is a 1 person folding bed and a double sofa bed. 

The castle is 30 km from Poitiers and 852 km from Utrecht. La Rochelle, Île de Ré, Niort, Cognac and Royan can be reached quickly. Bordeaux and Orleans are a little further. The TGV has a stop in Poitiers. The TGV runs to Paris Montparnasse in less than an hour and a half.