Chateau Rideaud

Set amongst the famous Bordeaux Vineyards, the elegant Chateau Rideaud offers the perfect environment to relax in style. Soak up the sun in the beautiful swimming pool or enjoy the gorgeous views from the terrace. Staff can be available to provide daytime and evening meals. 

The 12th Century Chateau Rideaud offers the perfect blend of historic ambience and modern comfort and entertainment. Overlooking the battlefield that ended British Rule in the hundred year war, the Chateau and surrounding area, where celebrations of the battle take place annually, are clearly steeped in history. After a day enjoying the pool, grounds and local area you can relax indoors at your own bar or home cinema.

Services Included

- Nine large en-suite bedrooms, all with design conscious interiors, high thread count Egyptian linen, Aromatherapy Associates products etc
- Professional cinema with raked sofa seating, 3 metre screen and surround sound
- Fully stocked cocktail bar including beer on tap
- Professional kitchen (Chateau can be booked with or without a chef and waitress team)
- Fully equipped nursery, enough toys to sink Santa's sleigh and a fleet of English speaking nannies on standby
- The Boudoir Spa - our massage and treatment room
- Sonos sound system / WiFi throughout the house
- Sky Sports in the lounge

The Chateau boasts 8 sumptuous double bedrooms all with huge beds. Each room has been kitted out with iPod docking stations, and all the bathrooms come with a complimentary selection of REN toiletries. For the children there are the dormitory (to sleep up to 6) and play rooms for fun and games.

With a table that caters for 10 the kitchen is the social hub of the chateau. Full use can be made of traditional essentials such as the Aga, as well as many modern gadgets and tools like the blender, coffee machine and microwave. Refrigerators and washing machines are available in the laundry room in numbers, to accommodate a full and lively house. The kitchen leads into the grand dining room which seats up to 20 for a formal dinner.  A massive open fire at one end and the library at the other lend it a unique character. A 40m corridor goes the full length of the wing, opening up onto a staff kitchen. This allows a chef to work his magic and cater for your every need whilst still maintaining a private and relaxed atmosphere.

Upstairs, the Chapel Bar is equipped with enough cocktail glasses for all, so there is no excuse for not attending the party.  The plasma screen with satellite feed is ideal for watching sport or combined with an iPod to form an interactive music system. The cinema delivers THX quality film projection to a 3m screen with comfortable seating for 18. The Maroc lounge can be altered to suit the booking as a games room, table tennis, babyfoot or as a meeting room.

Located in 10 acres of beautiful gardens the setting is ideal for walks around the grounds to enjoy the sun, local flowers and herb garden. The swimming pool was recently refitted giving the classic style a modern edge. 

*Please note, locations shown on the maps are approximations only

The nearest airports are Bordeaux (70km) and Bergerac (70km).  The chateau is a five minute drive from the closest town, Castillon La Bataille, where there are banks and supermarkets.

A two minute drive will take you to a lovely bathing lake with a bar and restaurant. Fifteen minutes away is the fashionable St Emilion, the original UNESCO World Heritage site. Activities within 15 mins include tennis, canoeing, quad biking, jet skiing riding and inland lakes with restaurants and flumes. A real treat of a restaurant, La Poudette, offers contemporary French cuisine. 

St Emillion is well worth a visit for a special meal as it is the home of La Hostillerie Du Plaisance a Michelin starred restaurant, which is remarkable but not for the unadventurous! A little further on, the St James' Hotel in Boulliac offers a modern Menu Decouvert in the original 'Hip Hotel'; expensive, but unforgettable.

Bordeaux is a 40 minute drive away with its bustling city and vineyards. The region offers many traditional restaurants serving up the local specialities. The closest town for shopping purposes is Castillon La Bataille, approximately four minutes drive away, and there is a different regional market within easy reach every day of the week.

Breakfast is included each morning in the rental price. Guests can choose whether to take the chef service for the full duration of their stay, for just a few select meals or not at all but either way the chateau is equipped with an additional “chef kitchen” where your chef can work without interfering with the general hubbub of the main chateau kitchen.

Housekeeping is on hand on a daily basis to help to keep things ticking over. Their duties include setting up and clearing breakfast, cleaning communal areas, daily cleaning within the bedrooms including a change of bed linen and towels mid week, maintaining the pool and lawns, etc.

Childcare including a well planned series of activities for younger guests is available at a cost of approximately 160 euros per nanny per day. This is available on a ratio of one nanny to four children over four years. We are also able to provide the services of a beauty therapist who will perform a full range of massage and facial treatments, manicures, pedicures etc in the privacy of your room, by appointment.

- Security deposit: £500. This is paid by cheque on arrival and will be refunded in full after departure subject to damage inspection.
- Linen & towels: All linen and bath towels are included in the rental price.
- Energy costs: Included in the rental price.
- End of stay cleaning: Included. Please leave the property in the state that you found it.
- Arrival time: 4pm onwards.
- Departure time: 10am.
- Pets: 2 pets allowed.
- Smoking: No smoking in the property. Smoking only allowed in the chapel bar.
- High season bookings: Please note that we only accept bookings of 2 weeks or more in July & August.
- It is recommended that all guests take out insurance to cover against potential cancellation and any accidental damage caused during your stay at the property.