Château de la Bussière
Château de la Bussière
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Chip1701
Plymouth, MN1,077 contributions
Aug 2021
This chateau is not worth driving out of your way to see. If, however, you find yourself in the area, might be worth a visit. Unlike many other chateaux in France, this one still needs lots of work. Its draw is that it has many historical fishing pictures, equipment, lures, and other paraphernalia.
Written 17 August 2021
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riva40
San Francisco8 contributions
Aug 2021
Lovely place, beautiful castle and serene area...not sure what people expect??? this is only an 1hr and a half from Paris and totally worth it!
Buy some good cheese and a bottle of Loire red and have a picnic in the castle garden, you won't regret it!
the town of Briare is only 10km away and worth seeing also...Sancerre is a little further.
Buy some good cheese and a bottle of Loire red and have a picnic in the castle garden, you won't regret it!
the town of Briare is only 10km away and worth seeing also...Sancerre is a little further.
Written 30 August 2021
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Ben M
Barnsley, UK212 contributions
Apr 2017 • Friends
I think the last couple of reviews sum this up well. This quirky little chateau is not ground breaking but nor is it uninteresting and boasts some great views! I found the fishing theme throughout quite interesting in some ways but quickly got bored of it when it dominated every aspect.
Good parking and toilet facilities available. The grounds around are very pretty and the garden well maintained. Would I rush back? No. Would I recommend a visit? Yes
Good parking and toilet facilities available. The grounds around are very pretty and the garden well maintained. Would I rush back? No. Would I recommend a visit? Yes
Written 23 April 2017
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RossendaleMancunian
Rawtenstall, UK547 contributions
Sept 2016 • Couples
Frans R sums it up rather well, i.e. 'neither incredibly interesting nor incredibly dull'; hence worth seeing but not worth travelling a long distance just to see. Lots of fish and fishing equipment on view as you wander through the rooms (NB no photography allowed indoors). Basic information sheets provided but no guides to enthuse on the history of the chateau or provide additional bits of information for the visitor. Small gift shop and respectable kitchen/floral garden - but choose a nice day as there is little shelter if it rains. A calm day also affords good reflections of the chateau in the surrounding lake for the keen photographer.
Written 27 September 2016
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Frans R
128 contributions
Jul 2016 • Family
Nice visit. Not incredibly interesting, not incredibly dull. Nice views And the fishing equipment is funny. Their is a big fish preserved in strong water that turns out to be Sth long ago thought to be extinct. A visit to get the hang for a castle for children.
Written 28 July 2016
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Sophie A
Berlin, Germany3 contributions
Sept 2014 • Friends
I just got to visit the château de la Bussière and it's remarkable gardens. It's surrounded by a pond, so pretty! If you are interested in history or if you loved the series DOWNTON ABBEY you shouldn't miss out on visiting the privately run castle. You get an idea how the family lived upstairs and the service people worked downstairs. You even get to have a look in the old kitchen. The castle tells the story of a family living there from the time after the French Revolution until today. In the gardens you get the chance to pick some raspberries, red currant and black berries... yum! Definitely enjoyed it's peaceful atmosphere outside of the usual mass tourism!
Written 15 September 2014
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Patricia A
4 contributions
May 2019 • Couples
Smaller than its neighbours, Sully, St Fargeau, ... but it is a gem: the dining room with its emblazoned ceiling and fireplace, a replica of Chambord's with Francis I's salamander, the kitchen with pots and pans as though still in use, the laundry room with its collection of lace bonnets and clothing of old, the veranda with its stunning views directly over the pond, and much more. We loved the fishing museum within the castle, the escape game, the remarkable garden where I found "Rue", a herb I hadn't seen in many years. Don't miss the guided tours available in several languages.
Written 9 May 2019
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Lisa M
Scarborough, UK4 contributions
Aug 2015 • Couples
We visited this lovey small but interesting Château on a hot day. It certainly had lots of Fish artifacts and information. The gardens were well stocked and looked after. We enjoyed PYO raspberries which were delicious.
Written 31 August 2015
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Max W
Vancouver, Canada138 contributions
Apr 2015 • Friends
This is a very pretty small chateau that fell on hard times, but what it has become is well worth a visit and, frankly, a lot more fun than some of the bigger, stuffier chateaux. The family here had to sell of most of the heirloom furniture to pay bills, so--lemons to lemonade--to attract paying visitors they established a fish museum, built around the piscatorial passions of earlier residents. So instead of the usual room-after-room display of beds and brocades and tapestries and chairs, you’re treated to hundreds of portraits, paintings and effigies of freshwater fish—including a stuffed coelacanth, a prehistoric sea creature said to have been caught off India. Fishing rods and reels of all sizes, flies and weight and hooks ... well, a fish museum. Chateau des Pecheurs, castle of the fishermen. If fish at such a scale becomes too much, take refuge in Le Notre's wonderful gardens, particularly the potager, or kitchen garden, where you could well run into the local Countess, quite elderly now but filled with spirit and vigor, a great sparkle in her eyes, tending the herbs and fruit. I meet her in the herbal-medicinal section, where she pulls me the sweetest radish to taste and we chat for a while. The place is littered with little signs bearing appropriate quotations about gardening, so I remind her of a couple of theatrical references to the herbs she is tending (Estragon from Godot, rosemary from Hamlet, so on) and she is delighted, a charming and funny lady. Bring a picnic if you like; make a sunny afternoon of it. The entrance fee is so modest you'll want to buy something at the gift shop just to help keep the place open for others to share.
Written 28 May 2015
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Michele B
Sydney, Australia45 contributions
Oct 2014 • Couples
This is a charming Château, located down a side street of the small, pretty town of La Bussière. We arrived as it re-opened at 2pm, after the lunch hour closure - you can pay to see both the Château and garden or just the garden alone. The setting is quite lovely, with the Château, dating from the 12th century, almost surrounded by a great lake and it is no surprise to find out that there are many displays of everything to do with fish and fishing inside the Château.
This is not a large or sumptuous place, so don't expect the gold and velvet excesses of a lot of other Châteaux, but for that very reason, it is a pleasure to wander the rooms, both upstairs and downstairs, as it is easier to imagine living there, and the daily life of the household. The kitchen area, with its shiny copper pans, is very interesting and was evidently in use until the 1950's. Many of the rooms upstairs look out over the lake, gardens and adjoining forest.
The lake and gardens are peaceful, and were originally designed by Le Notre of Versailles renown, and you are encouraged to bring a picnic - there is a rustic cabin and bridge amongst the trees that children would love as well as a couple of shaggy goats.
But we had the best time in the fruit and vegetable
garden, marvelling at all the produce, even in autumn and having fun picking a large punnet of ripe raspberries which we later weighed and bought. Seasonally, there are also strawberries, blackberries, red & black currants to pick - what a great idea. I certainly don't begrudge paying the entrance fee or for the berries as the Château is privately-run and must be very, very expensive to upkeep.
Well worth a visit.
This is not a large or sumptuous place, so don't expect the gold and velvet excesses of a lot of other Châteaux, but for that very reason, it is a pleasure to wander the rooms, both upstairs and downstairs, as it is easier to imagine living there, and the daily life of the household. The kitchen area, with its shiny copper pans, is very interesting and was evidently in use until the 1950's. Many of the rooms upstairs look out over the lake, gardens and adjoining forest.
The lake and gardens are peaceful, and were originally designed by Le Notre of Versailles renown, and you are encouraged to bring a picnic - there is a rustic cabin and bridge amongst the trees that children would love as well as a couple of shaggy goats.
But we had the best time in the fruit and vegetable
garden, marvelling at all the produce, even in autumn and having fun picking a large punnet of ripe raspberries which we later weighed and bought. Seasonally, there are also strawberries, blackberries, red & black currants to pick - what a great idea. I certainly don't begrudge paying the entrance fee or for the berries as the Château is privately-run and must be very, very expensive to upkeep.
Well worth a visit.
Written 2 October 2014
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Bonjour.
Je souhaiterais savoir si il est possible de le visiter samedi 7 octobre prochain et si oui quelles sont les horaires d'ouverture ?
Merci par avance pour votre réponse.
Bien sincèrement.
Written 3 October 2016
Du 01/10 au 01/11 visite tous les jours sauf mardi de 14 a18 h
Visite guidée 11 h 15 16 et 17h
Pour plus d'infos voir le site internet
Written 4 October 2016
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