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Spend a week in the beautiful Chateau de Palaminy!

Set on 10 enclosed acres, adjoining the small village of Cazeres, on the Garonne river, Palaminy is a perfect setting for art history, painting, photography, biking, and taking in the historical treasures and sites from towns and villages throughout the region. Close to Spain in the Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées region, there are many desirable day trips as Palaminy is well situated and within an hour drive to downtown Toulouse, Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges Cathedral (a UNESCO World Heritage Site as part of the World Heritage Sites of the Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France), Albi, Carcassonne, Lourdes, and Pyrenees mountain villages. Particularly in the summer months there are many well established and enchanting art and music festivals throughout the area to enjoy.

Chateau de Palaminy is a Renaissance period castle (1560) built on older parts (circa 1300 and 1400). During the summer months, you are invited to use the enormous pool which is believed to be the 2nd largest private pool in France.

Your hosts, Marquis Robert and Marquess Jeanne-Marie de Palaminy, both fluent in English, are enthusiastic historians and art patrons who live in the main chateau section adjoining the rented wing. They will greet you and provide an historical overview of their family estate (since 1724) and the surrounding region known for its museums, abbeys, cloisters and sacred sites from Romanesque, Gothic and Renaissance periods.

Accommodations:
6 bedrooms, 5 w/ full private baths and one hall full bath, sleeps 12:
• Large pink bedroom : Queen size bed
• Canopy bed room : Queen size bed
• Piranese bedroom : Queen size bed
• Blue bedroom : two beds, one Queen size and one single (no attached bath)
• Second floor (American 3rd) : Queen size bed
• Toile de Jouy bedroom : Twin beds
• full kitchen, 5 minutes from a large grocery store Carrefour Market and walking distance to bakery
• pool (June-August), tennis courts, internet access available

Item Special Note

• Chateau de Palaminy is located in southwestern France, 40 minutes from Toulouse-Blagnac International Airport. The 6 bedroom/6 bath wing of the Chateau is currently available for group rental. Toulouse is a one-hour flight from Paris (or 5 hours by TGV), Bordeaux is 2 1/2 hours' drive, Narbonne 1 1/2, and Barcelona 4 1/2. Cazères-sur-Garonne train station is 5 minutes by car.

• Residing on the property in the detached Steward’s House is pianist and composer Edmund Barton Bullock (http://www.edmundbartonbullock.com/). For a reasonable fee, Mr. Bullock can perform a private hour long performance in his recital hall on the property for your group.

  Nearby Festivals Recommended by Mr. Palaminy:
  Festival du Comminges http://www.festival-du-comminges.com/en/
  Musiques-Entre-Pierres http://www.musiques-entre-pierres.com/#!home/c1lgv