The western side ofcChateau de Detilly on a sunny day

It was a warm July morning when we first turned the key in the weathered wooden doors of Château de Détilly. Birdsong clung to the trees. The air smelled of sun-warmed stone and dry grass. The wheat fields wavered in the heat like a mirage. What I remember most, though, was the silence—a silence so deep my own thoughts felt unfamiliar. For most of my life in France, Paris was my compass. I taught at the Nouvelle Sorbonne and Sciences Po and lived just outside the city, close

Breakfast at Chateau de Detilly is more than a breakfast—it's and event. We serve only the best of everything.

The rose garden at Château de Deétilly is one of the biggest privately-owned ones in the Loire Valley. It has 81 arches and thousands of rose bushes.