Auberge Resorts Assortment, the award-winning portfolio of one-of-a-kind luxurious resorts, resorts, and residences, has been chosen by
Garance Primat to handle Domaine des Etangs, as of April 2023. Situated within the charming city of Massignac, the historic French chateau is located simply three hours by TGV practice from Paris Montparnasse, close to Cognac and Angouleme, France, and served by the handy Limoges airport close by.
The Thirteenth-century fortress, beforehand owned by Garance Primat’s father, the late French industrialist Didier Primat, for the reason that Eighties, served because the household’s personal vacation property for a few years and was not too long ago remodeled right into a uniquely French luxurious lodge and artwork de vivre retreat for discerning vacationers from all over the world. Conceived as a magical place to reconnect and discover stability by way of a concord of artwork, nature, and an historical style of French nation tradition, Domaine des Etangs is as a lot a discovery as it’s a retreat. Celebrating the picturesque panorama of the Limousin area, the property’s beautiful grounds cowl 2,500 acres of preserved nature, unfold between numerous forests, lush inexperienced meadows, gardens, and lakes that evolve with the seasons. Harking back to the Primat’s back-to-nature household retreats, Domaine des Etangs is now a one-of-a-kind vacation spot the place friends will come to revive stability, reconnect to less complicated pastimes and discover leisure, artwork, and wellness in an beautiful pure setting.
“As we proceed our centered growth in Europe, we’re thrilled so as to add this magnificent and historic property to Auberge Resorts Assortment’s portfolio of one-of-a-kind resorts,” stated Dan Friedkin, chairman, of Auberge Resorts Assortment. “We’re honored that Garance Primat has entrusted us to handle one other one in all her household’s properties that, like Primland within the Blue Ridge Mountains, is dedicated to serving to vacationers forge a singular and genuine reference to its locale.”
From its origin as a fiefdom of the knights of Chasteigner de la Roche-Posay to its 1860s renovation as a household fortress, Domaine des Etangs is emblematic of wealthy French historical past. Actually, King Richard the Lionheart handed Domaine des Etangs’ small moat bridge many instances. When Didier Primat bought the property greater than 100 years later, a collection of main refurbishments have been executed to revive the property to align together with his deep appreciation for magnificence, nature, and the nice outdoor.
Right now, Domaine des Etangs embodies the best possible of French design, mixing a world class restoration of an historical fortress and unique farm buildings with a complicated palette of curated trendy artwork and artisan architectural interventions. The juxtapositions are fascinating at each flip, and embody a world class Artwork-Gallery expertise in an outdated dairy barn, a wellness house that’s constructed across the unique works of the outdated mill constructing it inhabits, a Thermal baths pool home, conical spires of oak beams within the tower suites that spiral up over the beds for starry evening views and charming multi-story rooms carved out of restored 18th century barns. Every showcases the layered, curious minded world of Domaine des Etangs. The property is a nature-filled sanctuary that provides an opportunity to decelerate and reconnect with the outdated and new traditions of the distinctive French countryside. From the enchanting grounds to the traditional structure, thoughtfully preserved to honor its historical past but dutifully refurbished to allow trendy comforts that enchantment to probably the most discerning vacationers, the resort was inbuilt deliberate concord with nature and the native terroir. From this otherworldly haven of uncooked magnificence and coveted quietude, friends will even take pleasure in handy entry to discover neighboring cities—from having fun with a drink on the terraces of the charming French village of Massignac to buying porcelain in Limoges to touring the beautiful cognac cellars of Cognac and, farther south, the famed wineries in Bordeaux and Medoc.
Domaine des Etangs’ proprietor Garance Primat notes, “Auberge Resorts Assortment has been managing Primland, our household resort in Virginia, for the previous two years. Seeing them in motion has given me the boldness to entrust them with the administration of Domaine des Etangs. On the Domaine, nature is on the coronary heart of every little thing, as a result of our well being will depend on the well being of the earth. Dedicated to preserving and respecting a balanced atmosphere, the Domaine’s philosophy is constructed round an artwork of life reconnected to nature. I’m assured Auberge shares these widespread values with me and that they’ll take excellent care of my beloved Domaine sooner or later.”