Paris is approx. 60 km and 50 minutes away
Gala dinners can be arranged
Every Saturday from May to October 6th, discover Vaux le Vicomte's beauty with more than 2000 candles and dine at the restaurant Les Charmilles in the gardens. Fireworks will be shot every Saturday at the end of the evening.
In the early 17th Century, between the royal residences of Vincennes and Fontainebleau, a small castle stood at the confluence of two small rivers.
The domain was called Vaux-le-Vicomte: It was then just a place on the map and its reputation had still to be made. In 1641 a 26 year-old parliamentarian, Nicolas Fouquet, purchased the estate.
Fifteen years later the first stone of an unique masterpiece was laid; it was to be the finest château and garden in France.
This achievement was brought about through the collaboration of three men of genius whom Fouquet had chosen for the task: the architect Le Vau, the painter-decorator Le Brun and the landscape gardener Le Nôtre.
The artistic and cultivated sensibility of their patron was a great stimulus to their talents.
