Paris is about 50 km away
Château de Fontainebleau is approximately 50 minutes drive away
Château de Versaillesis approximately 90 minutes drive away 
Gala dinners can be arranged

Vaux de Cernay Abbey, located in the Chevreuse valley in the Rambouillet state-owned forest, is an enchanted place and the perfect spot to recharge your batteries. Vaux de Cernay abbey’s extraordinary architecture emerges from where power and mystery preside.

Historical
1118: Founding of the Vaux-de-Cernay Abbey by a group of monks from Savigny Abbey (in Manche).
1147: Affiliation with the Order of Cistercian. The estate decides to enter into a self-sufficient life: water is used to drink, for fish farming to provide food, for sanitation and energy for the mill.

14th Century: Decline of the intellectual and material life.
15th Century: Abandonment of the building after the 100-year-war.
17th Century: Repair and maintenance of buildings, spiritual revival.
1873: Acquisition of the park and buildings, which had been used as a quarry since the revolution, by Baron Nathaniel Rothschild. Reconstruction of the estate.
1988: Bought by Mr Savry. The estate is redeveloped as a high-class hotel and restaurant. 

The Restaurant

 

The Bedroom

 

  • Cernay 10 Aerial view
  • Cernay 11 Hall
  • Cernay 12 Salon
  • Cernay 13 Salon
  • Cernay 14 Salon
  • Cernay 15 exterior
  • Cernay 16 exterior

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