There are actually quite a few castles and chateaux located around Paris and of course the most famous of these is the Palace of Versailles, but we thought a look at one of the least known palace called Castle Chantilly, which is also on a large scale with the phenomenal story and remarkable museums .

Not sure if you realized, but it was one of the parameters for the James Bond film called A View To A Kill with Roger Moore, and other places in Paris that have been in the film, as Restaurant Jules Verne Eiffel Tower is just one hour from Paris, he has made this place popular with tourists.

But back to the castle itself is a beautiful castle which is located in one of the largest forests, the succession of an area of about 7,800 hectares, plus it has a fleet of approximately 155 hectares.

From the Middle Ages, when construction began on the castle, it is passed by inheritance from a person through the various branches of the same family and each heir had improvements and new structures built. That is, until he arrived at the house of Conde, who finally left the estate of the Duke of Aumale, but that is where the legacy has ended, as both his son was death in battle.

For this reason, the Duke of Aumale bequeathed the entire estate of Chantilly to the Institut de France on condition that he was open to the public as a museum, which took place one year after his death and home to one of the finest museums of historical paintings in France called the Musée Condé. In fact, excluding the famous Louvre museum in Paris called, it is the only museum in France to have three paintings by Raphael.

In the Chantilly castle there are many rooms housing a magnificent collection of antiques and paintings not only as the Salon d’Orleans, who has a rare collection of porcelain of Chantilly, the more private rooms of M . the Duke and Duchess of Aumale, known as Small Apartments, you can see what they were. You can also visit the Office of books, or book a room, a magnificent library contains about 30,000 volumes and includes about 1,500 manuscripts, including around 200 medieval manuscripts and the oldest, which is very precious, actually dates from the 11th century.

Within the walls of the Château de Chantilly, which were designed by Andre Le Notre, there are the Great Stables, which is where you find the Living Museum of the Horse also known as The Living Museum of the Horse. The 31 rooms at the Living Horse Museum, which covers an area of 4,000 square meters and with a runway of 800 meters, this museum is one of the most visited places in the equestrian world, in addition, they hold horse shows and events every day of the week except Tuesday, when the whole area of Chantilly is closed.

You can admire the beautiful fountains and the channel, and the grounds are an ideal place for a stroll to watch the swans, nesting birds and many other wild animals. But also in the park there are other buildings as a chapel and you can see the Jeu de Paume, which was a game of tennis and one of the last to be built in France during the construction began in 1756 but this is now a museum piece holding large paintings that would not fit anywhere else!

As mentioned previously Chantilly Castle is open daily except Tuesday, an even later in the evening during the summer months and fully appreciate this incredible castle, you really need to make a point to spend a day complete with all the family.