The Good Life France Magazine September/October 2015 | Page 50

The Gardens and Hamlet

Andre le Notre, France’s most famous gardener, the creator of the Versailles Gardens, was commissioned to design the landscape and with 285 acres, there was much scope for his inimitable touch. Wonderful statues and sculptures adorn the grounds and they are perfect for a posh picnic...

The gardens feature a hamlet with fantasy rural houses which inspired the Queen's Hamlet at Versailles where Marie-Antoinette liked to relax.

One of the pretty rural houses at Chantilly is now a restaurant, called Le Hameau...