Chateau Charly is a gorgeous country house, renovated to a high standard to provide a truly luxurious stay. Small and perfectly formed, I was really excited to see their orchard, their vegetable garden and most of all the rather fabulous bathroom ;)

The hosts really make you feel at home and I love the fact that all the proceeds go to charities to help kids in Sri Lanka and Haiti. I've recommended it to all my friends, and I'll definitely be going back!

Thanks Sarah and Anna for a fab time :)

This is the only place we know of in the world where you choose how much to pay for your bed and breakfast in this delightful, luxurious, yet very homely French Chateau AND EVERY PENNY you pay for that bed and breakfast goes to the amazing charities
www.Bridge2srilanka.com
or
www.Bridge2haiti.com
Have a look at the website www.chateaucharly.com to see just what this exciting and unique place is all about.
We stayed for 4 days in Oct 2011 and we found that the Chateau itself has been immaculately renovated and furnished and offers true quality whilst the welcome and the atmosphere from the minute you turn in to the gates from the road is second to none.
We were so well looked after from the moment we arrived till we drove away at the end of 4 magical days. Anna Wallace is the perfect hostess and an excellent cook. She coped really well with our vegetarian requirements and the food was so tasty and well presented. She couldn't do enough to pamper us from morning till night.
We were in the Bordeaux Suite which was extremely spacious, 18' x 9' with high ceilings and a huge bathroom.
We are very interested in the environment and Paul Solomons who owns and lives at the Chateau has invested in geothermal and aerothermal energy so there is a constant flow of hot water to luxuriate in the bath with or freshen up in the large shower.
The grounds are splendid and well maintained with seating at various locations allowing you to sit and while the time away listening to the birds and watching the red squirrels play. We spent several hours just wondering around and forgetting everything else around us.
The lovely heated swimming pool had already been prepared for winter so we were unable to enjoy it ourselves but look forward to going back again next year to do so.
We visited Philippe and Lynn Raimbault who provide the lovely Chateau Charly house wines and enjoyed sampling their range before buying a bottle or two to bring home.
We travel a lot and have never found anything quite like Chateau Charly let alone the way it is run as a charity supporting people who live in impoverished conditions in Sri Lanka and Haiti. We cannot recommend it enough.
If you are ever travelling through France it is well worth planning your route to spend a few days here. There are 5 suites altogether and would also be great for a holiday itself, for a family get together, a business meeting or just a romantic getaway for 2 (4 poster bed included!). One of the suites also has an interconnecting second bedroom for families too!
It took us 5 hours to drive back to Calais and is less to St Malo.
Jannine and Paul from Guernsey

Having just spent a weekend at the Chateau with a friend, I must tell others what a special place this is. The Chateau is set in beautifully cared for and picturesque parkland, including an orchard, herb garden, and acres of open space, woodland and quaint outbuildings including a coachhouse and cottage, currently disused. An outdoor heated swimming pool was drained for the winter, but would be a lovely relaxing place to spend a day in warmer months. Inside the chateau is warm, welcoming and homely, with beautiful wooden, stone and marble floors, all warmed by underfloor heating, and adorned with gorgeous rugs. The bedroom suites are spacious and tastefully decorated, each room with a different theme and colour scheme - and the bed was so comfortable. And the bathrooms are just divine!!!

The continental breakfast was lovely, and a good traditionally french start to the day. The evening meal, made with locally sourced produce and fruit and herbs from the grounds was delicious, beautifully complimented by wines from the chateau's wine cellar for all tastes and purses. The Chateau's own wine was very reasonably priced and very drinkable!

The new owner Paul Solomons was not staying at the Chateau during our stay, but sounds like a wonderful host and remarkably charitable person - for all room proceeds to be donated to two very special charities is just fantastic.Sarah Griffiths was not there during our stay, but we learned a lot about her enthusiatic work for the charities, which has touched and changed many peoples lives.

But the stay was made the most special because of the Chateau manager, Anna Wallace - a wonderfully genuine and bubbly hostess with obvious experience in the hospitality industry, and a huge asset to the Chateau Charly experience. She was so welcoming, and made us feel so instantly at home, we really did nit want to leave.

A return visit is most definitely on the cards. It is a special place which would be hard to beat.

I've stayed at Chateau Charly with my son. It is beautiful and couldn't get enough from his charme. What us the most has touched in our soul, is the fact that the money we've spend there, goes to two charities in Haiti and Sri Lanka.
We recommended to everybody.
Once you've stayed there, you will come back without doubt.