Activities at Chateau de Canisy or nearby

• Accommodations:

  • 7 rooms & suites at the guesthouse and 7 rooms in the annexes.

• Reception rooms:

  • The Grand Salon: Because of its size and its rich furnishings, the Grand Salon provides an atmosphere both refined and warm. People gather there for an aperitif before going to the dining room and return there for coffee and calvados, moments of conviviality which can last late into the night ...

  • The Dining room: The size of the dining room is impressive, but it is as well suited for intimate dinners for a dozen good friends as for meals enjoyed by twenty, thirty, even fifty people. Pictures of family ancestors and the huge animal paintings by Snyder and by other Dutch painters of the 17th century make this room a true living museum. The dining room serves as a setting for relaxed and friendly buffet lunches and for dinners by candlelight, elegant, warm, and refined.

  • The Music room: The 18th century Music Room very well represents The Enlightenment, when recitals were given for notable guests and family members. Many 18th century paintings represent these gracious moments of social and daily castle life.

  • The Billiard room: As you leave the Grand Salon you get to the Billiard Room through a long corridor where you may come upon several “grandes dames”? Every chateau must have a billiard room which, like Tintin, is of interest to everybody from 7 to 77!

  • The Bar: Continuing down the corridor after the billiard room you get to the English bar, which offers a relaxed and modern atmosphere. It's a place to take a break between meetings, a place to have a drink while listening to jazz.

  • The Theatre: After crossing the bar, you get to the Theatre “Laurent Terzieff,” where for several years the “Troupe of Canisy” charmed the adult audience by presenting plays of Anouilh...
    The acoustics of the theatre are also excellent for musical recitals.
    Additionally the theatre can be easily converted into a conference room for colloquiums and seminars.

  • The Discoteque: At Canisy the venerable medieval cellars were given a new purpose... Transformed into a twenty-first century discoteque, the vaulted caves provide a genuine surrealist atmosphere to excite people of all ages.

• Tennis court

• Fishing on the pond

• Horseback riding

• Nearby: several Golf courses, museums, parks, abbeys and cathedrals and D-Day invasion places.

SEMINARS

A quiet and out of time place in the countryside so far away from the hectic life in the cities, the chateau de Canisy offers an ideal setting for professional conferences and meetings in a relaxed and lovable atmosphere. Therefore important Anglo-Saxon foundations such as the Aspen Institute from Colorado, the King`s fund in London, the European Healthcare Management in Dublin, The Battle of Normandy Foundation in Washington or the Brentwood School of Arts of Los Angeles have chosen the chateau de Canisy to hold important meetings. The very specific and even unique atmosphere of this historic place made them choose our estate. To exceptional settings, exceptional meetings !

For each request I personally participate to the preparation of the event and I am personally in the chateau to welcome and assist the participants, until they feel at home ... in my chateau !

RECEPTIONS

Chateau de Canisy is an intimate and lovable place that is ideal for friendly meetings of small groups of around 20 to 30 guests. They will benefit from its exclusivity in order to share unforgettable moments. The ultimate is to get together for two to three days, or more, in order to celebrate a family and/or a personal event. Thus young brides from all around the world (California or even Australia) have decided to transport family and friends to Canisy to celebrate their marriage. Families have chosen Canisy to celebrate an important anniversary and sometimes close friends decide to share this place for a few days just for the sake of spending some good time there together, including their children of course.

TOURISM

Chateau de Canisy is located in the heart of the Norman bocage in the wooded Cotentin peninsula, a region of France full of History. The chateau de Canisy is ideally located for those who wish to visit exceptional sites and historical monuments. Discover the world renowned Mont Saint Michel (50 mn from Canisy), the Landing Beaches of D.Day, (Canisy is 40mn away from Sainte Mère l`Eglise, Utah Beach, Pointe du Hoc, Omaha Beach and 50 mn from Arromanches). All of those sites are vivid memories of that crucial battle that led to the end of World War II, and they offer outstanding memorial museums.

Do not forget to visit Bayeux, a small town famous for its magnificent cathedral and world renowned tapestry of Reine Mathilde, that relates the conquest of England by Wilhelm the Conqueror. Several abbeys and cathedrals should also be visited: the Cathedral of Coutances, the Abbeys of Hambye, Lessay, Cerisy la Forêt.

The city of Caen offers also several monuments and museums that are worth seing.

The beautiful Anglo-Norman islands of Chausey, Jersey and Guernesey are easy to discover from Granville or Barneville-Carteret.