Join Us in France · Sunday, July 19, 2026
The group visited the Château d'Ancy-le-Franc, a grand château from the 16th century, noted for its symmetrical architecture and painted interiors. A surprising feature was the presence of early en-suite bathrooms dating back to the 1700s, integrated with the original design.
“Well, this was spectacular, it was called the Château d'Ancy-le-Franc. And it really is grand restoration style, I would call it. Quite symmetrical in its architecture and full of painted rooms. So painted ceilings, painted walls, rooms that, interestingly, the first time I had ever seen, bedrooms that had what I would call an en suite.”
“So these are, you know, beginning in the 1700s kind of buildings, and they have been renovated at some point. Probably had a washroom originally, and then maybe in the 19th century became more sophisticated. But they had carried the design and the paint work all the way through into these little en suite rooms, which I thought were absolutely gorgeous and a big surprise for me because I hadn't seen it.”