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Study in and live in a 18th-century
château, a friendly, family setting in the countryside
near the wine areas of Beaujolais and Burgundy, just
west of Lyon, and on the Loire. Both the French and
cooking programs give students plenty of time to relax
by the pool, bicycle along the canal, and explore.
Students live, take classes and have
all meals in the château and its 13 hectares
(32 acres) of park and woodland. Your hosts at
the château, René Dorel, a Frenchman,
and Margaret O’Loan, an Australian, have traveled
and worked widely in Europe, Asia and Africa. They
both speak English, French and Japanese and René
has dabbled in German. Their guests cover a wide range
of ages and include adults, singles, couples, and
business people, of many nationalities. Participants’
French levels range from beginner, up to those who
have a solid base, to fluent speakers who wish to
improve their fluency.
With its own pool, bikes, large parkland,
and nearby tennis courts and equestrian center, 9-hole
golf course and an ice-skating rink, the Château
offers something for everybody. Non-studying partners,
and children and teens with adults are welcome.
Instant E–mail inquiry: |
roanne@eduvacations.com |
Minimum age: |
18; however, in families,
teens over 15 can join the adult French
class at the same rate as the adults. Children
under 15 are advised to take private classes. |
Getting there: |
There are several options:
Air: fly to Lyon St. Exupery airport and you
can arrange for a taxi pick up via our partner
school (130 euros paid to the driver) or train
to Roanne from Lyon (1.25 hrs.) then take
a taxi to the school. Train: TGV, i.e.,
high-speed train, from Paris to Roanne, and
take a taxi to the school (total time, 4 hrs.). |
Course prices include:
• accommodation at the château
• meals (Saturday lunch & dinner, and
Sunday lunch are not included)
• minimum 1 excursion per 1 & 2 week
stay, and 1 excursion every 2 weeks for long-term
stays.
• language class
• parking area available for guests arriving
by car
• Internet access
• use of the facilities at the château
(outdoor pool, laundry & iron, game room, bicycles,
exercise/fitness room)
Suggestions: Spend
more than 2 weeks; take a French course for 2 weeks,
then take a cooking course in French.
For air, hotels, cars, trains, phones and more:
check our AutoEurope
link.
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What People are Saying
“I learned so much; the cooking
class was great!” Tess, USA
"It was fabulous, just wonderful!
The people I met were great. It’s a real charming,
magical place." Linda, USA
“I can highly recommend it…My
experience at the château was so wonderful, I am
going back in May…The school is a great place to
learn all aspects of the language and, importantly, get
to know some very nice French people. I felt very much
at home with the teachers & staff. I made new friends
from all over the world.” Kathy, USA
Cultural & Recreational Activities
Play tennis, bicycle along the canal,
golf, swim in the château pool, horseback ride,
hike, boat, fish; local and regional excursions in Roanne
and the Burgundy and Beaujolais wine country.
Accommodation
Choices
Large twin rooms or single rooms with private bath at
the Château.
| General
French Language Course |
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19
hours of French class per week (maximum 6 participants
per class). Study formal and informal French with
an emphasis on conversational skills. This program
leaves you with plenty of time to relax and explore
and still pick up new French skills.
Minimum stay: 1 week.
2004 courses start on:
05 Sept*, 12 Sept, 19 Sept*,
Sept 26
03 Oct*, 10 Oct, 17* Oct,
(closed 23 Oct)
2005 courses start on:
01 May*, 08 May, 15 May,
22 May*, 29 May
05 June*, 12 June, 19 June*,
27 June
03 July*, 10 July, 17 July*,
24 July, 31 July
07 Aug*, (closed from 14—20 Aug),
21 Aug, 28 Aug
04 Sept*, 11 Sept, 18 Sept,
(closed from 24 Sept—01 Oct)
02 Oct*, 09 Oct, 16 Oct,
(closed on 22 Oct for Winter)
* Start dates for French language beginners.
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All
prices are quoted in Euros (€)
(prices are per person)
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Courses |
1 week |
2 weeks |
3 weeks |
General
French Language
twin room, private shower & toilet * |
€ 990 |
€ 1900 |
€ 2820 |
General
French Language
single room, private shower & toilet * |
€ 1140 |
€ 2200 |
€ 3270 |
* Supplement: € 150
per week per room for large room w/ private
bath and toilet
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Deposit
= 10% of package price |
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| Intensive
French Course |
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19
hours a week of group class (6 people maximum per
class) plus 6 hours a week of one-to-one lessons
for a total of 25 hours. If you have an urgent need
to communicate rapidly and effectively in French,
this more intensive course is for you.
Minimum stay: 1 week.
2004 courses start on:
05 Sept*, 12 Sept, 19 Sept*,
Sept 26
03 Oct*, 10 Oct, 17* Oct,
(closed 23 Oct)
2005 courses start on:
01 May*, 08 May, 15 May,
22 May*, 29 May
05 June*, 12 June, 19 June*,
27 June
03 July*, 10 July, 17 July*,
24 July, 31 July
07 Aug*, (closed from 14—20 Aug),
21 Aug, 28 Aug
04 Sept*, 11 Sept, 18 Sept,
(closed from 24 Sept—01 Oct)
02 Oct*, 09 Oct, 16 Oct,
(closed on 22 Oct for Winter)
* Start dates for French language
beginners.
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All
prices are quoted in Euros (€)
(prices are per person)
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| Courses |
1 week |
2 weeks |
3 weeks |
Intensive
French Language
twin room, private shower & toilet * |
€ 1340 |
€ 2600 |
€ 3870 |
Intensive
French Language
single room, private shower & toilet * |
€ 1490 |
€ 2900 |
€ 4320 |
* Supplement: € 150
per week per room for large room w/ private
bath and toilet
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Deposit
= 10% of package price |
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| Private
French Course |
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19
or 25 hours of one-to-one classes. This course,
entirely planned around your own particular needs,
is an effective, rapid means of developing your
French language skills. It is ideal if you have
a pressing professional need for French or are moving
to France.
Minimum stay: 1 week.
| 2004 courses start
on:
05 Sept*, 12 Sept, 19 Sept*,
Sept 26
03 Oct*, 10 Oct, 17* Oct, (closed
23 Oct)
2005 courses start on:
01 May*, 08 May, 15 May, 22 May*,
29 May
05 June*, 12 June, 19 June*,
27 June
03 July*, 10 July, 17 July*,
24 July, 31 July
07 Aug*, (closed from 14—20 Aug),
21 Aug, 28 Aug
04 Sept*, 11 Sept, 18 Sept,
(closed from 24 Sept—01 Oct)
02 Oct*, 09 Oct, 16 Oct, (closed
on 22 Oct for Winter)
* Start dates for French language beginners.
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All
prices are quoted in Euros (€)
(prices are per person)
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| Courses |
Private
French Language: 19 hours
twin room, private shower & toilet |
€ 1990
per week |
Private
French Language: 25 hours
single room, private shower & toilet |
€ 2290
per week
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Deposit
= 10% of package price |
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| Holiday
French Course |
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15
hours of classes per week. If you wish to learn
French, yet have time to relax, enjoy your holiday
and visit the lovely villages nearby, take this
less intensive course.
Minimum stay: 1 week.
2004 courses start
on:
05 Sept*, 12 Sept, 19 Sept*,
Sept 26
03 Oct*, 10 Oct, 17* Oct, (closed
23 Oct)
2005 courses start on:
01 May*, 08 May, 15 May, 22 May*,
29 May
05 June*, 12 June, 19 June*,
27 June
03 July*, 10 July, 17 July*,
24 July, 31 July
07 Aug*, (closed from 14—20 Aug),
21 Aug, 28 Aug
04 Sept*, 11 Sept, 18 Sept,
(closed from 24 Sept—01 Oct)
02 Oct*, 09 Oct, 16 Oct, (closed
on 22 Oct for Winter)
* Start dates for French language beginners.
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| All prices
are quoted in Euros (€)
(prices are per person) |
| Holiday French Course |
Twin room,
private shower & toilet * |
Single room
private shower & toilet * |
| Per week |
€ 890 |
€ 1040 |
| * Supplement:
€ 150 per week per room for large
room w/ private bath and toilet |
Deposit = 10% of package price |
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| French
Country Cooking Course |
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Learn
to prepare easy, quick dishes, as well as special
gourmet meals. This course, offered in English,
is a pleasant way to immerse yourself in the French
way-of-life and eat good provincial, family-style
food at the same time. It is aimed at those who
love presentation and those extra details which
give your dishes that special something. The gastronomic
pleasures of this course include: the delights of
salad and dish presentation, cutting techniques
and salad dressings, a savoring experience in stocks
and sauces (their preparation and presentation),
and fish, poultry and meats (their preparation and
presentation with vegetables and herbs). Go shopping
together in the local markets and take your French
Country Cooking class in the afternoons. Then sit
down at table to enjoy your creations. The 6-day
course includes: 2 morning visits to fruit and vegetable
markets in medieval villages and 4 afternoon cooking
classes where you learn to make typical, French
Country dishes, sauces and desserts.
Duration: 1 week.
Courses start on:
2004:
05 Sept, 19 Sept
03 Oct, 17 Oct
2005:
01 May*, 22 May*
05 June*, 19 June*
03 July*, 17 July
07 Aug
04 Sept
02 Oct
* Start dates for French language beginners.
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| All
prices are quoted in Euros (€)
(prices are per person) |
| Twin
room, private shower & toilet* |
€ 1390 |
Extra week of
General French Course
Add € 920 per week |
| Single room, private
shower & toilet* |
€ 1540 |
Extra week of
General French Course
Add €1070 per week
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* Supplement: € 150
per week per room for large room w/ private
bath and toilet |
| Deposit = 10% of package
price |
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| French
Country Cooking & French Course |
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19
hours of French classes per week (maximum 6 participants
per class) plus 4 afternoon French cooking classes
(with English translation). The gastronomic pleasures
of this course include: the delights of salad and
dish presentation, cutting techniques and salad
dressings, a savoring experience in stocks and sauces
(their preparation and presentation), and fish,
poultry and meats (their preparation and presentation
with vegetables and herbs).
Minimum stay: 1 week.
Courses start on:
2004:
05 Sept, 19 Sept
03 Oct, 17 Oct
2005:
01 May*, 22 May*
05 June*, 19 June*
03 July*, 17 July
07 Aug
04 Sept
02 Oct
* Start dates for French language beginners. |
| All
prices are quoted in Euros (€)
(prices are per person) |
| French &
Country Cooking
Twin room, private shower & toilet * |
€ 1390 |
Extra week of
General French Course
Add € 920 per week |
| French &
Country Cooking
Single room, private shower & toilet * |
€ 1540 |
Extra week of
General French Course
Add €1070 per week
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* Supplement: € 150
per week per room for large room w/ private
bath and toilet |
| Deposit = 10% of package
price |
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| French
Pastry & Bakery Course |
| The pastry course is given in
French with an English interpreter. Learn to make
an assortment of delicious French pastries: cake-making
and decoration, bread-making, pastry bases and creams
for tarts and mini-tarts, puff pastry for starters
and desserts and the wonders of icing and sugar
decoration. You’ll take 2 market and food-related
visits and have 4 French Pastry Cookery classes
in the afternoon. Examples of recipes: fruit tarts
and mini-tarts, Vol au Vent, Millefeuilles, almond
sponge cake, meringue, 4 types of breads.
Duration: 1 week
| All
prices are quoted in Euros (€)
(prices are per person) |
Courses start on:
2004:
12 Sept, 10 Oct
2005:
11 Sept, 09 Oct
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| Pastry /
Bakery
Twin room, private shower & toilet * |
€ 1190 |
Extra week of
General French Course
Add € 920 per week |
| Pastry / Bakery
Single room, private shower & toilet * |
€ 1340 |
Extra week of
General French Course
Add €1070 per week
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* Supplement: € 150
per week per room for large room w/ private
bath and toilet |
| Deposit = 10% of package
price |
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| French
Pastry/Bakery Course & French
Language Course |
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Combine
the above 1 week French Pastry/Bakery course (without
the morning market visits) with 19 hours of French
classes per week (maximum 6 participants per class).
Minimum: 1 week
| All
prices are quoted in Euros (€)
(prices are per person) |
Courses start on:
12 September
10 October
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| French
& Pastry / Bakery
Twin room, private shower & toilet * |
€ 1390 |
Extra week of
General French Course
Add € 920 per week |
| French & Pastry /
Bakery
Single room, private shower & toilet * |
€ 1540 |
Extra week of
General French Course
Add €1070 per week
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* Supplement: € 150
per week per room for large room w/ private
bath and toilet |
| Deposit = 10% of package
price |
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| Wine
Course |
| This brief introduction to wine
and wine tasting (taught in French) is offered only
when 5 students are interested in taking it.
The class is designed to be a supplement to a cooking
or French course.
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| The
Insiders’ Wine & Gastronomy
Tour in October |
| Private groups of 8 to 12 people
can coordinate a unique opportunity to taste some
of France’s finest wines and visit wine cellars
accompanied by a professional wine-maker and wine
teacher. Englishman Simon Hawkins, after a career
in export sales, returned to his first passion —
wine — and studied wine making at the
celebrated Wine School in Macon, France. Simon and
Isabelle Hawkins bought Domaine du Fontenay, a beautifully
situated vineyard overlooking the gentle slopes
of the AOC — classified Côte Roannaise.
The leading French wine magazine “La Revue
du Vin de France” recently classed their Domaine
as the top producer in the Côte Roannaise.
The course is taught in English.
Duration: 1 week
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prices are quoted in Euros (€)
(prices are per person) |
| Double
room package |
€ 1950 |
| Single supplement |
€ 0150 |
| Deposit = 10% of package
price |
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| Afternoon
Cooking Class in French |
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Ideal
for those taking a French language course and who
do not wish to do a week-long Cooking course. This
3-hour long Cooking class is held when two or more
people are interested. You will cook and taste traditional
French cooking as it is really eaten in French homes.
Classes are held in French on 1 or 2 afternoons.
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| Professional
French Country Cooking |
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This
2 to 4-week course offers a unique opportunity for
young professionals, who are studying in or graduated
from Pastry/Bakery and/or Cooking schools. Develop
your skills further in French Cookery and/or Pastry/Bakery.
The course includes: 5 half days of classes per
week (3 to 4 hours) in French cooking and/or Pastry
cooking with hands-on experience in a group of 10
people maximum; 8 hours of French classes to learn
basic French and how to write menus in French; 1
half day excursion in the Roanne region to discover
medieval villages and the beautiful countryside;
and 1 gastronomy-related visit in the region per
2 week stay. Stay at the château or in town
(hotel, studio, apartment or student’s room)
depending on availability.
Duration: 2 or 4 weeks
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