Château de Crosville

Crosville-sur-Douve, France

The history of Crosville family dates from the Norman Age (11th century), but the Château de Crosville was built in the late 1400s by Jean Boudet Crosville. Today the keep and gatehouse remain of this castle.

In the 18th century Jean V Crosville rebuilt the castle, but it was left to decay in 1742. Put up for sale in 1980, the Lefol family, then farmers, bought up the entire property. Today, thanks to their eager farmer daughter Michèle, the restored castle has found its soul again.

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Founded: 15th century
Category: Castles and fortifications in France

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www.chateau-crosville.fr

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4.5/5 (based on Google user reviews)

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Mathilde LUCAS (26 days ago)
At Crosville Castle, everything came together to celebrate our wedding as we wanted. First of all, Michèle is incredibly kind, very available, she does a titanic job of preparing the rooms as closely as possible to our expectations (the number of beds per room can be adapted). Michèle also offers a large number of table sizes which allowed us to adapt our table plan with great ease. The place is accessible from Thursday afternoon until Monday, which is also very beneficial for the organization. Regarding the catering part, you can trust Thierry with your eyes closed. He is also adorable and generous in his dishes which will delight the taste buds of your guests. We loved it and our guests praised us both for the cocktail and the meal for the quality of the products and the work. Thierry also masterfully manages his team in the dining room who managed the service as well as the heating and the problems with our beer tap, rented elsewhere! Thanks again!!! And regarding the places what to say, judge for yourself, the castle is sumptuous, we fell under its spell from our first visit. Both from the exterior and the interior, the place is sufficient in itself and requires little decoration because it is so beautiful. We had imagined our ceremony both outside and inside depending on the weather. Here too, it’s less stress knowing that there is a fallback solution in case of rain. The weather was good and we were able to have our ceremony in full sun in a sumptuous setting. Paolo maintains the exteriors with great taste. The arrival of the bride and groom coming down from the castle was even more beautiful than in our dreams. Everything was perfect! A big thank you again to Michèle, Thierry and Paolo, our wedding was perfect, unforgettable! Mathilde and Quentin
Amelie K (3 months ago)
We wanted to test the 2024 antiques fair. There were around twenty exhibitors present, nothing extraordinary to our taste and many exhibitors from Normandy (and not from all over France as announced). Entrance fee of 7€: of course we can understand that this is intended for the maintenance of the castle but ultimately there are few things to see or explanations for what concerns the castle itself and therefore quickly expensive considering what you can see, especially when you are with family and you are going to a sales event. Château that we feel is more dedicated to commercial events and weddings than to heritage visits. Restaurant area on site with quality catering service that we appreciated (good and served in the castle courtyard). Allow €25/30 per person for lunch.
Ingrid Amé (5 months ago)
Magnificent castle, we had a great weekend celebrating a wedding! I highly recommend this area.
Marie Piroard (6 months ago)
We got married this weekend at Crosville Castle, I wish I could give it more than 5/5. It was simply incredible, the place is wonderful and so are the people who take care of it. not to mention the chef, thanks to whom we enjoyed ourselves. Many thanks to this incredible team. We can only recommend them
Anaïs (2 years ago)
I fell in love with this place, a magnificent place and Mrs. Lefol is very pleasant, professional and attentive.
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