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When we built our project we had one goal: to find tremendous natural sites, to minimize any impact on the site favouring light amenities and accommodations while offering professional services, and to invite our customers to come and enjoy them respecting and discovering the environment.
In Versailles, we offer the possibility to stay in a beautiful forest after many visits in a huge city. This contrast is very important to us for we know that nature and forest create a real peaceful and resting atmosphere.
Environment is what we are striving for and it is present everywhere in our place. All our buildings are made of raw lumber. The Douglas heartwood we use is naturally rot-resistant and doesn’t need to be treated. We also know that it comes from local forests managed in accordance with the PEFC standard. Our rental accommodations are light and can be dismantled and moved. Built on stilts (or wheels), they respect the soil without damaging it.
Because water is a precious resource, because electrical consumption can be reduced, and because sorting is an essential civic responsibility, we encourage our costumers to think about all that’s at stake: flow restrictors are installed, water use per customer is posted on weekly basis, low-energy light bulbs are used as well as outside movement sensors and time clocks amongst other energy-saving devices and we encourage people to sort their rubbish even when on holiday. We prefer wood-heating and our cabins and facilities areas are equipped with wood-burning stoves. We use only environmentally friendly washing and cleaning products on site.
Landscape treatment is also important to us. For instance, branches are transformed into ground material and at fall, leaves are recycled onsite instead of being gathered and removed. Mixtures of specific herbaceous crops found on site when we built it were prepared by a naturalist and sown in the appropriate season in order to regenerate the land. The wood that’s already on site defines the limits of our pitches.
And when you stay with us, we want you to be able to discover nature and the region where we are located that is wider than Paris and Versailles. This is why books showcasing the region are available in the café-restaurant. We also offer at the reception local products (fruit juices, regional specialties etc). Plus, thanks to our various partnerships with local stakeholders, we offer you the opportunity to discover the region and its products and traditions.
By providing bike hire, we are encouraging visitors to make the most of the local shops and restaurants. We provide written info on local business and events at the reception.
We invite every traveller who books a holiday via us to send in a review. Because we don't run the holidays they're completely independent and unedited... remember to read between the lines though, as two people on the same holiday can have different views!
