A few days ago, we headed off to the land of dreams, Disneyland Paris, to discover two hotels that extend the magic of the park.
Just a few minutes from the famous Disneyland® Paris park, the Dream Castle Hotel offers exceptional service and attentive staff. Built along the lines of a classic chateau, the decor is themed around the Musketeers and Potsdam Castle. 397 spacious rooms and suites complement the 9 meeting rooms opening onto the French gardens. A Spa with swimming pool, hammam, sauna, fitness room, beauty and massage center are available for supreme well-being.
After a busy day spent in Disneyland® Paris and Walt Disney Studio® Park, there’s still plenty to discover at the hotel. Impressive murals in the main restaurant recount the adventures of the Musketeers, wait staff serve guests in period costumes and castle mascots entertain our youngest guests. The restaurant serves French and international cuisine, as well as regional specialties. The Excalibur Bar with its medieval atmosphere is the ideal place to end the day on a pleasant note.
The Magic Circus, adjacent to the Dream Castle, is immersed in an oasis of greenery. This completely renovated 4-star hotel will captivate you with its festive, family atmosphere inspired by the Circus. Carefully decorated and furnished, it boasts a highly original layout.
The Dream Castle and Magic Circus are 4-star hotels recommended by Disneyland® Paris and Hôtels et Préférence, offering a range of services such as a free shuttle service to the parks, on-site Disney® stores, park ticket sales at reception, Disney Express service, etc.
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But Disney is just one of the many places to discover in the region, as we found out during our stay. Champagne and its wine cellars are less than an hour away, the Disney Village allows you to extend your Disney adventure, La Vallée Village is a great place for shopping, and there are many tourist attractions to discover, such as Vaux le Vicomte.
Visit the Champagne Pannier cellars:
Louis Eugène Pannier founded Maison PANNIER in 1899 in Dizy near Epernay. In 1937, his son bought magnificent medieval quarries in Château-Thierry – Vallée de la Marne, and set up his trading house there. In 1974, a group of winegrowers acquired the company and made the PANNIER brand their flagship. In 1999, an archaeological mission discovered a 14th-century fresco in the cellars, depicting a medieval archer, which became the brand’s emblem.
Champagne PANNIER then adopted the archers’ motto: “Ad perfectionem intendere”, i.e. “Strive for perfection”.
Today, this logo symbolizes the style of the house and its wines: elegance, straightforwardness and balance.
Traditional Champagne blending is the secret link that makes Champagne PANNIER a Grand Classique…
The three grape varieties of the Champagne region – Chardonnay, Pinot Meunier, Pinot Noir, white grapes and black grapes – ripen for PANNIER in all the prestigious vineyards of the Champagne region.
In the serene setting of the Marne Valley, at the very heart of Maison PANNIER, wines from all over Champagne are blended, making the birth of each Cuvée, and each bottle, an authentic moment.
Champagne is the fruit of tradition-steeped craftsmanship, supported by cutting-edge techniques, and requires rigor and creativity at every stage. Champagne PANNIER’s personality is expressed in its mastery of winemaking and ageing, and in the subtle composition of each blend, all of which combine to define elegant, straightforward, well-balanced, persistent wines…
A strategy based on secure supplies from all the Champagne crus, rigorous grape selection and long ageing (minimum 3 years) in the cellars enable Champagne PANNIER to offer the finest champagnes to enlightened connoisseurs like the Elysée.
http://www.champagnepannier.com/
Vaux le Vicomte
Considered one of the most beautiful royal palaces and gardens in France, the Château de Vaux le Vicomte served as a model for the construction of the Château de Versailles. Built in the 17th century, its architectural harmony is certainly due to the fusion of three skills: that of an architect, a landscape gardener and a painter.
Location: Château de Vaux le Vicomte, 77950, Maincy.
Dates and times: The estate will be open daily from March 9 to November 11 inclusive, from 10am to 6pm, and until 11pm during candlelight evenings.
Full price: 16€ / Reduced price: 13€ / Surcharge of 3€ for access to the dome / Garden rate : 8€ / Free for children under 6.
Candlelight evenings : 19€ / Reduced rate : 17€
Grand Siècle Day: 17€ / Reduced rate: 14€
Tel: +33 (0)1 64 14 41 90 / Fax: +33 (0)1 60 69 90 85 / châ[email protected]
Disney Village
Shopping, restaurants, cinemas and shows for the whole family. The magic never stops at Disney Village.
We were able to try out the brand-new Earl of Sandwich concept, billed as the world’s best hot sandwiches! Family recipes with warm bread and succulent assortments of meats, cheeses, vegetables… Visit Earl Of Sandwich in Disney Village, next to the hot-air balloon.
La vallée village: http: //www.lavalleevillage.com
La Vallée Village brings together 120 fashion and luxury brands, offering year-round collections from previous seasons
at irresistible prices (minimum 33% off the recommended retail price, and often more).
La Vallée Village, March 22 to May 20, 2013
When it comes to style, it’s all in the details, so they say. What would a little black dress be without the jewels to liven it up? Jeans without a belt? A suit without a tie? An evening dress without a clutch? Winter without a scarf? The sun without a hat? A
movie star without sunglasses? A fashionista without an it bag? A fashionista’s dressing room without a string of shoes? There’s nothing accessory about these details. They reveal a personality, inject spirit, spice up a look, shift genres and transform the basic into a unique piece.
Accessories have that little something extra that’s called style.
To celebrate spring accessories, the nine Villages Chic Outlet Shopping® have chosen to bring together bags, shoes, jewelry, glasses and ties in a chic, graphic film, inspired by The Thomas Crown Affair and shot in the jet-set sunshine of Miami. Witnesses to an amorous encounter, the accessories play with each other, challenge each other and illuminate the silhouettes of a woman and a man of cosmopolitan elegance, the kind of people who are said to always wear the right outfit at the right time. But if fashion is lived, it doesn’t forget to be talked about. Trends dictate desires as well as a seasonal vocabulary. “Flare”, “tregging”, “carrot pants”, “open toes”… so many it-words that share the limelight with the outdated and charming “tulip skirt”, “coil heel”, “wrap dress”… expressions that are highly imaginative but not always understood. So much so, in fact, that you’d need a Franco-fashion dictionary
to understand what’s being said in the stores! This is the challenge of the exhibition dedicated to “fashion words”: around the video projection, the art gallery will transform its walls into a large-format dictionary. Each visitor, from fashion aficionado to novice, will take a playful break to discover the lexicon of fashion devised by Isabelle Thomas. More than twenty words will be “translated” and presented through a typographic palette rich in contrasts and the delicate illustrations of Anne-Charlotte Menegaux. Proof that the heart of La Vallée Village vibrates ever more strongly to the rhythm of fashion.
At Espace La Vallée® Village, daily 1pm-7pm, closed May 1st.
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