The Château de Chantilly – set 40km from Paris. Magnificent estate let in its 1871 state, as it was designed by Henri d’Orléans, Chantilly features a big Renaissance-style castle, wide gardens of different styles, and stables still used today. You must know the Domaine de Chantilly was designed by Henry of Orleans, duke of Aumale. Thanks to his testamentary precautions, Chantilly is still (a century later) a preserved setting. As a matter of fact, great collector and heir-less, he donated his possessions to the Institut de France on the condition the day he dies the Musée Condée opens to the public.