The Château de Bonnemare, built in 1570, will give you a warm welcome in its drawing rooms, its comfortable suites and bedrooms of which the décor is listed by the Monuments Historiques. Located between Paris and Rouen, near Les Andelys, renowned for its Château Gaillard (built by Richard the Lion Heart) and Giverny with Claude Monet’s house and gardens, it is ideally placed for those with sight-seeing in mind.    The owners will help you to discover the extraordinary history and the amazing features of Bonnemare, from the chapel, the cider-house (1668), the great kitchens with the roasting-spit designed by Leonardo da Vinci, to the roofs created by Philibert Delorme – and your visit has only just begun! "The" 2008 Event in Rouen (25 km away from Bonnemare) : the Armada 2008 will let you admire famous old sailing ships, with already 28 confirmed 2 or 3 masts ships, Schooners, Frigates, Bricks, ...) Last Armada (in 2003) gathered around 3 million visitors ! An event to (re) discover as entrance and ships' visits are totally free !