Maison de Cluny is designed for three couples to live in luxury and privacy, each with their own suite, in an environment of antiques, beamed ceilings and fireplaces; combined with the ultimate in modern kitchen, bathroom, music room and communications technologies. A few steps away, La Grange offers a romantic 'get away' of massive beams, stone floors, a grand fireplace (also for cooking), a little kitchen, another powder room, an awesome music system, and incomparable views (over the 50' heated lap pool reflecting the forests and pastures high above to the south, and over the Grosne River valley and Cluny to the Maconnais mountain range to the east).
In a word, the property is sublime.
There is something mystical and exalting about this house. The property rests high above Cluny, a medieval town of Roman origins and site of what was once the largest building in Christendom. A vigneron built Maison de Cluny just after the Revolution, placing his wine press in what is today a luxurious guest suite. Joan and Parker Quillen of Palm Beach and Tortola (British Virgin Islands) rebuilt the vigneron's farmhouse some 200 years later. Not even real estate hype can describe the beauty, luxury and privacy of their achievement.
Maison de Cluny is surrounded by dense forest above and rolling pastures below. A country lane leading to the property continues up the mountain to the last and only residence 1 kilometre beyond. Yet the house is only 5 minutes from down town, its markets, 15 restaurants, ancient Abbey, equestrian centre and tennis club (with indoor court).
It's about an hour up the old wine road to Beaune and the Cote d'Or, or down to Lyon, gastronomic capital of the world; with the joyous wine of the Maconnais, Pouilly Fuisse and Beaujolais in between. Cluny is easily accessible from: Paris (Gare de Lyon - Macon TGV train station, 1 hour 40 minutes, non-stop, and another 20 minute drive from the station); Geneva (under 2 hours from the airport), and Autoroute A6 "Route du Soleil" (under 30 minutes).
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