The Château de Ravenel stands in the village of Ravenel, in the Oise department of Hauts-de-France, about 74 km from Paris. Expedia lists four separate holiday-let units on the estate, from a suite to a whole three-bedroom house, so a stay here is a self-catering stay in a château setting rather than a hotel stay. The estate’s ornamental garden is on the pre-inventory of remarkable gardens.
A stay at the Château de Ravenel means renting one of the holiday units on the estate, not a room in a traditional château hotel. Expedia lists four: La Suite du Parc, which is the listing linked from this page, Le Loft des Charpentiers du Roi, L’Orangerie and Le Salon Royal. They are managed by a professional host and rented for commercial purposes, and all are non-smoking.
The photos show how different they are. The loft has brick walls, exposed wooden beams, several bedrooms and two bathrooms. L’Orangerie is described as a whole holiday house with three bedrooms, a living room, a dining area set for four and a kitchen. Le Salon Royal has a living room with a large corner sofa and a fireplace, a modern kitchen with a dining area and a table-football in the corridor. For La Suite du Parc the listing shows a bathroom with bath and shower.
Pets are allowed according to the listing, and extra guests may be charged depending on the property’s rules. Check-in is from 4 pm and check-out is at 11 am. The listing does not describe meals, so it is best to plan on self-catering and to check details of each unit before booking.
French Wikipedia traces the lordship of Ravenel back to the 16th century and lists its successive owners, among them the Guillebon and Prondre de Guermantes families. The text does not describe the architecture or the exact age of the present buildings, so this page does not either; the photos of the château and the listing give the best impression.
The ornamental garden of the château is on the pre-inventory of remarkable gardens, according to the same article. The surrounding village takes its name from the ravenelle, the wild radish flower, and sits at 115 m above sea level on the open Santerre plateau.
The details below come from the four Expedia listings (as of 14 Oct 2026); they differ from unit to unit.
Ravenel is a village in the north of the Oise, on the Picardy plateau, surrounded by Angivillers, Léglantiers, Maignelay-Montigny and Le Plessier-sur-Saint-Just. According to Expedia, it is about 9 minutes by car to Creil St-Just-en-Chaussée station and 37 minutes to Beauvais airport. A car is the easiest way to get around.
The listings name Pierrefonds Castle, Parc Astérix, the Francières sugar factory, Clermont town hall and the Compiègne forest among nearby attractions, and mention the Roman theatre of Vendeuil-Caply, the Museum of Historical Figures and the Armistice clearing at Compiègne.
The old towns of the Oise are within an hour: Clermont is about 16 km away as the crow flies, Compiègne with its palace about 26 km, Beauvais with its Gothic cathedral about 32 km, and Chantilly and Pierrefonds about 36 to 39 km.
Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.
| Saint-Just-en-Chaussée (town) | approx. 5 km |
| Saint-Martin-aux-Bois Abbey | approx. 5 km |
| Château de Saint-Remy-en-l'Eau | approx. 7.5 km |
| Montdidier | approx. 16 km |
| Clermont | approx. 16 km |
| Compiègne Palace | approx. 26 km |
| Beauvais Cathedral | approx. 32 km |
| Château de Chantilly | approx. 36 km |
| Château de Pierrefonds | approx. 39 km |
| Amiens | approx. 45 km |
Distances calculated as the crow flies; driving times to the station and airport are taken from the Expedia listings.
approx. 5 km
Former abbey founded around 1080. Its church, with a slender mid-13th-century Gothic choir but no nave, was listed in 1840 and is one of the earliest historic monuments in France.
Photo: JM BACCIOCHINI, CC BY-SA 3.0
approx. 16 km
Sub-prefecture of the Oise on a hill above the Brêche valley. Its town hall, built in the 14th century and restored in the 19th, was first mentioned in 1373 as a cloth hall.
Photo: Guillaume de clermont 60, CC BY-SA 3.0
approx. 26 km
Former royal and imperial residence, listed since 1994. With Versailles, Fontainebleau and the Tuileries it was a major seat of power under the Second Empire, home to Napoleon III’s celebrated autumn parties.
Photo: Idarvol, CC BY-SA 2.0 fr
approx. 32 km
Gothic cathedral with the highest vault of any Gothic church, 48.5 m. Between 1569 and 1573 its 153 m tower made it the tallest structure in the world.
Photo: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0
approx. 36 km
Apart from the 16th-century Petit Château, the present château is a 19th-century rebuilding for the Duke of Aumale, who housed his collections of paintings, drawings and books here. It is now the Musée Condé.
Photo: Jebulon, CC0
approx. 39 km
Imposing fortress of the late 14th century on the edge of the Compiègne forest, rebuilt for Napoleon III by Viollet-le-Duc in the Troubadour style.
Photo: Jebulon, CC0
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L’Orangerie is a whole house with three bedrooms and a kitchen, and Le Salon Royal has a living room with fireplace, a kitchen and a table football.
Expedia states that pets are allowed, which is not always the case in a château setting.
Compiègne, Pierrefonds, Chantilly and Clermont are all within about 40 km, with Beauvais Cathedral a little further west.
With a station nine minutes away and Beauvais airport 37 minutes away, the estate is a practical base between Paris and Amiens.
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Yes, in one of four holiday-let units on the estate listed on Expedia: La Suite du Parc, Le Loft des Charpentiers du Roi, L’Orangerie and Le Salon Royal. It is not a traditional hotel.
Yes. According to Expedia, pets are allowed in the units listed there.
Check-in is from 4 pm and check-out is at 11 am.
It depends on the unit. L’Orangerie is a whole house with three bedrooms; for the others, check the listing, as extra guests may be charged.
According to Expedia, Creil St-Just-en-Chaussée station is about 9 minutes away by car, and Beauvais airport about 37 minutes.
Clermont is about 16 km away, Compiègne Palace about 26 km, Beauvais Cathedral about 32 km, and Chantilly and Pierrefonds Castle about 36 to 39 km.
Photos of the units, guest reviews and available dates are all in the Château de Ravenel listing on Expedia.
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