More than a hotel and restaurant: an estate of curiosities.
"Live well, live curious"
It is often assumed that to truly recharge, you need to retreat from the world. At Repère Sauvage we see it differently: encounters and new experiences are what bring us back to life, and they are well within reach beyond the big cities and the beaten track.
Repère Sauvage is a hybrid estate where convictions meet pleasure, where parents mix with children, holidaymakers with locals, aesthetes with food lovers, adventurers with homebodies.
Explore our 42-hectare estate at the heart of the Loir-et-Cher.
A place they first dreamed up
Repère Sauvage is their story
Repère Sauvage is the story of two women with complementary backgrounds, set on rewriting the rules of considered country hospitality.
In 2020, Caroline Costagliola Condy and Capucine Châtelier started talking about the place they wanted to create: a living, breathing country retreat that looked like them. A hotel and restaurant, and something more: a place that would welcome grown-ups and little ones, city dwellers and locals, with plenty to do.
Together, they went looking for the right place, and found the Manoir de la Forêt and its grounds, a rare find at the heart of the Loir-et-Cher.
Beyond the love at first sight for the land, they share a firm conviction: encounters are the salt of life, and they would sit at the heart of their estate. In the spring of 2025, Repère Sauvage opened its doors.
A journey through time
From Fort Girard to the Manoir de la Forêt,
and now Repère Sauvage.
Repère Sauvage is also a place steeped in history.
On the estate stands a gateway listed as a historic monument, the last trace of a Renaissance château called Le Fort Girard. Fort Girard was the seat of César de Vendôme, son of King Henri IV and Gabrielle d'Estrée.
In 1851 the château became the home of the Vicomte de la Panouse, who sold it in 1856 to Stanislas de La Rochefoucault. Wanting to put his own Château de la Gaudinière, a few kilometres away, in the spotlight, he had Fort Girard pulled down, keeping only the gateway. Next to it, he built a hunting lodge: the Manoir de la Forêt. In 1940 the Manoir became a training school for young cabinetmakers.
From 1960 onwards the Manoir welcomed its first guests as a country hotel and restaurant.
