Nine hundred years of tender serenity will reflect upon you
from the Vaux de Cernay, one of the most romantic abbeys in the world.
The shadows of the Cistercians Monks have outlined with candles, your tender message.

Sometime between 7:30 and 8m your hotel's reception or the chauffeur himself will call to invite you to go out to the motorized splendor awaiting you at the foot of your building: a sumptuous 1964 Bentley S3.

You'll settle down onto this luxury vehicle's back seat before heading off on an amazing escape across the City of Light. You'll then leave the French capital and cruise into the department of Yvelines and the green Chevreuse Valley.

The Rambouillet Forest and its increasingly dense foliage will partly shade the moonlight from shining onto your faces. While cuddled up together, you'll be fully enthralled by this mysterious stroll through the forest. In the heart of the forest, your vehicle will turn off and cross under an arch before beginning down a cobblestoned alley. The extraordinary architectural beauty of the Abbaye des Vaux de Cernay - a 12 century Cistercian domain, within which the lay brothers lived under the protection of Père Abbé, will rise up in front of you from this imposingly powerful and mysterious place.

You'll be taken by the abbey's spellbinding serenity and beauty having been restored around one hundred years ago by the Baron de Rothschild and since classed as an historical monument. On the edge of a 160 acre park boasting a marvelous pond, you'll drive down alongside the Hôtel des Haras and the old convent. Welcome to the heart of an enchantingly romantic land !

Your Bentley will follow the land's delicate furrow as it approaches the Salle des Moines - an amazing building with two bays with ribbed vaults and sandstone capitals and columns.

You'll climb out of the car and continue down the path on foot. All of a sudden a wonderful cloud of luminous red smoke will light up the abbey's old stone walls.

The monks' powers will be employed to reincarnate your love into a luminescent mist emanating from the ancient stones... Just like magic !

Hundreds of blazing candles will be floating in the air, beautifully forming, along around sixty feet... your declaration of love !

Just like the love which burns in your hearts, the candles will glow with pure tenderness while offering your sweetheart the most fantastic vision of his/her life...

You'll be overcome with powerful emotions and tantalizing sensations like you'll never have felt before in your life !

When you so desire, you'll be driven to the lay brothers' former refectory, which has since been re-baptized : La Table du Prieur.

You'll be able to celebrate these magic moments that you'll have just shared over a romantic dinner for two.

You'll be offered a smooth glass of champagne before being tinkled by delightful culinary sensations while savoring the fine gourmet Père Abbé set menu. Depending on the season, you'll possibly have the chance to enjoy John Dory aiguillettes with a citrus flavored rocket salad, devilfish brochettes spiced with lemongrass, or even fig tarts drizzled in honey juice...

At the end of the evening you'll walk back over to your Bentley for a final sensual journey across the park. As the moonlight lies down on the lake, its pure white brilliance will offer a
final salute, to the sacred pearl that is your love.