The Grandes Écuries, built between 1719 and 1740 to house 240 horses and 400-plus hounds, stand west of the château near Chantilly’s famous hippodrome (racecourse), inaugurated in 1834. The stables contain the Musée du Cheval, included in domain-only and domain and show passes; displays span riding equipment to rocking horses.
Visitors big and small will be mesmerised by the equestrian show included in the combined domain and show pass. Longer equestrian shows and spectacles are listed online.
The stables’ pampered equines live in luxurious wooden stalls built by Louis-Henri de Bourbon, the seventh Prince de Condé, who was convinced he would be reincarnated as a horse (hence the extraordinary grandeur).
