Château de Gudanes welcomes the luxury home interiors of Rosemary Hallgarten for their winter campaign…

The Château becomes a winter wonderland setting for Mango Home’s Christmas collection…

Château de Gudanes as the setting for Zimmermann’s Fall collection…

Janine, the editor of The Good Life France, kindly joined us earlier this year for one of our springtime stays. In her article, she shares the Château story and her adventures staying with us…

The restoration and our Château stays featured on the cover and in the centrefold of the Australian Financial Review FIN! Magazine…

The Daily Mail kindly shares how we have opened the Château gates, each year since 2016, to welcome guests to stay. All proceeds from our stays directly and fully contribute to the ongoing restoration…

Over the summer, Château de Gudanes welcomed Isabelle, the Editor-in-Chief of Moments Magazine, and her family to stay…

Karina speaks with Anna, from The AW Creative, about the Château journey. Watch on Spotify or Itunes!

Karina speaks with Janine, from the Goodlife France, about the restoration journey over the last ten years…

Château de Gudanes featured in the November issue of Netherlands Vogue…

The Château story and renovation featured on escape.com…

Château de Gudanes featured in AD Italia…

The Château featured on architecturaldigest.com…

My Modern Darcy shares the history of the Château and a beautiful review of the Château Book…

Château dreams are helping this Vogue editor endure quarantine in an NYC apartment

< J’habite l’histoire > questions & réponses avec Karina Waters

Vogue creates this behind the scenes travel diary for clothing company Dôen’s journey to the Château de Gudanes

The world’s oldest candlemaker Cire Trudon discovers the magic of candlelight in the Château de Gudanes

Château de Gudanes was featured in The World of Interiors Decoration Special - October 2019 issue, in collaboration with Cire Trudon, the world’s oldest candlemaker.

Californian-based clothing company Dôen embark on a magical journey to the Château de Gudanes to shoot their Fall 2019 collection

L’incroyable l’histoire du Château de Gudanes… il était une fois un château oublié, perdu au sein de la nature sauvage des Pyrénées Ariégeoises, jusqu’au jour où un couple d’Australiens et leurs enfants eurent le coup de foudre pour son charme particulier

The December 2018 issue of House & Garden takes a look at the Waters family and their progress in restorating the 18th century Château de Gudanes

The story of an Australian couple who bought a crumbling Château in the French Pyrenees, and how they helped coax a ruin back to life

A few years ago, the Australian couple Craig and Karina Waters fell in love with an abandoned castle, dating back to the 1700s. They decided to take over the castle, which is situated in a lush landscape at the village of Château-Verdun in southern France, and restore it.

In 2013, the Australian couple Karina and Craig Waters bought an abandoned castle in the French Pyrenees. They dreamed of restoring and renovating an estate in poor condition but they struggled to find something in the right conditions and with great potential.

Ever dreamed of renovating a French chateau? Australians Craig and Karina Waters admittedly hadn’t, but the couple have spent the past four years in the beautiful Midi-Pyrenees in the South of France working on this fairytale project...

In collaboration with Fragonard events, Carolyn Quatermaine created ‘Where Flowers Dream’, an exhibition providing a unique sensory voyage to visitors to the Fragonard museum in Grasse from 2017-2018. Caroyln made the Château de Gudanes her artist’s residence and the setting to prepare her creations.

I divide my life into BC and AC; before château, after château. BC I was a tax accountant. I’d worked for a firm in Perth, Australia, for 20 years, then taken time off to look after the children. I guess my life was comfortably played out...