La Vallée d’Aulnes won three awards in the European region of the 2008 CNBC International Property Awards: a five-star overall award for Best Development and a five-star Best Interior Design award for one of the homes, ‘Michele’s Regency’, as well as a four-star Best Architecture award for the impressive ‘L’Arch des Polmen’, a striking solid stone arch that marks the development’s entrance.

The site is a huge 7-hectares. It is being built in the style of a medieval village with the finest modern facilities. La Vallée d’Aulnes in Courçon, near La Rochelle offers a unique opportunity to stay near the Atlantic Coast and Marais Poitevin, with the latter dubbed ‘The Green Venice’ on account of its lush countryside and tranquil canals. The village offers relaxation for the mind, body and spirit in an enchanting natural setting. The Development of the “Vallée d’Aulnes distinguishes itself by different original elements which makes it a unique place. The Creator of this concept wished to accomplish a marriage as harmonious as original in between the Medieval Period ( Half timbered houses, cobblestones streets, pigeon lofts, donjons, turrets) and regional architecture (coloured facades, porches, original and typical looking poetic named streets, pathway in bloom… village is designed for around 5,000 inhabitants, planned to appeal to affluent investors with ecological concerns. Architecturally, this peaceful ‘counter-urban development all within a classified UNESCO patrimony area, in close proximity to a tranquil 370 acre forest, fuses genuine medieval character with unsurpassed modern features and amenities.