The Loire castles

Discover 5 centuries of history in the Royal City of Loches! Built on a rocky outcrop, overlooking the city and the valley of the Indre, the royal city of Loches is composed of an imposing keep, a masterpiece of medieval military architecture and a royal Renaissance dwelling, a major site in French...

 Loches

Built at the end of the 15th century some fifteen kilometers from Blois, the château de Fougères-sur-Bièvre, offers a "surprising" image of the ideal fortified castle, with its keep, machicolated curtain wall and fortified postern entrance. Situated near a river, with its medieval-inspired vegetable...

 Fougères-sur-Bièvre

A medieval stronghold, Montpoupon was transformed into a Renaissance residence in the 15th century. Owners since 1857, the Motte Saint-Pierre family modernized the château in the 1920s, turning it into a comfortable Loire Valley residence. The château takes you into the intimacy of the owners' famil...

 Céré-la-Ronde

A château with a portrait gallery unique in Europe Once the hunting lodge of François 1er, and later the residence of ministers, the Château de Beauregard has always been renowned for its famous "Galerie des Portraits", with its 327 illustrious figures. Originally, it was a ceremonial gallery where...

 Cellettes

The Royal Château of Amboise welcomes you every day of the year (excepting 1st January and 25th December). This emblematic monument and its landscaped gardens offer one of the most remarkable panoramas of the Loire valley, and are registered as a World Heritage site by UNESCO. Each visit has its ow...

 Amboise

Château built in 1527 by Jean LE BRETON, in charge of overseeing the Château de Chambord, on a former seigneury. The château boasts a number of interesting features, including a Carrara marble basin in the main courtyard and a dovecote with a revolving ladder and 1,500 cells. The visit is rounded o...

 Tour-en-Sologne

Property of the Crown, then royal residence, Chenonceau Castle is an exceptional site not only because of its original design, the richness of its collections, its furniture and its decorations, but also because of its destiny, since it was loved, administrated and protected by women, who were all e...

 Chenonceaux

Meet the dragon and his legend, and get ready for adventure! Discover with your family the dragon trail, the suspended nets, the Minimes farm, Anne Mesia's Investigations, the 800-year-old castle and its underground passages...

 Meung-sur-Loire

At the heart of the town of Amboise, set in a park covering 15 hectares, a magical place of great importance in the Renaissance has just been rediscovered and has been born anew after 5 years of painstaking restoration. “Only Adam and Eve are missing from this marvellous paradise to make it a new Ed...

 Amboise

25 km from Blois and 7 km from Mer, the slender roofs of Château de Talcy emerge from the cereal-growing plains of the Petite Beauce Blésoise region. Visit this 16th-century agricultural château, whose destiny has been marked by poets, and discover a unique furnished décor preserved since the 18th c...

 Talcy