Castles & palaces in France

15th-century royal residence above the Loire — burial place of Leonardo da Vinci

Château de Brézé is a historic castle or palace in the Loire Valley Secret area.

The château at Chaumont occupies a commanding bluff above the Loire and passed through the hands of Catherine de Medici

Chenonceau is the most visited château in France after Versailles, and the only major Loire château built across a river

Unlike most Loire châteaux, Cheverny has been continuously inhabited by the same family — the Hurault family — since its

Château de Chinon is a historic castle or palace in the Loire Valley Secret area.

Château de Langeais is a historic castle or palace in the Loire Valley Secret area.

Château de Ussé is a historic castle or palace in the Loire Valley Secret area.

16th-century château with the finest Renaissance gardens in France

Château du Rivau is a historic castle or palace in the Loire Valley Secret area.

Hall of Mirrors · 800 hectares of gardens

Medieval Palace Turned Revolutionary Prison

Contemporary Art Space — Largest in Europe

A vast royal château 60 kilometres south of Paris, used by French monarchs from the 12th century to Napoleon III.

The castle was the principal residence of the Dukes of Brittany and the site where the Edict of Nantes — Henry IV's

Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban redesigned French coastal and frontier defences under Louis XIV between 1667 and 1707, co

The Château d'If sits on a small island approximately 3.5 kilometres from the Vieux-Port.

17th-century royal fortification at the mouth of the Old Port

The castle sits at 757 metres on a Vosges spur above the wine route, with clear views across the Rhine plain to the…

Occupies a small rocky promontory almost entirely surrounded by water on the western shore.

Castelnaud faces Beynac across the river — the two castles held opposite sides of the Hundred Years' War frontier.

Official Residence of the Prince — Grimaldi Family Since 1297

The collection spans European painting from the 15th to 20th centuries — Rubens, Van Dyck, Goya, Delacroix, Courbet — al