Since 1992, the International Garden Festival has made Chaumont a hub for cutting-edge landscape art. Each year, designers from around the world create bold, experimental gardens across the estate.
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Whether you’re chasing fairytale castles or cruising vineyard roads, here’s how to get around the Loire Valley by car, train, bus, or tour—each with its pros, routes, and tips.
If you’re planning a visit during the months of the International Garden Festival (Aoril to November), it is recommended to book your tickets at least one month in advance.
Yes, for an additional cost of €4, you can buy an audio guide to understand the history and art installations better.
Yes, private guided tours are available daily at 11am and 3pm in English and French.
Yes, Chaumont-sur-Loire castle in open daily, throughout the year. Visiting outside of the garden festival means fewer crowds and no sightings of the seasonal blooms.
Yes, it is one-of-its-kind and is the biggest attractor of the castle. It welcomes global designers and artists to change the landscape scenery—30 gardens are created based on an annual theme.
Yes, children enjoy the castle as much as adults. There are multiple kid-friendly activities—an annual art exhibition and a free kids' booklet filled with information about the castle—to keep your little one engaged and appreciative of their surroundings.
Tickets were easy to buy and saved a small queue. Parking was easy. The walk to the castle stunning. The castle was well presented inside and out. The paper guide and the exhibition were very helpful and informative. Lunch in the cafe was great and the gift shop was worth a visit. The best part for us on a beautiful day was the parkland and river. The rose garden and the trails especially by the river. As we left we discovered the stable area but the donkeys were missing ( probably sheltered from the heat. Overall a great day out. And I'm sure if we came back we'd discover more. Good value.
The gardens were magnificent, ingenious and resplendent, and the visit to the château and the artists' works was interesting. In short, everything was perfect, as was the quick access with no waiting time thanks to ticket registration on the telephone.
One of the most beautiful castle in Loire. Great mix between old and contemporary arts
Top organization And a wonderful visit I recommend
A beautiful castle! We spent the afternoon seeing it and loved it.
An extraordinarily well-preserved authentic château! Magnificent!
The castle is very beautiful, although we had to walk a lot from the parking lot to the entrance (the day was very hot). Purchasing tickets was easy.
Amazing château, great entry experience (bought on line so no queuing in the sun as Cheverny). Highly recommend. Great experience.
To be able to enter the site quickly while everyone is queuing up: what happiness! I didn't think the Château de Chaumont offered so much artistic diversity, the setting lends itself perfectly to it and the different gardens are a permanent spectacle: I'd certainly go back for other seasons.
Easy access, no queuing and the flexibility of being able to visit at any time during opening hours. The children's ticket didn't work once, but we were able to sort that out easily at the ticket office
The service offered by head out was excellent: very easy and faired priced. We entered straight forward, without doing any queues. The castle was an impressive work of architecture, I felt like going back to the past.
The castle is indeed spectacular, and it was interesting to learn about its history - from a video. A more informative guide would be good. Nevertheless, we enjoyed the experience.
Ticket ordering through headout was very easy!!! The castle was impressive!!!! Definitely worth the visit. The gardens were grand, which in itself was impressive. It was not particularly beautiful, but grand.
I bought all the tickets to the castles and it worked perfect, very agile, fast and without queuing. I recommend it 100%. I took the printed tickets but you can also take them on your cell phone.
Superb chateau. Well furnished. Tablet with interesting content and lots of explanations in each room. Possibility to sit down from time to time if you have mobility problems. I would recommend
It didn't have the audio guide included in my ticket but when I paid online it said t guide miltilangue so I thought that was it but the woman at the reception desk told me no.
Nel questionario soprastante dovreste includere la voce "altro,". La visita ai castelli è andata bene ma il risparmio (5€:in 2) x l'acquisto dei biglietti non vale lo sbattimento. Dato che ha maggio non c'è folla consiglio l'acquisto del biglietto sul posto
One of the most beautiful castles in the world!
It was a great experience and the history of the château was well explained.
Great experience!! come prepared with water in summer season
Very good experience visiting the castles.
Such a beautiful place to visit!
Very easy to book tickets, and the location was stunning
We appreciate skipping the ticket line.
excellent, fast and much easier than on the official castle website!!!! thank you, impeccable
Inclusions Royal Blois Castle
Chambord Castle
Skip-the-line entry to the Chambord Castle
Access to the castle and gardens
Access to the temporary exhibitions
Chenonceau Castle
Chaumont sur-Loire
Villandry Castle
Entry to Villandry Castle
Entry to the gardens
Royal Blois Castle
Chambord and Chenonceau Castle
Chaumont sur-Loire and Villandry Castle
Colette
Letessier
Manuela
Tickets were easy to buy and saved a small queue. Parking was easy. The walk to the castle stunning. The castle was well presented inside and out. The paper guide and the exhibition were very helpful and informative. Lunch in the cafe was great and the gift shop was worth a visit. The best part for us on a beautiful day was the parkland and river. The rose garden and the trails especially by the river. As we left we discovered the stable area but the donkeys were missing ( probably sheltered from the heat. Overall a great day out. And I'm sure if we came back we'd discover more. Good value.
The gardens were magnificent, ingenious and resplendent, and the visit to the château and the artists' works was interesting. In short, everything was perfect, as was the quick access with no waiting time thanks to ticket registration on the telephone.
One of the most beautiful castle in Loire. Great mix between old and contemporary arts
Top organization And a wonderful visit I recommend
A beautiful castle! We spent the afternoon seeing it and loved it.
An extraordinarily well-preserved authentic château! Magnificent!
The castle is very beautiful, although we had to walk a lot from the parking lot to the entrance (the day was very hot). Purchasing tickets was easy.
Amazing château, great entry experience (bought on line so no queuing in the sun as Cheverny). Highly recommend. Great experience.
To be able to enter the site quickly while everyone is queuing up: what happiness! I didn't think the Château de Chaumont offered so much artistic diversity, the setting lends itself perfectly to it and the different gardens are a permanent spectacle: I'd certainly go back for other seasons.
Easy access, no queuing and the flexibility of being able to visit at any time during opening hours. The children's ticket didn't work once, but we were able to sort that out easily at the ticket office
The service offered by head out was excellent: very easy and faired priced. We entered straight forward, without doing any queues. The castle was an impressive work of architecture, I felt like going back to the past.
The castle is indeed spectacular, and it was interesting to learn about its history - from a video. A more informative guide would be good. Nevertheless, we enjoyed the experience.
Ticket ordering through headout was very easy!!! The castle was impressive!!!! Definitely worth the visit. The gardens were grand, which in itself was impressive. It was not particularly beautiful, but grand.
I bought all the tickets to the castles and it worked perfect, very agile, fast and without queuing. I recommend it 100%. I took the printed tickets but you can also take them on your cell phone.
Superb chateau. Well furnished. Tablet with interesting content and lots of explanations in each room. Possibility to sit down from time to time if you have mobility problems. I would recommend
It didn't have the audio guide included in my ticket but when I paid online it said t guide miltilangue so I thought that was it but the woman at the reception desk told me no.
Nel questionario soprastante dovreste includere la voce "altro,". La visita ai castelli è andata bene ma il risparmio (5€:in 2) x l'acquisto dei biglietti non vale lo sbattimento. Dato che ha maggio non c'è folla consiglio l'acquisto del biglietto sul posto
One of the most beautiful castles in the world!
It was a great experience and the history of the château was well explained.
Great experience!! come prepared with water in summer season
Very good experience visiting the castles.
Such a beautiful place to visit!
Very easy to book tickets, and the location was stunning
We appreciate skipping the ticket line.
excellent, fast and much easier than on the official castle website!!!! thank you, impeccable
With this super saver combo, visit the Royal Blois Castle and choose to visit any 1 castle among Chambord, Chenonceau, Chaumont sur-Loire, and Villandry. Please find the map of the Loire Valley castles here.
Marvel at this architectural jewel, this splendid castle boasts a mix of styles from Gothic to Renaissance and beyond.
Spend your time at the Chambord Castle discovering over 60 out of 400 rooms, 80 staircases, and 365 fireplaces.
Explore the royal living quarters, the chapel, and more while admiring an extensive collection of elegant art, furniture, and interior design at the Chenonceau Castle.
Discover 26 unique gardens that you can spend hours getting lost in at the Chaumont sur-Loire, and wander through the Water Garden at Villandry, featuring a central Louis XV-style mirror basin.
Inclusions Royal Blois Castle
Chambord Castle
Skip-the-line entry to the Chambord Castle
Access to the castle and gardens
Access to the temporary exhibitions
Chenonceau Castle
Chaumont sur-Loire
Villandry Castle
Entry to Villandry Castle
Entry to the gardens
Royal Blois Castle
Chambord and Chenonceau Castle
Chaumont sur-Loire, and Villandry Castle
Colette
Letessier
Manuela