Château d'Ars

Ars Castle

Avignonet

Access

No visits on recordNo opening hours or ticketing found

Where: Avignonet

To make a day of it

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Château d'Ars stands in Avignonet (Isère), in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of France. No visits are on record for this building.

Ars castle stands on a rocky spur overlooking the Drac river, in the commune of Avignonet in the Isère department. Originally built as a medieval fortified house, it went through several building phases up to the 17th century before falling into ruin. Bought by a local authority after decades of neglect, it now holds the Patrimoine en Isère label and is visited mainly for its setting above the Monteynard-Avignonet reservoir.

Written from Château d'Ars (Isère)

What to know

The site is largely a ruin, with part of the roof having collapsed during the winter of 2005-2006.
The building overlooks an area classified as a natural risk zone, right above the Monteynard-Avignonet dam.
The castle is included in a hiking route rather than offering a conventional museum-style visit.
No information on opening hours, admission fees or accessibility is available for this site.
Visits are mainly outdoors, as the terrain is uneven and the structure fragile.