Domaine de Certes

To make a day of it

Domaine de Certes stands in Audenge (Gironde), in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of France. The building is registered as a historic monument (dating recorded in the Mérimée database: second quarter of the 19th century, fourth quarter of the 19th century, second quarter of the 20th century). Admission is free. Its opening hours and prices have not been verified at the source yet.

The Certes estate at Audenge occupies a former salt-marsh and fish-farming property turned nature reserve on the edge of the Arcachon basin. The château overlooking the grounds was rebuilt around 1840 by Ernest Valeton de Boissière, with colonnades and an interior refitted in the 1930s. A fire badly damaged the building in 2010 and it remains closed to visitors, though the park, the water basins and the old stud farm buildings can be explored freely along an extensive network of coastal paths.

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What to know

• The château's interior is not open to visitors, as the building is under restoration following a fire in 2010.
• The park and the water basins can be visited freely, with no set opening hours, along more than 19 km of paths.
• The site is flat and suitable for walking or cycling, requiring no particular physical effort.
• The estate is a managed nature reserve open year-round, suitable for a visit in any season.
• The façades, some interior rooms, the park and the entrance gate have been listed as historic monuments since 1991.

Practical information

Visit duration

Not verified

Wheelchair access

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Dogs

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Parking

Free parking with four spaces for disabled visitors

reception building with T-loop for hearing-impaired visitors, adapted toilets, adapted exhibition room, accessible paths for visitors with reduced mobility, hippocampe wheelchair available on request, adapted activities with naturalist guide on booking

Where this château is

Audenge · Gironde · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

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Address

47 Av. de Certes, 33980 Audenge

Directions open from wherever you are, by car or public transport.

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Château phone number

+33 5 56 82 71 79

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Heritage status

Registered historic monument (inscrit)

Mérimée record PA00083897

Period of construction

second quarter of the 19th century, fourth quarter of the 19th century, second quarter of the 20th century

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Sources

Identity, location and official references from Wikidata and the Mérimée register.

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• Wikidata Q3034417
• Mérimée PA00083897
• Official website

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