# Domaine dit Désert de Retz

Chambourcy, Yvelines, Île-de-France

Domaine dit Désert de Retz stands in Chambourcy (Yvelines), in the Île-de-France region of France. The building is listed as a historic monument (dating recorded in the Mérimée database: fourth quarter of the 18th century). Adult admission costs 10 EUR. Its opening hours and prices were verified at the source on September 5, 2026.

The Désert de Retz is a landscape garden laid out in the late eighteenth century by François Racine de Monville, an aristocrat with a passion for architecture and botany. Across the 17 hectares that survive today, visitors follow a path punctuated by unusual follies, a broken column, a temple, a Tartar tent, a ruined church, conceived as stages of a symbolic journey through antiquity, an imagined orient and Enlightenment thought. Long left to decay before being restored, the site can be visited on the edge of the Marly forest.

**Information last verified on September 5, 2026.**

## Opening hours

- Monday : Closed
- Tuesday : Closed
- Wednesday : Closed
- Thursday : Closed
- Friday : Closed
- Saturday : 14:00-18:00
- Sunday : 14:00-18:00

Annual closures : fermé du lundi au vendredi, fermé de novembre à mars, fermé en cas d'orage ou de vent violent

## Prices

- Adult : 10 EUR
- Reduced : 6 EUR
- Free for enfant de moins de 6 ans

## Practical information

- Visit duration : 90 min
- Wheelchair access : Not accessible
  - le lieu n'est pas adapté pour les personnes à mobilité réduite ou les poussettes
- Dogs : Not allowed
- Parking : parking gratuit sur place
- Gift shop : yes

## Where this château is

- All. Frédéric Passy, 78240 Chambourcy
- +33 1 39 22 31 31
- 48.8903423324084, 2.01817622670186
- Heritage status : Listed historic monument (classé)
- Period of construction : 4e quart 18e siècle

## Sources

- Official website : http://www.ledesertderetz.fr/
- Wikidata : https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1270698
- Mérimée record : https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/merimee/PA00087398

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