What is the most beautiful castle in Ille-et-Vilaine?

The most visited in Ille-et-Vilaine is Castle of Fougères, first in this selection according to its visitors’ reviews. All 10 castles listed are open to visitors with checked hours.

How much does a visit cost?

The adult entry price is shown under each castle when the official website publishes it; 0 of these castles are free.

How is this selection made?

Among the 366 castles recorded in Ille-et-Vilaine, we keep those open to the public with a photo, then rank by number of Google reviews. No castle pays to appear.

The 10 most beautiful castles in Ille-et-Vilaine

10 châteaux

Chosen among 366 recorded castles

What to see in Ille-et-Vilaine when you only have a weekend: the 10 most visited castles according to their visitors’ reviews, among those open to the public whose visiting conditions we checked on the official website. For each: what you see, the entry price, the link to the full entry.

Ranked by renown: how often their name is searched on Google each month, and how many reviews visitors have left. “Beautiful” is your word; what we measure is what visitors choose.

No. 1
Castle of Fougères
Fougères
Set in a bend of the Nançon river below the old town, this is one of the largest medieval fortresses in France, built and extended from the 12th to the 15th century to watch over the eastern border of the Duchy of Brittany.
Adult €12Hours, prices and access
No. 2
Château de Combourg (Combourg Castle)
Combourg
Standing at the heart of the Breton town that bears its name, this granite château has eleventh-century origins, when an archbishop of Dol had it built for his brother.
Adult €13.70Hours, prices and access
No. 3
Château de Vitré (Vitré Castle)
Vitré
At Vitré, the castle occupies a triangular site at the far end of the walled old town, perched on a rocky spur above the Vilaine river.
Adult €9Hours, prices and access
No. 4
Château des Pères (Pères Castle)
Piré-Chancé
In Piré-Chancé, about thirty minutes from Rennes, the château des Pères stands on the former site of the Plessis-Guériff castle, whose origins trace back to a 12th century feudal mound.
Hours, prices and access
No. 5
Château du Rocher-Portail (Rocher-Portail Castle)
Maen Roch
Set beside a pond in the Coglais area, the château du Rocher-Portail displays three ranges of buildings under steep roofs, built between 1586 and 1607 for Gilles de Ruellan, a close associate of Henri IV.
Adult €29Hours, prices and access
No. 6
Château de Montmuran (Montmuran Castle)
Les Iffs
Standing in the parish of Les Iffs, between Rennes and Saint-Malo, Montmuran castle keeps its stone towers raised at the end of the 12th century by the lords of Tinténiac.
Adult €6Hours, prices and access
No. 7
Château de Saint-Aubin-du-Cormier
Saint-Aubin-du-Cormier
Set on a hilltop overlooking the valley toward Fougères, the ruins of Saint-Aubin-du-Cormier castle recall one of the strongholds that once guarded the borders of the Duchy of Brittany.
Hours, prices and access
No. 8
Château du Bois-Guy (Bois-Guy Castle)
Parigné
The Château du Bois-Guy stands in Parigné, in Ille-et-Vilaine, on an estate first recorded in the 15th century.
Hours, prices and access
No. 9
Château de Bonnefontaine (Bonnefontaine Castle)
Val-Couesnon
In Val-Couesnon, the château de Bonnefontaine stands with its two round towers and polygonal stair tower on the banks of the Couesnon river, at the border between Brittany and Normandy.
Adult €5Hours, prices and access Tickets and guided tours
No. 10
Château de la Ballue (Ballue Castle)
Bazouges-la-Pérouse
At Bazouges-la-Pérouse, the château de la Ballue owes its reputation less to its Louis XIII main building than to its terraced gardens, recreated in the 1970s following a layout dating back to the 18th century.
Hours, prices and access

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Frequently asked questions

What is the most beautiful castle in Ille-et-Vilaine?: The most visited in Ille-et-Vilaine is Castle of Fougères, first in this selection according to its visitors’ reviews. All 10 castles listed are open to visitors with checked hours.
How much does a visit cost?: The adult entry price is shown under each castle when the official website publishes it; 0 of these castles are free.
How is this selection made?: Among the 366 castles recorded in Ille-et-Vilaine, we keep those open to the public with a photo, then rank by number of Google reviews. No castle pays to appear.