The 10 most beautiful castles in Orne
10 châteaux
Chosen among 151 recorded castles
What to see in Orne 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 Carrouges
Carrouges
Carrouges castle stands in the Orne department, surrounded by a moat, behind a terrace and old iron gates. Built on a square plan around an inner courtyard, it retains a 15th century keep with even older origins and a 16th century entrance pavilion flanked by turrets.
Adult €7Hours, prices and access
No. 2
Château de Domfront (Domfront Castle)
Domfront en Poiraie
In Domfront en Poiraie, the castle ruins still stand on the rocky spur that made the site strategically valuable from the 11th century onward.
No. 3
Château du Haras du Pin
canton d'Exmes
The château of the Haras du Pin stands at the centre of a 600-hectare estate designed for royal horse breeding, in the canton of Exmes.
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No. 4
Château des ducs d'Alençon (ducs d'Alençon Castle)
Alençon
In the heart of Alençon, on the left bank of the Briante river, stand the remains of a medieval stronghold that once served as the seat of the county and later the duchy of Alençon.
No. 5
Château des Ducs (Argentan)
Argentan
In Argentan, on the southern slope of the town's hill, the Château des Ducs still shows its 14th-century Grand Logis, built for Pierre II of Alençon on the site of an earlier medieval fortress.
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No. 6
Manoir de la Baronnie
Marcei
The Manoir de la Baronnie in Marcei stands on the site of an 11th-century Benedictine priory that depended on the Abbey of Cerisy-la-Forêt.
No. 7
Château d'O
Mortrée
Set on an island within a moat fed by the Thouanne river, the château d'Ô stands in Mortrée, in the Orne department, reached by two bridges.
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No. 8
Manoir de Courboyer
Nocé
The Courboyer manor stands in the countryside of the Perche region, in the commune of Nocé in the Orne department.
Adult €3Hours, prices and access
No. 9
Château de Courtomer (Courtomer Castle)
Courtomer
Located at Courtomer in the Orne department, this classically styled château was built at the end of the 18th century on the remains of a medieval fortress, whose cellars still survive. Its rectangular layout, extended by two slightly projecting pavilions, echoes the design of the Paris Hôtel de la Monnaie.
No. 10
Château de Médavy (Médavy Castle)
Médavy
Standing between Argentan and Sées, the château de Médavy occupies the site of a former Norman stronghold whose history goes back to the Middle Ages, before being largely rebuilt in the early eighteenth century by the Rouxel de Grancey family in a classical style close to Mansart's work.
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Frequently asked questions
- What is the most beautiful castle in Orne?
- The most visited in Orne is Castle of Carrouges, 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 151 castles recorded in Orne, we keep those open to the public with a photo, then rank by number of Google reviews. No castle pays to appear.