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Castles in Val-de-Marne, France

12 open to visitors · 87 châteaux listed · Île-de-France

Every château we have listed in this department, with its verification level.

We record 87 castles, manor houses and strongholds in Val-de-Marne, spread across 39 towns and villages. The ones with the most visitor reviews are Château du Tremblay (Tremblay Castle) (open to visitors), Château de Santeny (Santeny Castle) (504 reviews), Château de Grosbois (Grosbois Castle) (a listed historic monument) and Château d'Ormesson (Ormesson Castle) (open to visitors).

14 of them receive visitors, according to their official website or their business listing. We have checked the opening hours of 13 and the prices of 4 of them, and each entry shows the date of that check. 7 of them are listed historic monuments, the highest level of protection in French heritage law. Each entry says what we could verify and what still needs confirming: enough to plan a day that holds together.

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  1. 1

    Château de Vincennes (Vincennes Castle)

    Vincennes

    On the eastern edge of Paris, Vincennes castle features one of Europe's tallest surviving medieval keeps, raised in a single decade under King Charles V in the 14th century.

    Adult €13

  2. 2

    Château du Tremblay (Tremblay Castle)

    Champigny-sur-Marne

    The name château du Tremblay refers today to a large public park in Champigny-sur-Marne, in the Val-de-Marne department, built on the site of a former racecourse.

  3. 3

    Château de Santeny (Santeny Castle)

    Santeny

    The château de Santeny stands in a four-hectare park planted with century-old trees, on the eastern edge of Paris.

  4. 4

    Château de Grosbois (Grosbois Castle)

    Boissy-Saint-Léger

    In Boissy-Saint-Léger, the château de Grosbois shows its U-shaped outline around an honour courtyard, surrounded by moats crossed by three footbridges.

    Adult €19.50

  5. 5

    Château d'Ormesson (Ormesson Castle)

    Noiseau

    Located in Noiseau, in the Val-de-Marne department, this château combines a late 16th-century Renaissance main building with a classical wing added to the garden side nearly two centuries…

    Adult €10

  6. 6

    Château de Charentonneau (Charentonneau Castle)

    Maisons-Alfort

    The château de Charentonneau, also known as château Gaillard, stands in Maisons-Alfort in the Val-de-Marne department.

  7. 7

    Château de Bry (Bry Castle)

    Bry-sur-Marne

    The Château de Bry, in Bry-sur-Marne in the Val-de-Marne, owes its present appearance to the architect François II Franque, who redesigned it for Étienne de Silhouette in the mid-eighteenth…

  8. 8

    Château des Marmousets (Marmousets Castle)

    La Queue-en-Brie

    The château des Marmousets, built in the eighteenth century in La Queue-en-Brie, is a residence whose facades and roofs retain the characteristics of that period.

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Frequently asked

How many châteaux in Val-de-Marne can you visit?
We record 87 châteaux in Val-de-Marne, across 39 towns and villages. Not all are open: many are private properties we list for their heritage interest, and the entry says so when we know.
Which is the most visited château in Val-de-Marne?
Château de Vincennes, in Vincennes, with — visitor reviews. Actual footfall is the measure, not an editorial ranking.
How many châteaux in Val-de-Marne are listed historic monuments?
7 out of 87. Listing is the highest level of protection in French heritage law; every entry links to its official record in the Mérimée database.
Where can I find opening hours?
On each entry. We know the hours of 13 châteaux in this list, read from their official website or their business listing, with the date we last checked shown.