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45 castles from the Middle Ages in Pyrénées-Atlantiques

45 châteaux listed · verified entries first, then the most visited; alphabetical index at the bottom of the page

Of the 98 castles we list in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, these 45 have a building campaign from this period, according to the French Ministry of Culture's records.

We record 45 castles, manor houses and strongholds from the Middle Ages, spread across 41 towns and villages. The ones with the most visitor reviews are Fort du Socoa (open to visitors), Château d'Urtubie (Urtubie Castle) (on the historic monuments register), Château de Morlanne (Morlanne Castle) (669 reviews), Château-Vieux (a listed historic monument) and Château de Françon (Françon Castle) (with a restaurant).

6 of them receive visitors, according to their official website or their business listing. We have checked the opening hours of 5 and the prices of 3 of them, and each entry shows the date of that check. 11 of them are listed historic monuments, the highest level of protection in French heritage law. The dominant period is the Middle Ages, with 45 buildings. Each entry says what we could verify and what still needs confirming: enough to plan a day that holds together.

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