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6 castles for a visit with children in Calvados

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

Of the 297 castles we list in Calvados, these 6 match this criterion, ranked by how visited they are. Opening hours, prices and access checked at the source when the château answers.

We record 6 castles, manor houses and strongholds for a visit with children, spread across 6 towns and villages. The ones with the most visitor reviews are Château de Boutemont (Boutemont Castle) (open to visitors), Manoir d'Ecajeul dit aussi Fort Basseville (a listed historic monument) and Château de Vouilly (Vouilly Castle) (18th century).

5 of them receive visitors, according to their official website or their business listing. We have checked the opening hours of 3 and the prices of 3 of them, and each entry shows the date of that check. 4 of them are listed historic monuments, the highest level of protection in French heritage law. The dominant period is the Classical period, with 3 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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