17 castles for a visit with children in Indre-et-Loire

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

Of the 303 castles we list in Indre-et-Loire, these 17 match this criterion, ranked by how visited they are. Opening hours, prices and access checked at the source when the château answers.

We record 17 castles, manor houses and strongholds for a visit with children, spread across 15 towns and villages. The ones with the most visitor reviews are Site castral de Montbazon (open to visitors), Manoir de La Perraudière (1,467 reviews), Château de Gizeux (Gizeux Castle) (a listed historic monument), Château de Pray (Pray Castle) (you can stay the night) and Château de Valmer (Valmer Castle) (on the historic monuments register).

14 of them receive visitors, according to their official website or their business listing. We have checked the opening hours of 9 and the prices of 9 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 9 buildings. Each entry says what we could verify and what still needs confirming: enough to plan a day that holds together.