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Châteaux with a restaurant

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

From the courtyard café to the fine-dining room. Useful when the visit falls at midday and the nearest village is twenty minutes away.

We record 419 castles, manor houses and strongholds with a restaurant, spread across 404 towns and villages. The ones with the most visitor reviews are Château du Puy-du-Fou (open to visitors), Domaine de Chenonceau (a listed historic monument), Château du Haut-Koenigsbourg (ou Hohenkoenigsbourg) (with a restaurant), Guédelon Castle (17,167 reviews) and Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte (également sur commune de Moisenay) (open to visitors).

235 of them receive visitors, according to their official website or their business listing. We have checked the opening hours of 188 and the prices of 125 of them, and each entry shows the date of that check. 127 of them are listed historic monuments, the highest level of protection in French heritage law. The dominant period is the Renaissance, with 150 buildings. Each entry says what we could verify and what still needs confirming: enough to plan a day that holds together.

This page lists the 400 most visited châteaux out of 419. Department by department, the list is complete.

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Frequently asked

How many châteaux with a restaurant can you visit?
We record 419 châteaux with a restaurant, across 404 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 with a restaurant?
Château du Puy-du-Fou, in Les Epesses, with 102,626 visitor reviews. Actual footfall is the measure, not an editorial ranking.
How many châteaux with a restaurant are listed historic monuments?
127 out of 419. 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 188 châteaux in this list, read from their official website or their business listing, with the date we last checked shown.

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