19 castles with heritage protection in Charente-Maritime

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

Of the 105 castles we list in Charente-Maritime, these 19 match this criterion, ranked by how visited they are. Opening hours, prices and access checked at the source when the château answers.

We record 19 castles, manor houses and strongholds with heritage protection, spread across 19 towns and villages. The ones with the most visitor reviews are Château de la Roche Courbon (open to visitors), Château de Jonzac (Jonzac Castle) (a listed historic monument), Château de Dampierre-sur-Boutonne (Dampierre-sur-Boutonne Castle) (632 reviews), Château de Neuvicq (open to visitors) and Château de Matha (Matha Castle) (16th century).

8 of them receive visitors, according to their official website or their business listing. We have checked the opening hours of 7 and the prices of 3 of them, and each entry shows the date of that check. 19 of them are listed historic monuments, the highest level of protection in French heritage law. The dominant period is the Renaissance, with 13 buildings. Each entry says what we could verify and what still needs confirming: enough to plan a day that holds together.