24 castles with heritage protection in Loir-et-Cher

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

Of the 124 castles we list in Loir-et-Cher, these 24 match this criterion, ranked by how visited they are. Opening hours, prices and access checked at the source when the château answers.

We record 24 castles, manor houses and strongholds with heritage protection, spread across 23 towns and villages. The ones with the most visitor reviews are Château de Selles-sur-Cher (Selles-sur-Cher Castle) (open to visitors), Château de Vendôme (Vendôme Castle) (a listed historic monument), Ancien évêché (with a restaurant), Château de Montrichard (Montrichard Castle) (11th century) and Château du Gué-Péan (Gué-Péan Castle) (220 reviews).

12 of them receive visitors, according to their official website or their business listing. We have checked the opening hours of 8 and the prices of 5 of them, and each entry shows the date of that check. 24 of them are listed historic monuments, the highest level of protection in French heritage law. The dominant period is the Renaissance, with 19 buildings. Each entry says what we could verify and what still needs confirming: enough to plan a day that holds together.