19 castles with heritage protection in Loire-Atlantique

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

Of the 234 castles we list in Loire-Atlantique, 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 18 towns and villages. The ones with the most visitor reviews are Château de Clisson (Clisson Castle) (open to visitors), Domaine de la Garenne-Lemot (également sur communes de Clisson, dans la Loire-Atlantique, et Cugand, en Vendée) (a listed historic monument), Château d'Oudon (Oudon Castle) (919 reviews), Château d'Ancenis (Ancenis Castle) (a listed historic monument) and Château de la Seilleraye (Seilleraye Castle) (a listed historic monument).

7 of them receive visitors, according to their official website or their business listing. We have checked the opening hours of 6 and the prices of 4 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 Middle Ages, with 12 buildings. Each entry says what we could verify and what still needs confirming: enough to plan a day that holds together.