26 castles with heritage protection in Sarthe

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

Of the 163 castles we list in Sarthe, these 26 match this criterion, ranked by how visited they are. Opening hours, prices and access checked at the source when the château answers.

We record 26 castles, manor houses and strongholds with heritage protection, spread across 26 towns and villages. The ones with the most visitor reviews are Château de Lavardin (Lavardin Castle) (open to visitors), Castle of Sillé-le-Guillaume (a listed historic monument), Cour de Justice (ancienne) dénommée aussi Le Temple (293 reviews), Château de Sablé (Sablé Castle) (open to visitors) and Château de Poncé-sur-le-Loir (open to visitors).

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 5 of them, and each entry shows the date of that check. 26 of them are listed historic monuments, the highest level of protection in French heritage law. The dominant period is the Middle Ages, with 18 buildings. Each entry says what we could verify and what still needs confirming: enough to plan a day that holds together.