25 castles with heritage protection in Vaucluse

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

Of the 99 castles we list in Vaucluse, these 25 match this criterion, ranked by how visited they are. Opening hours, prices and access checked at the source when the château answers.

We record 25 castles, manor houses and strongholds with heritage protection, spread across 19 towns and villages. The ones with the most visitor reviews are Palais des Papes (open to visitors), Château de Lourmarin (Lourmarin Castle) (a listed historic monument), Barroux Castle (18th century), Castle of Châteauneuf-du-Pape (1,246 reviews) and Château d'Ansouis (Ansouis Castle) (open to visitors).

10 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 9 of them, and each entry shows the date of that check. 25 of them are listed historic monuments, the highest level of protection in French heritage law. The dominant period is the Middle Ages, with 11 buildings. Each entry says what we could verify and what still needs confirming: enough to plan a day that holds together.