9 castles where you can stay the night in Loire

9 châteaux listed · verified entries first, then the most searched-for; alphabetical index at the bottom of the page

Of the 181 castles we list in Loire, these 9 match this criterion, ranked by how visited they are. Opening hours, prices and access checked at the source when the château answers.

We record 9 castles, manor houses and strongholds where you can stay the night, spread across 9 towns and villages. The ones with the most visitor reviews are Château de Valinches (Valinches Castle) (you can stay the night), Château de Matel (Matel Castle) (234 reviews), Château de Montrouge (Montrouge Castle) (open to visitors), Château de Saint-André-d'Apchon (with a restaurant) and Château de Magneux-Haute-Rive (Magneux-Haute-Rive Castle) (on the historic monuments register).

5 of them receive visitors, according to their official website or their business listing. We have checked the opening hours of 5 and the prices of 1 of them, and each entry shows the date of that check. 1 of them are listed historic monuments, the highest level of protection in French heritage law. The dominant period is the Renaissance, with 3 buildings. Each entry says what we could verify and what still needs confirming: enough to plan a day that holds together.