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European Heritage Days 2026 in Calvados: 43 castles open

The 43 château openings recorded in Calvados for the European Heritage Days on 19 and 20 September 2026, with their opening times and what we know about free admission.

All château entries Calvados

• Fri, September 18 · 9:00 AMFree

  Look up! It’s the construction site at the Château de Bénouville!

  château de Bénouville · Bénouville

  Calvados

• Fri, September 18 · 9:00 AMFree

  Look up! The manor of Coupesarte, a construction game!

  Manoir · Mézidon Vallée d'Auge

  Calvados

• Fri, September 18 · 9:30 AMFree

  Look up! I discover the castle of Caen in autonomy

  château de Caen · Caen

  Calvados

• Fri, September 18 · 9:30 AMFree

  Look up! Living heritage in Mathieu, let yourself be told the town

  château de Vauville · Mathieu

  Calvados

• Fri, September 18 · 10:00 AMFree

  Look up! Sensory garden workshop

  château de Canon · Mézidon Vallée d'Auge

  Calvados

• Fri, September 18 · 10:00 AMFree

  Animation for school children: Workshops and pans of wood: put your hand to the dough at the castle of Crèvecœur!

  château de Crèvecœur-en-Auge · Mézidon Vallée d'Auge

  Calvados

• Fri, September 18 · 10:00 AMFree

  Look up! I discover the castle of Caen with a mediator

  château de Caen · Caen

  Calvados

• Fri, September 18 · 10:00 AMFree

  Hiking – treasure hunt on the Château Ganne site!

  château de La Pommeraye · La Pommeraye

  Calvados

• Fri, September 18 · 10:30 AMFree

  Look up! Between the manor and the marshes, historical heritage and natural heritage meet

  Manoir de la Luzerne · Bernières-sur-Mer

  Calvados

• Fri, September 18 · 11:00 AM

  Free visit of the remarkable gardens, the 3 historic rooms and the chapel

  château de Boutemont · Ouilly-le-Vicomte

  Calvados

• Sat, September 19 · 9:00 AMFree

  Exhibition: the tramway of Caen, a history in motion

  Salle Duc-Rollon, palais ducal · Caen

  Calvados

• Sat, September 19 · 9:00 AMFree

  Guided tour of the castle

  Château Le Robillard · Saint-Pierre-en-Auge

  Calvados

• Sat, September 19 · 9:00 AMFree

  Self-guided tour of the castle and garden

  château de Fresney-le-Puceux · Fresney-le-Puceux

  Calvados

• Sat, September 19 · 9:30 AMFree

  Exhibition: Cecil Newton, passeur de mémoire

  château de Creully · Creully sur Seulles

  Calvados

• Sat, September 19 · 9:30 AMFree

  Self-guided tour of the medieval castle

  château de Creully · Creully sur Seulles

  Calvados

• Sat, September 19 · 10:00 AMFree

  Demonstration: special guests in the courtyard of the castle

  château de Falaise · Falaise

  Calvados

• Sat, September 19 · 10:00 AMFree

  Demonstration: explanations and handling of the lifting device "L'Opportune"

  château de Falaise · Falaise

  Calvados

• Sat, September 19 · 10:00 AM

  Exhibition: Chronicles of the front, a summer 44 in Vouilly

  château de Vouilly · Isigny-sur-Mer

  Calvados

• Sat, September 19 · 10:00 AMFree

  Guided tour of the outside

  Château de Creullet · Creully sur Seulles

  Calvados

• Sat, September 19 · 10:00 AMFree

  Guided tour of the castle construction site

  château de Bénouville · Bénouville

  Calvados

• Sat, September 19 · 10:00 AMFree

  Guided tour of the castle

  château de Fresney-le-Puceux · Fresney-le-Puceux

  Calvados

• Sat, September 19 · 10:00 AMFree

  Guided tour of the medieval castle

  château de Creully · Creully sur Seulles

  Calvados

• Sat, September 19 · 10:00 AMFree

  Self-guided tour of the dungeons

  château de Falaise · Falaise

  Calvados

• Sat, September 19 · 10:00 AM

  Self-guided tour of the manor

  Manoir de Douville · Mandeville-en-Bessin

  Calvados

• Sat, September 19 · 10:30 AM

  Demonstration: sensory visit-workshop "measure with your body"

  château de Crèvecœur-en-Auge · Mézidon Vallée d'Auge

  Calvados

• Sat, September 19 · 10:30 AMFree

  Guided tour of the exteriors

  Manoir · Mézidon Vallée d'Auge

  Calvados

• Sat, September 19 · 10:30 AMFree

  Self-guided tour of the museum

  Ancien manoir Venelle-Dossin · Orbec

  Calvados

• Sat, September 19 · 11:00 AMFree

  Exhibition: parks and gardens of Romania

  Château de Vicques · Vicques

  Calvados

• Sat, September 19 · 11:00 AMFree

  Guided tour: plank of wood and orbecquois artists

  Ancien manoir Venelle-Dossin · Orbec

  Calvados

• Sat, September 19 · 11:00 AM

  Guided tour of the castle

  château de Balleroy · Balleroy-sur-Drôme

  Calvados

• Sat, September 19 · 11:00 AMFree

  Guided tour of the castle

  Château de Vicques · Vicques

  Calvados

• Sat, September 19 · 11:00 AMFree

  Guided tour of the castle from old photographs

  château de Saint-Germain-de-Livet · Saint-Germain-de-Livet

  Calvados

• Sat, September 19 · 11:00 AMFree

  Sensory guided tour of the castle

  château de Saint-Germain-de-Livet · Saint-Germain-de-Livet

  Calvados

• Sat, September 19 · 11:00 AMFree

  Guided tours of the Castle

  château de Balleroy · Balleroy-sur-Drôme

  Calvados

• Sat, September 19 · 11:30 AM

  Demonstration: the Battle of Nancy

  château de Crèvecœur-en-Auge · Mézidon Vallée d'Auge

  Calvados

• Sat, September 19 · 12:00 PM

  Guided tour of the castle of Versainville

  Château de Versainville · Versainville

  Calvados

• Sat, September 19 · 1:30 PMFree

  Guided tour of the outdoors

  château de Carel · Saint-Pierre-en-Auge

  Calvados

• Sat, September 19 · 2:00 PMFree

  Exhibition: Emmanuel Béhier-Migeon - Itinerary, in search of artists

  Château de Parfouru · Caumont-sur-Aure

  Calvados

• Sat, September 19 · 2:00 PM

  Game: family investigation

  château de Canon · Mézidon Vallée d'Auge

  Calvados

• Sat, September 19 · 2:00 PM

  Guided tour: 1000 years of history at the castle of Colombières

  château de Colombières · Colombières

  Calvados

• Sat, September 19 · 2:00 PMFree

  Guided tour: discover an example of the 18th century heritage of Bessin

  château de Castillon · Castillon

  Calvados

• Sat, September 19 · 2:00 PMFree

  Guided tour of the facade

  château de Tréprel · Tréprel

  Calvados

• Sat, September 19 · 2:00 PMFree

  Guided tour of the Ferme-Manoir du Cacharat from the 17th century.

  Manoir de Cacharat · Rots

  Calvados

• Sat, September 19 · 2:00 PMFree

  European Heritage Days

  château de Fervaques · Livarot-Pays-d'Auge

  Calvados

• Sat, September 19 · 2:00 PM

  Guided tour of the castle

  Château de Versainville · Versainville

  Calvados

• Sat, September 19 · 2:00 PMFree

  Guided tour of the castle

  Château de Gouvix · Courtonne-la-Meurdrac

  Calvados

• Sat, September 19 · 2:00 PM

  Guided tour of the castle

  château de Vouilly · Isigny-sur-Mer

  Calvados

• Sat, September 19 · 2:00 PMFree

  Guided tour of the castle

  Château de Hieville · Saint-Pierre-en-Auge

  Calvados

• Sat, September 19 · 2:00 PM

  Guided tour of the estate

  château de Canon · Mézidon Vallée d'Auge

  Calvados

• Sat, September 19 · 2:00 PM

  Guided tour of the manor

  Manoir des Evêques de Lisieux · Canapville

  Calvados

• Sat, September 19 · 2:00 PM

  Free visit of the castle and gardens

  château de Vendeuvre · Vendeuvre

  Calvados

• Sat, September 19 · 2:00 PMFree

  Self-guided tour of the park

  château de Lion-sur-Mer · Lion-sur-Mer

  Calvados

• Sat, September 19 · 2:00 PMFree

  Self-guided tour of the garden level and the first floor

  château de Fervaques · Livarot-Pays-d'Auge

  Calvados

• Sat, September 19 · 2:30 PM

  Guided tour of the castle

  château de Manneville · Ponts sur Seulles

  Calvados

• Sat, September 19 · 2:30 PMFree

  Guided tour of the castle

  Château de Tracy · Magny-en-Bessin

  Calvados

• Sat, September 19 · 2:30 PM

  Guided tour of the castle

  château de Saint-Pierre-du-Jonquet · Saint-Pierre-du-Jonquet

  Calvados

• Sat, September 19 · 2:30 PM

  Self-guided tour of the gardens

  château de Brécy · Creully sur Seulles

  Calvados

• Sat, September 19 · 2:30 PMFree

  Visit of the Château de Tracy (Tracy sur mer.14)

  Château de Tracy · Magny-en-Bessin

  Calvados

• Sat, September 19 · 3:00 PM

  Portrait workshop in the 18th century

  château de Canon · Mézidon Vallée d'Auge

  Calvados

• Sat, September 19 · 3:00 PMFree

  Exhibition: in search of the painter Edouard Vuillard

  Château du Hameau Hauger · Amfreville

  Calvados

• Sat, September 19 · 3:00 PMFree

  Guided tour of the Cospéan wing

  Manoir Desmares · Lisieux

  Calvados

• Sat, September 19 · 3:30 PM

  Demonstration: the instrumentarium of the Prieurales

  château de Crèvecœur-en-Auge · Mézidon Vallée d'Auge

  Calvados

• Sat, September 19 · 3:30 PMFree

  Guided tour of places related to the history of the port of Bernières

  Manoir de la Luzerne · Bernières-sur-Mer

  Calvados

• Sat, September 19 · 4:00 PMFree

  Animation for young audiences: guided tour "the castle in every way"

  château de Saint-Germain-de-Livet · Saint-Germain-de-Livet

  Calvados

• Sat, September 19 · 4:00 PM

  Guided tour of the flower farm

  château de Canon · Mézidon Vallée d'Auge

  Calvados

• Sat, September 19 · 4:30 PM

  Demonstration: the Middle Ages at your fingertips

  château de Crèvecœur-en-Auge · Mézidon Vallée d'Auge

  Calvados

• Sat, September 19 · 5:00 PM

  Workshop: lutherie Sauvage

  château de Creully · Creully sur Seulles

  Calvados

• Sat, September 19 · 6:00 PM

  Fantrad concert

  château de Creully · Creully sur Seulles

  Calvados

• Sat, September 19 · 6:00 PM

  Exhibition: photographs of musical instruments by Pierre Jamet

  château de Creully · Creully sur Seulles

  Calvados

• Sat, September 19 · 7:00 PMFree

  Conference: presentation of the 2026-2027 season of CANA, a cultural third place

  château de Creully · Creully sur Seulles

  Calvados

• Sat, September 19 · 7:30 PM

  Concert by the Demi Ecrémée brass band

  château de Creully · Creully sur Seulles

  Calvados

• Sat, September 19 · 8:30 PM

  Goury concert, Irish music trio

  château de Creully · Creully sur Seulles

  Calvados

• Sat, September 19 · 9:00 PMFree

  Chamber music concert

  Château de Gouvix · Courtonne-la-Meurdrac

  Calvados

• Sun, September 20 · 11:00 AMFree

  Demonstration of tufting

  château de Creully · Creully sur Seulles

  Calvados

• Sun, September 20 · 2:00 PMFree

  Self-guided tour of the manor

  Manoir du Désert · Honfleur

  Calvados

• Sun, September 20 · 2:30 PMFree

  Guided tour of the manor

  Manoir du Désert · Honfleur

  Calvados

• Sun, September 20 · 3:00 PMFree

  Guided tour of the castle

  château de Cricqueville-en-Auge · Cricqueville-en-Auge

  Calvados

• Sun, September 20 · 3:30 PMFree

  Demonstration: introduction to Cuban salsa

  château de Creully · Creully sur Seulles

  Calvados

• Sun, September 20 · 5:00 PM

  Concert-reading: No, no, not everything is said...

  Château Saint-Pierre Oursin · Vimont

  Calvados