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- 670 French castles publish an adult entry price on their official website.
- 75 of them are free all year round, or 11 %.
- The median price of a paid castle is €9; the average, pulled up by a few great estates, is €9.20.
- Prices range from free entry to €34.
- 73 % of paid castles cost €10 or less.
- The dearest is Château of Thoiry (Thoiry), at €34.
- Dearest region: Centre-Val de Loire (€11.50 median); cheapest: Pays de la Loire (€7).
Source: Chateaupedia, surveyed on September 26, 2026
The ten dearest castles
Full adult price, as announced on the official website.
| Castle | Town | Adult price |
|---|---|---|
| Château of Thoiry | Thoiry | €34 |
| Château de Cranhac | Peillac | €30 |
| Château du Rocher-Portail | Maen Roch | €29 |
| Château du Champ de Bataille | Sainte-Opportune-du-Bosc | €27 |
| Château d'Uzès | Uzès | €24 |
| Château du Reynou | Le Vigen | €23 |
| Medieval Louvre (exhibit) | Paris | €22 |
| Louvre Castle | Paris | €22 |
| Château de Chambord | Chambord | €21 |
| Château des Ravatys | Saint-Lager | €20 |
By region
| Area | Prices | Free | Median | Cheapest | Dearest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centre-Val de Loire | 68 | 2 | €11.50 | Free entry | €21 |
| Nouvelle-Aquitaine | 106 | 11 | €9.50 | Free entry | €23 |
| Normandie | 53 | 3 | €9 | Free entry | €27 |
| Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | 48 | 3 | €9 | Free entry | €18 |
| Île-de-France | 42 | 7 | €9 | Free entry | €34 |
| Bretagne | 36 | 5 | €8.50 | Free entry | €30 |
| Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | 91 | 8 | €8 | Free entry | €20 |
| Grand Est | 47 | 17 | €8 | Free entry | €15 |
| Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 33 | 7 | €8 | Free entry | €17.90 |
| Hauts-de-France | 26 | 3 | €8 | Free entry | €14.50 |
| Occitanie | 73 | 7 | €7.50 | Free entry | €24 |
| Pays de la Loire | 46 | 2 | €7 | Free entry | €15 |
By department
Departments publishing at least three prices. Each row leads to the page comparing that department’s prices.
| Area | Prices | Free | Median | Cheapest | Dearest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dordogne | 28 | 4 | €11 | Free entry | €15 |
| Indre-et-Loire | 23 | 0 | €12 | €2 | €20 |
| Saône-et-Loire | 16 | 1 | €10 | Free entry | €18 |
| Côte-d'Or | 16 | 1 | €7 | Free entry | €14 |
| Eure | 16 | 0 | €9 | €3 | €27 |
| Maine-et-Loire | 15 | 0 | €11 | €5 | €15 |
| Gironde | 15 | 1 | €11 | Free entry | €20 |
| Puy-de-Dôme | 15 | 0 | €8 | €5 | €12 |
| Bas-Rhin | 14 | 9 | €12 | Free entry | €12 |
| Côtes-d'Armor | 13 | 1 | €8 | Free entry | €15 |
| Vaucluse | 13 | 3 | €10 | Free entry | €16 |
| Cher | 13 | 0 | €10 | €5 | €14 |
| Yvelines | 13 | 1 | €10 | Free entry | €34 |
| Aude | 12 | 1 | €7 | Free entry | €19 |
| Ardèche | 12 | 2 | €8 | Free entry | €17.50 |
| Seine-Maritime | 12 | 0 | €8 | €3 | €17 |
| Eure-et-Loir | 11 | 0 | €10 | €5 | €12.50 |
| Cantal | 11 | 1 | €10 | Free entry | €12 |
| Calvados | 11 | 1 | €9.50 | Free entry | €15 |
| Vienne | 11 | 3 | €10 | Free entry | €14.50 |
| Sarthe | 10 | 0 | €6 | €4 | €12 |
| Ille-et-Vilaine | 10 | 1 | €9 | Free entry | €29 |
| Aveyron | 10 | 0 | €6 | €5 | €15 |
| Allier | 9 | 1 | €10 | Free entry | €13 |
| Lot | 9 | 0 | €9 | €5 | €15 |
| Isère | 9 | 2 | €10 | Free entry | €13 |
| Loiret | 9 | 1 | €10 | Free entry | €14.50 |
| Haute-Savoie | 8 | 2 | €10 | Free entry | €12 |
| Manche | 8 | 0 | €9 | €5 | €10 |
| Loire-Atlantique | 8 | 1 | €9 | Free entry | €11 |
| Hérault | 8 | 2 | €10 | Free entry | €18 |
| Moselle | 7 | 2 | €9 | Free entry | €15 |
| Haute-Vienne | 7 | 0 | €10 | €4.60 | €23 |
| Oise | 7 | 2 | €9 | Free entry | €10 |
| Pyrénées-Orientales | 7 | 2 | €6.50 | Free entry | €9 |
| Essonne | 7 | 2 | €6 | Free entry | €8 |
| Aisne | 7 | 1 | €7 | Free entry | €13 |
| Haute-Loire | 7 | 0 | €8 | €3.50 | €11 |
| Val-d'Oise | 7 | 1 | €9.50 | Free entry | €12 |
| Gard | 7 | 0 | €7 | €6 | €24 |
| Morbihan | 7 | 2 | €9 | Free entry | €30 |
| Charente-Maritime | 7 | 1 | €11 | Free entry | €18 |
| Vendée | 7 | 0 | €5 | €3 | €14 |
| Charente | 7 | 0 | €9 | €7 | €12 |
| Finistère | 6 | 1 | €9 | Free entry | €10 |
| Loire | 6 | 0 | €6.50 | €4 | €8 |
| Orne | 6 | 2 | €7 | Free entry | €12 |
| Loir-et-Cher | 6 | 0 | €12 | €7 | €21 |
| Indre | 6 | 1 | €9 | Free entry | €10 |
| Deux-Sèvres | 6 | 0 | €7.50 | €5 | €9 |
| Somme | 6 | 0 | €9 | €4 | €10.50 |
| Meurthe-et-Moselle | 6 | 0 | €8 | €4 | €11 |
| Corrèze | 6 | 0 | €8.40 | €5 | €9.50 |
| Mayenne | 6 | 1 | €7 | Free entry | €10 |
| Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 5 | 1 | €7 | Free entry | €9.50 |
| Ain | 5 | 0 | €9 | €7.50 | €13 |
| Nièvre | 5 | 1 | €10 | Free entry | €12 |
| Var | 5 | 2 | €6 | Free entry | €8 |
| Rhône | 5 | 0 | €8 | €2 | €20 |
| Bouches-du-Rhône | 5 | 0 | €8 | €5 | €17.90 |
| Landes | 5 | 0 | €8.50 | €6 | €12 |
| Haut-Rhin | 5 | 2 | €7 | Free entry | €14 |
| Seine-et-Marne | 5 | 2 | €6 | Free entry | €9 |
| Creuse | 5 | 1 | €10 | Free entry | €10 |
| Alpes-Maritimes | 5 | 1 | €5 | Free entry | €6 |
| Gers | 5 | 0 | €8 | €7 | €13 |
| Tarn | 4 | 0 | €7.50 | €3 | €9 |
| Meuse | 4 | 0 | €5 | €4 | €7 |
| Yonne | 4 | 0 | €12 | €6 | €12 |
| Alpes-de-Haute-Provence | 4 | 1 | €10 | Free entry | €12 |
| Doubs | 4 | 0 | €10 | €8 | €12 |
| Paris | 4 | 0 | €22 | €14 | €22 |
| Nord | 4 | 0 | €10 | €4 | €14.50 |
| Val-de-Marne | 4 | 0 | €13 | €10 | €19.50 |
| Lot-et-Garonne | 4 | 0 | €10 | €5 | €11 |
| Ariège | 3 | 2 | €13.50 | Free entry | €13.50 |
| Tarn-et-Garonne | 3 | 0 | €7 | €7 | €12 |
| Haute-Saône | 3 | 0 | €5 | €5 | €7 |
| Haute-Garonne | 3 | 0 | €8 | €7 | €10 |
| Haute-Marne | 3 | 2 | €5 | Free entry | €5 |
| Ardennes | 3 | 0 | €12 | €6 | €12 |
| Drôme | 3 | 0 | €7.50 | €3 | €15 |
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Source: Chateaupedia, https://chateaupedia.com/en/presse/prix-d-entree-des-chateaux-2026, surveyed on September 26, 2026
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According to Chateaupedia, which read 670 prices from official websites, a castle ticket costs €9 at the median in 2026, and 75 castles are free all year.
Method
The price used is the full adult rate read from each castle’s official website, rechecked nightly. Concessions, children’s rates and combined tickets are on each entry. A castle that publishes no price is not in the study, which excludes most national monuments with centralised ticketing. Medians are computed on paid castles.
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