Good morning,We regret that your visit disappointed you. The admission charge is understandable by the lack of subsidies to allow us to maintain and to manage the castle. You are our only sponsors.Have a nice day !
Only three rooms to enter...a lovely old kitchen and two others but these are full of portraits ( very interesting) and lots of dogs. The gardens extensive but nothing really exciting. It appears that the owners are unsure of the direction this attraction should take.But the lady in the little shop/cafe was very pleasant and a ray of sunshine to us!
Easy access is available for Chambord, Cheverny and Beauregard from the handy bus that completes this circuit, meaning you can see them all in a day. The Beauregard is a nice tidy chateau, that's worth a quick stop. Don't expect to be wowed by Beauregard after seeing Chambord, but hey it's on the way home anyway. Don't include in your Loire itinerary if you are short on time.
We just returned from a trip during which we visited many French chateaux, especially in the Loire area. Beauregard was one of only a few bad experiences. At a 12.5 € entrance fee this is one of the most expensive chateau with the least to offer. The price is not what mattered to us. When you choose to see one thing you have to eliminate another. This was a waste of time that could be better spent at almost any other Loire area chateau (go to Cheverney, Chambord, Blois Chaumont or Amboise instead). We arrived on a Saturday afternoon and there was only one other car in the large parking area so we thought it might be closed. The occupants of the other car emerged and we called out to them to find out if it was open. They said yes but not to bother. We decided that since we were already there we might as well go in. When we arrived in the Ticket/Gift Shop we asked where the house was. When we were shown a map of the property it seemed a very long way to the house and as I am handicapped I asked if there was closer access. The rude woman just shrugged and said "Are you going in or not?" We started the very long trek (we estimated 1 1/2 miles) to the house through a neglected looking park. The house has little architectural distinction from the exterior. As other people have mentioned there are only a few rooms open in the interior. The much vaunted gallery of portraits was interesting with a beautiful ceiling (this room was blacked out from the sun but very poorly uplit from the floor), also a small cabinet was of note . The rest offered nothing except in one room there was a group of large format pictures of dogs. All was in a sad state of repair and in need of much restoration. If you regard the admission price as a charitable donation towards the needed work it takes the sting out a bit. Then we started the very long march back to the parking area. I stopped in the gift shop to buy some postcards (there is no guidebook). Another woman was there and she was not familiar with the cash register and it took forever. Give this one a miss!
We have been to a number of chateaux throughout France, and have never been as disappointed as we were by Beauregard..... Particularly after being to Cheverny in the morning. Which, by the way, costs three dollars less for a spectacular place to visit. Beauregard is run down, the gardens are dried up, the "lawn" is a hayfield that was being cut by a tractor. To get to the chateau you have to travers a " meadow", snake your way through the overgrown gardens, and walk up the pebbled driveway.... About half a mile in total. The rooms are interesting, but for some odd reason, the owners have decided to cover extensive area of the walls with huge pictures of dogs' faces..... Each to his own, but an odd response to Cheverny's hunting dog pack?? The hall of pictures is interesting if one is a real serious French history buff.Bottom line, there are 30 better chateaux at a much better price within 20 miles.
We know that the price is high, but the maintenance cost is very high too. We know the price of the other private castles and are happy to see that they have the possibility of welcoming the visitors in it price rates. We set up everything to be soon able to reduce our price and satisfy visitors. Have a good day.
Thank you for coming. We are sorry that your portraits garden's visit disappointed you. Unfortunately, in September there are less flowers in the park. We update the supports of the texts of the path of the knowledge, they will be more current.You make a mistake, gallery's paintings aren't false. They are authentic and of the XVIIth century...Maybe ours explanations weren't totaly clear for you... Sorry...Have a nice day
Nice garden walk with points of interest to see.The house was very interesting with some great art to see
Thank you very much. It's a beautiful comment ! Have a good day.
We visited this chateau one evening when we wanted something quick to see that was close to Blois. This is not the most impressive chateau and whilst some of the rooms have been restored it all feels a little disappointing after the splendor of some of the other sites of the Loire region. The gardens are pretty but nothing special. There are some nice varieties of chickens to see but only very few in a tiny chicken run. The chateau also has some sheep but they had been put indoors for the night by the time we visited. They offered to allow us to use our tickets the following day as we had arrived late. We felt that we had really seen all that there was on offer and didn't want to spend another day of our short break there.