chateau de salses
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chateau de salses印象
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The chateau is easy to find and well signposted to the north of the town on Salses. Please note that the signposts will take you to the car park and there is a €2 parking charge. There is then a 5-10 minute walk to the chateau through a winery and under a narrow railway bridge with no pavement and then along to the chateau. There is a free car park beside a public park which is under the railway bridge and a lot closer to the chateau. Entry charges are €7.50 per adult and no charge for children. The chateau is huge so even although it was busy there was not a crowd or any problems having to wait on seeing things. Charges are therefore good value for money. Around 2/3 of the chateau is free to wander around and there is a leaflet in English. However, one third of the chateau (as per previous reviews) is only with a guide. Our guide had a great knowledge but only spoke in French very quickly (not similar to previous reviews who had bilingual guides). There were around 40 (i.e. 10 or so families) in our group which was quite large so it was difficult to hear if you were at the back. There were probably around 4 non-French speaking families and you could see some of the children starting to get bored early on into the tour. It would have been better if there was a leaflet in English and other European languages with the guided part or if the guide spoke more slowly and clearer to accommodate the many people in the tour who did not have French as their first language. The chateau was originally built around 1500 so at over 500 years old is very interesting with the battles between the Spanish and French. The tour lasts one hour which I personally found too much and the rest of the chateau is no more than one hour so spend no more than 2 hours here. There is a shop selling souvenirs at the end of the tour but no catering facilities so bring your own picnic and drinks. If you are in the area then this is easy to find, good value for money, good parking and interesting.
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Visit and learn about the life of a stronghold just about the Treaty of Pyrenees in 1659. The guide was friendly and provided many historical details.
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We had really nice tour in the castle of Salses. We participated on French tour, because we would have needed to wait for two hours for the English tour. We didn't know before hand, that you need to participate a tour to see the castle so couldn't time our visit to the English tour.I understand little bit French but despite that, the tour was great! Not too short, not too long. The history of the castle was very interesting. They have nice gift store there with lot's of children's comics and books about medieval times in Cathar castles but unfortunately they are all in French. We would have bought many of those if they would have been in English!
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We visited the Fortress of Salses in late August and had a fascinating guided tour of what turns out to be a landmark in fortification technology. It was the first fort to be built to withstand an attack from artillery and it was also designed so that it could not be quickly over-run. There are over three kilometers of passageways within the fort which twist and turn and rise and fall. There are also many junctions so that invaders, even when inside the fort, could easily become lost or disoriented. If that were not enough, there are hidden strong-points within the system of corridors that allowed defenders to rake attackers with cannonade fire. The guided tour takes about 40 minutes and allows access to parts of the fortress that cannot be visited if you view the fort alone. There is a good shop at the end of the tour. It is well worth a visit. .
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Well worth a visit if you are in the area. It's a lovely chateau with loads of history. It's easy to get there, too. It's on the road to Spain.
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I though this was an amazingly clever building. Like some of the other reviews said it was made new. Not like other fortresses often renovated.Clever ways to defend it. Built like a maze. Even holes in the kitchen to shoot from might the enemey get that far.To bad our tour guide didnt speak english. And our frensh is kinda weak so we barely got anything from what she said. But it were the nice parts of the fort.The free entry for under 25year old was also a bonus ;)Definatly a good place to visit.
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Built in its today shape by the famous architect Vauban it was never used as a fortress to defend the French border as was its destiny when built. In 1659 with the Treaty oft he Pyrenees it was miles behind the border (France took over the Catalonia nord at the time). There are other villages as for example "Latour de France" which have been situated at the border before this treaty and are now in the middle of the department of the "Pyrenées orientales".This castle with its meter wide walls is worth a visit as it stayed unchanged over the centuries.
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Drove over for a visit on Sunday and it was closed. Missed the note on their web site that they are open in the morning and the again after 2pm.From the outside it looks like an impressive fort. Very well kept. Was worth the drive.
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I totally agree with much of the comments made about the highlights outside Perpignan; however, there has been a screw up in the comments. The first recommended place is the Chateau de Salses and the second is the fort of Salses. Please note there is an error as both places are the same. We spent time looking for both sights, but found out they exist as one monument
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Well Worth having a look here. Very interesting tour and a very knowledgeable guide who is multilingual. It does get roasting tho so be sure to bring water.