Access all areas! Possible to visit all rooms and even climb up into the rafters where the chateau military lodged. There are guided tours available but plenty of information if you want to wander around on your own. Very interesting, and a lovely town to boot.
There must be a better way to spend 15 Euro and an hour in the area. Perhaps a more engaging guide would have made the experience more meaningful, but frankly we found him rude. With all of the other options in the region I would opt for something else.
Free parking, 17 euros for family of four. We really felt we got our money's worth going through the rooms of this decorated chateau. Particularly the loft rooms were an experience. Well worth a look and lovely grounds and a moat with otters!
This is a handsome chateau which has been occupied recently enough to retain still a (slightly) home-like feeling. It is not as grand as many in the Loire valley, but has a bedroom in which Louis XIV slept. There are some lovely antiques inside, but their dates are all mixed up and the purist will not like some of the juxta-positions. The outside certainly rates a few pictures and some of the paintings on display, mainly family portraits are exceptionally good. There is plenty of free parking and the autoroute is only 15 minutes away.
Une soirée fabuleuse, fait de détail et d'une mise en scène extraordinaire.La réputation positive des spectacles ou des soirées animées en ce lieu est une réalité. Le 31 Octobre 2014, environ 40 personnes ont jouées le jeu... Déguisements de rigueurs, sorciers, vampires, marquis ou zombis, attendaient sur le pont, le début de la soirée.Notre maître de cérémonie et conteur, armé d'une simple lanterne, nous a fait faire le tour du château...Notre attroupement effrayant avance dans les brumes de la nuit, avec le seul chuchotement du conteur qui raconte des histoires étranges. Au bout de l'allée, une table éclairée de bougies nous attends, un crémant de la famille Maginta nous est servi. Puis viendra l'entrée au Château dans la salle de réception. Le menu est de grande qualité. Par la suite et par petit groupe, nous visiterons dans le noir des pièces ou des drames se sont produits. Le clou du spectacle sera dans les écuries, une forêt dans le brouillard....La magie des décors! Je souligne la gentillesse du personnel, le ton théâtrale et juste du conteur. C'était du beau spectacle!!!!! Alors en rouuuuuuuuuute! Pour un prochain Halloween...
We voted the Chateau de Sully-sur-Loire as having the best moat. One could easily see here how the medieval castles were fortresses set-up for defending territory. We climbed to the top tower area where soldiers would have kept watch for enemies and from where they would shoot arrows and drop stones on their foes. This is not a royal castle. It focusses on the castle as the home of the Duke and Duchess of Sully and the place where they reigned over their dukedom. Explanations were written on plaques in each room in both French and English.
Bien .... très bien !Rien à dire, si ce n'est d'aller le voir et de se promener tout autour !Il est dommage que la partie boutique soit si peu "classe" avec des objets pour touriste lembda !
The building and grounds are impressive. The people are all very nice. There wasn't a tour in English when I visited so I had to work off a paper tour created by the Dowager Duchess who, I gather, is a Scott. It was interesting... but didn't completely correspond to the rooms that we visited. The Chateau is particularly interesting as a view into a bygone era. You can only really visit a handful of rooms... and they give you an glimpse at a by-gone era. But as you walk around you get the feeling that there is a lot of work to do and no money to do it... cracking plaster, worn woodwork, paintings with holes in them...They are making an effort to sell products from the land and to make the Chateau more self-supporting ... but hard to see how it will succeed. An interesting and somewhat sad place to visit.
Castelo bem cuidado, preservado e quando você é o único visitante com seus amigos a aventura fica ainda melhor. Atendimento personalizado. Perfeito para descansar e iniciar o roteiro dos castelos do vale.
Stay in the town of Bayeux where you can walk to restaurants and tours. This place is nice, but out of town. It is fine if you have a car. Food is really average. Not worth the price they charge for the dinner, or the room.