The Château de Cheverny: Its charm and its Decoration, its Nature!

The Château de Cheverny welcomes more than 450,000 visitors each year after being one of the first private residences to open its doors to the public in 1922. The castle is open 365 days a year. The visit is free or guided on request for groups. There are many possibilities for organizing “event” visits: visitors can land by helicopter on the castle lawns, park in front of the castle with their vehicles during a tourist rally, or even enjoy a visit outside opening hours.

Still inhabited, it is the best furnished castle in the Loire Valley. You can also admire six magnificent gardens: The flower garden, The apprentice garden, The garden of love, The tulip garden in April, The sweet garden, The labyrinth. Cheverny notably served as a model for Hergé to design Moulinsart, the famous comic book castle. This is why visitors can enter the Tintin Museum to visit the Moulinsart pieces in three dimensions. It is fully accessible to people with reduced mobility.

In 2023, between the pond and the lawns near the castle, 500,000 bulbs and no longer 250,000 have been planted in two ribbons 12 meters wide and 250 meters long for the oldest and 12 meters wide and 220 meters long for the new one. The two ribbons are composed of a gradient of colors.

Picnic areas

Take advantage of the picnic areas (sheltered or outdoors) for a
relaxing break in the heart of the park and benefit from an exceptional environment the
along the canal where swans and ducks will enhance your discovery of the area.
You will also find the departure of our cars and boats nearby
electric in order to continue the adventure in a unique and original way.

At the Château de Cheverny, events punctuate the seasons, even the months:

In April discover tulip headbands ever larger (more than 600,000 bulbs were planted last fall) and monumental new flowers. A May, will  be the opportunity to the first flowering of alliums and the launch of a spectacle équestre which will take place every day in May (two performances per day). May 23 will be the inauguration of the olfactory journey which will adorn each room of the Château. Saturday May 23 and Sunday May 24 will be the Hat Festival at the Château de Cheverny, an event that has become international, with a competition on Sunday May 24 at 3 p.m. in the Orangerie. Sunday June 22 will also be the first edition of the Château Vélo Escapes, a festive and creative adventure around a decorated bicycle competition open to all.