Pre-book your tickets with the flexibility to enter on your own time and explore at your own pace.
Everything you get: Skip the ticket line and head straight into the castle after a quick security check. Pick up a free multilingual visitor's guide to explore over 60 rooms, Da Vinci's famed double helix staircase, the vaulted chapel, and the motif-covered upper vaults. Then step into 16 acres of French formal gardens featuring over 600 trees, 800 shrubs, 200 rose bushes, and 15,250 border plants.
Why choose this: Explore your way—this flexible ticket lets you visit the castle on your own time and at your own pace.
Inclusions
- Skip-the-ticket-line entry (security check is a must)
- Access to temporary exhibitions
- Multilingual visitor's guide
- A 20-minute movie about the castle translated into English, Spanish, German, and Italian
Exclusions
- There is low connectivity within the castle; download your tickets in advance.
- The ground floor is wheelchair-accessible; upper floors have elevators.
- Pets are not allowed inside the castle, gardens, and stables; they are in the park, on a leash.
- Guide dogs are allowed through the entire estate.
- Since this is a historic site, certain rooms are exceptionally closed to visitors.
- Autumns and winters are exceptionally cold inside the castle. Plan accordingly.
Entrance to the castle and gardens is free for:
- Children under 18 years old with family accompanied by an adult on an individual visit (on presentation of proof of identity).
- European Union nationals under 26 years of age on an individual visit (on presentation of an identity document and a European Union residence permit)
- For organized groups, admission is free from November to February for 6-17 year olds and 18-25 year olds from the European Union. From March to October, a reservation fee of €3 per person applies for these two categories.
- You can cancel these tickets up to 24 hours before the experience begins and get a full refund.