Château d'Apremont

Apremont, France

The Château d'Apremont is a ruined 16th century château constructed on a promontory overlooking the valley of the Vie. Portions of it are believed to date from the 13th century. The two extant towers were built by Philippe Chabot de Brion in the first half of the 16th century.

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Founded: 13th century
Category: Castles and fortifications in France
Historical period: Late Capetians (France)

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Owen Dearing (2 years ago)
Very enjoyable. Spent 3-4 hours here mooching around, and having a picnic lunch. The kids really enjoyed the circus skills. Very quiet. A lovely place to have a chill.
Heidi Trafford-jones (2 years ago)
We had a lovely day, despite only speaking a bit of French. Plenty to see and do, and the Circus entertainers were fabulous and hilarious, again, even with our very limited French. 10 year old daughter had a great time. We will definitely go back again.
Richard Fletcher (2 years ago)
Visited in the summer holidays, fun place to spend a couple of hours. There was enough history and extra children's activities were laid on, which was thoughtful and probably necessary, either way it improved the trip
Tim Yau (3 years ago)
Interesting little gem. The staff were very helpful. We loved the circus games around the gardens.
Emz Lagundino (4 years ago)
Beautiful scenery! We had outr lunch side of this château, along side the river, and then we walk up to the chateau, we didnt get inside because of the sanitaire pass we dont have it,the lady whos in charge was very friendly giving qdvice what else to see around not needing q sanitaire pass,saying to us" my heart breaks but i cannot let u in" which we understand just respecting the law.
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