Château de Saint-Brisson, Saint-Brisson-sur-Loire, France

Château de Saint-Brisson was built by the de Sancerre family in the early 13th century on the site of a 12th-century construction. It was transformed into a beautiful, grand and stately manor house during the 16th century.

Today Château de Saint-Brisson is a tourist attraction. Through the 14 furnished rooms, visitors can discover, from the kitchen to the roof beams, a magnificent, characterful château overlooking a unique landscape between the Loire and the countryside. An additional unique feature is the Children's Museum which, through a well-stocked, antique, photograph and document collection, retraces the history of a child's life growing up in the region: René Chevreau, an adventurer and one of the pioneers of military aviation. Yet, the real attraction of the château each summer is the firing demonstrations of medieval war machines.

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Clare Skinner (10 months ago)
Beautiful place, just big enough to keep the kids busy and interested as well. Outside space is pretty and includes friendly goats. Well worth a visit!

Gerardo Collado (14 months ago)
While the experience at the chateau was nice, it didn't quite wow me. However, I highly recommend purchasing tickets in advance online, the price difference on site doesn’t justify the increase.

T B (2 years ago)
Great treasure hunt in a beautiful chateau with fantastic views of the Loire Valley. Clues are difficult enough to keep 2 adults and a teenager interested. Takes you throughout the chateau and around the grounds with traditional games to play and plenty of things to see and do in each room. We particularly appreciated that we could eat our own picnic in the beautiful grounds. If you don't speak French you would need to use your phone to translate the clues. Or you can simply look around without doing the treasure hunt for a lesser price which would be well worth it. We had a great afternoon there.

Inessa Collier (2 years ago)
Beautiful castle, lovingly restored by the owner and his team. Very peaceful.

Martin Soler (5 years ago)
Great castle. We’ve been there at least 4-5 times. The “treasure hunt” is always good fun with the kids and they keep it fresh. There’s a new management team which is working on investing more into the castle. The gift store is not quite as full as it used to be. But otherwise always a good trip when we’re in the region.

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