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Go for: Entry tickets
Duration: Flexible
Guide: No
Recommended tours
Go for: Day trips
Duration: 9 hours
Guide: Professional guide
Recommended tour
The grand salon at Villandry features elegant furnishings, large windows with views of the gardens, and an impressive collection of art and period furniture.
The dining room inside Villandry has been decorated in the traditional style of the 18th century and features a beautiful fireplace, antique furniture, and exquisite table settings.
The ornamental gardens at Villandry are divided into the love, music, herb, and the garden of the crosses. The love garden represents tender, passionate, fickle, and tragic love through its geometric designs, whereas the music garden features topiary designs representing musical symbols and instruments. The herb garden is a treasure trove of medicinal and culinary herbs in a formal layout, and the garden of crosses features intricate patterns of boxwood hedges shaped into crosses and other symbols.
The water garden at Villandry is a tranquil area with a large pond in the shape of a Louis XV mirror, surrounded by lawns, fountains, and flowerbeds.
Villandry has an elaborate decorative vegetable garden with nine square patches, each planted with different vegetables and flowers arranged in intricate patterns.
The Sun garden is a new addition to Villandry. It features a mix of flowers and plants in warm colors, a central pond, and shaded pathways. When compared to the other gardens, the layout of the Sun Garden is more relaxed as well.
The grounds of Château de Villandry are also home to a traditional boxwood maze that offers fun and a bit of challenge as you navigate its winding paths.
Opening hours:
Last entry: 30 minutes before closing
Closed: November 12 to November 29, December 25
Best time to visit: The best time to visit Villandry is between April and October. During this time, the gardens are blooming, and the weather is most pleasant. To avoid heavy crowds, avoid visiting the castle between 11am and 12:30pm and 2:30pm to 4pm.
Address: 3 Rue Principale, 37510 Villandry, France
Budget: The Originals City, Hôtel Le Cheval Rouge, Tours Ouest (250 m), Logis Auberge le Colombien (260 m), Le Haut des Lys (460 m).
Mid-range: Domaine de la Commanderie de Ballan (7.4 km), Hôtel Le Grand Monarque (9.5 km), Hôtel Mercure Tours Sud (9.9 km).
Luxury: Les Trésorières (13.7 km)Château d'Artigny (14.3 km), Hôtel Restaurant Domaine de la Tortinière (15.3 km).
During the European Heritage Month, held annually in the third week of September, visitors can enjoy free entry to the attraction.
If you want to see the flowers blooming in the gardens, visit the castle between April and October. To avoid crowds, avoid visiting the castle between 11am and 12:30pm and 2:30pm to 4pm.
You can spend at least 2.5 hours exploring the entire attraction. You can cover the gardens within 1.5 hours; the castle will take another 1 hour.
Yes, private guided tours are available. A guided tour will take around 1 hour and 15 minutes. The tours are held between March 16 and November 11, except for Sundays and long weekends.
Yes, audio guides are available at the attraction. They can be purchased for a small fee from the ticket office and are available in French, English, Spanish, Italian, German, Russian, Dutch, and Brazilian. However, the audio guides for children are only available in French.
For guests with disabilities, the attraction has many accommodations. These include adapted toilets, cobbled pathways, and ramps for their convenience.
Yes, you will need to purchase separate tickets to visit the Villandry Gardens and the castle.
Château de Villandry is closed from November 12 to November 29 and December 25.