Chateau de Cheverny

Visit Chateau de Cheverny, Loire Valley

The Château de Cheverny is located at Cheverny, in the département of Loir-et-Cher in the Loire Valley in France.

The castle was built by the Hurault family at the beginning of the 17th century (from 1624 to 1630), on the site of an earlier feudal castle (of which very little remains).

The castle is built in white stone and follows the classical style that was popular at the time of Louis XIII, to a symmetrical design, and is unchanged and unaltered since the time the building work was completed.

Over the course of the centuries the land and castle changed hands on several occasions but on each occasion the Castle at Cheverny eventually returned to the Hurault family, who still own and run the castle today.

The most important highlights within the castle include the two reception rooms called Grand Salon and Petit Salon; the ornately decorated stonework of the main staircase, and the comfortable apartments, with the King's bedroom among them.

The rooms and apartments are especially richly furnished, with gilded and decorative furniture, substantial paintings and tapestries, and walls sometimes decorated in vibrant colours. remember to keep looking up, some of the decorated ceilings are among the highlights.

Chateau Cheverny is now one of the most important castles and tourist attractions in the Loire valley and attracts many visitors eager to admire the castle itself, the surrounding gardens and associated buildings such as the orangery, and the opulently furnished interiors.

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Suggested places to visit near Chateau de Cheverny, France

Distances shown are direct, driving distances will be greater.

More suggestions: Talcy Chateau 30km; Beaugency 34km; Chateau de Chenonceau 35km; Chateau d'Amboise 37km; Valencay 38km; Chateau de Valencay 38km; Montresor 43km; Lavardin 51km; Bouges-le-Chateau Castle 53km; Loches 55km; Orleans 56km; Tours 59km;

See these places and more on a map at places near Chateau de Cheverny

Chateau de Cheverny tourism: sights and attractions nearby

Parc du château de Beauregard - remarkable garden (7km) : Roseraie des terrasses de l’évêché - remarkable garden (15km) : Domaine régional de Chaumont-sur-Loire - remarkable garden (21km) : Jardin du château de Talcy - remarkable garden (30km) : Parc et jardins du château de Chenonceau - remarkable garden (35km) : Amboise - town of art and history (37km) : Les prés-Culand - remarkable garden (41km) : Veuil - ville fleurie 4* (42km) :

French version: see Chateau de Cheverny (Francais)