Castles & tourist sites

Located in Candes-Saint-Martin, in the Loire Valley, this place dedicated to urban art and street arts offers the juxtaposition of contemporary art and vegetation. A successful marriage of art, nature, heritage, and contemporary creation.   For the 2024 season, the keywords are boldness and creativity. New spaces dedicated to creation are emerging: an Artist workshop, a Training space in the heart of the park, the new Snack Bar "Baladin" and its contemporary street food, cellars transformed into exhibition spaces, and accommodation dedicated to artists.   From April 27th until December 31st, the park and its Snack Bar will be open to the public from Wednesday to Sunday, as well as on all public holidays and bridges, and every day in July and August.   Numerous events will take place: The Festival "Arts 2 Streets #2", the Nocturnes of the park, and other surprises to discover on our website and on social networks. Upon purchasing your tickets, you will receive a voucher to present at the park entrance.   Program :   Daytime visits: Come and discover the collection of street art works at the Urban Art Museum of Candes-Saint-Martin. On June 15th and 16th, 2024, the Street Art Park organizes the "Arts 2 Streets" festival, two days dedicated to urban arts and street arts in the Park of the Château de Candes-Saint-Martin and its open-air Urban Art Museum. An artistic, poetic, and visual encounter under the sign of Nature. This new season offers an eclectic program with numerous performances: Dance, juggling, acrobatics, live music, and painting. An artistic, festive, and family event initiated by the Street Art Park and the Château de Candes, in association with the village of Candes-Saint-Martin and the Château de Montsoreau. During this festival, performances will be organized in the Street Art Park (Festival Pass required), at the Château de Montsoreau and at the Collegiate Church of Candes-Saint-Martin (special tickets), and in the villages of Candes-Saint-Martin and Montsoreau. Night Cabaret: This is a third season of night visits that will begin in the summer of 2024 to enjoy colorful events in the park. The dates for 2024 will be Tuesdays, July 16th, 23rd, and 30th, as well as August 6th, 13th, and 20th. A must-attend event.

Housed in a castle, the Grand-Pressigny Prehistory Museum presents the evolution of Man and his way of life over 200,000 years. Life-size reproductions of emblematic animals and humans enhance the sense of immersion in prehistory. The museum's rich collections invite visitors to explore the social, technical and economic aspects of prehistory, with a particular focus on the phenomenon for which Touraine is best known archaeologically: the Grand-Pressigny flints.

In a preserved setting, 20 minutes from Tours, the Domaine de Candé takes you on a tour of a unique château in Touraine. The place of the wedding of the century, residence of great fortunes from the 1930s to the 1970s, it presents a tour of 20 fully furnished rooms, decorations in Cordoba leather or Touraine silks, bathrooms in glass mosaics, a Skinner organ on 3 floors, 1,000 m² of wine storehouses equipped with the latest presses, a Bell telephone exchange, a fitness room with equipment equivalent to that on the Titanic... The 230-hectare park with its century-old trees offers 2 hiking trails, contemporary artworks and atypical games. Don't hesitate to take a picnic with you!

A private chateau still inhabited by the same family, it is open to the public every day of the year. Cheverny is considered to be the most magnificently furnished château in the Loire Valley. Tapestries from the Gobelins, Flanders, Louis XIV and Louis XV chests of drawers, Louis XV Regulator, the King's room... and a thousand other wonders will enchant you. The castle of Cheverny was used as a model by Hergé to draw the castle of Moulinsart. The permanent exhibition "The Secrets of Moulinsart" allows visitors to relive the events that took place in this mythical place.