Château d'Ussé
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A super dreamy check-in spot—the Chateau d’Ussé! 💖👑
Cara
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5 Castles to visit in the Loire Valley 🏰 🏰 Château du Rivau @chateaudurivau - you can also stay in this medieval castle for the night 🤩! 🏰 Château d’Azay-le-Rideau @chateauazaylerideau - it symbolizes the “Dream Renaissance” 😍 🏰 Château d’Ussé @chateau_d_usse - it has inspired Charles Perrault to write the Sleeping Beauty 💃 🏰 Château de Villandry @chateauvillandry - it’s famous for its gorgeous gardens 🌹 🏰 Château de la Mothe-Chandeniers @mothechandeniers - the coolest ruins in the Loire Valley 🥀 Which one surprised you the most? #loirevalley #loirevalleytourism #loirevalleycastles #chateaux #chateauxdelaloire #chateauxdefrance #hello_france #super_france #francetourisme #jaimelafrance #france4dreams #france_focus_on #visitfrance #valleedelaloire #chateaudurivau #azaylerideau #villandry #france_vacations #travelfrance #merveillesdefrance #femaletravelbloggers #sheisnotlost #travelgirlsgo #girlsdreamtravel #thefairytalebloggers #girlaroundworld #castle #castles #castles_oftheworld #darlingescapes
limitlesssecrets
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Wow !! Well we've visited some fab places on our French tour .... and this really is a highlight. It's an amazing fairytale (sleeping beauty was initially written here) chateau. Around €15 each. Parking opposite (no height barrier). Allow a good couple of hours to wander. The Chateau has a tower visit - complete with little sleeping beauty scenes, the Chateau itself has numerous rooms - all plaques in French and English. Then there'd beautiful gardens to explore - currently being planted up. The Chapel, the stables and the cellars are just as interesting. There's no toilets in the Chateau itself, (some behind the Chapel - some further down by the entrance), and no refreshments - cafe in the carpark. Little gift shop. English information sheet given to us on arrival. This Chateau is entrancing- we thoroughly enjoyed our visit. Beautiful and fairytale majestic.
Polly Wainwright
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There are some slightly odd reviews of Chateaux d'Ussé regarding the Sleeping Beauty element. My family found the castle to be charming and a lovely day out. We have visited a fair few chateaux and this is in my favourite list. The building is beautiful and the gardens pretty and compact. Lots of fruit trees and formal citrus which is unusual. The rooms are made far less boring by adding well made manakins in period costume. These are also employed along with the many spiral staircases to tell the story of Sleeping Beauty. I was impressed. We usually move as fast as we can through rooms of guilded furniture and gloomy paintings of strange looking overweight men in staged poses on fictional horses. This time we spent as much time in the house as out. A job well done I thought.
Bryan Shelton
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Wonderful place to visit - especially with a dog in tow - yes it's a dog-friendly chateau!! As they tell you on entry - "les animaux c'est notre amis". Marty - our wee canine chum - thoroughly enjoyed looking round the whole place - he was allowed into all of the exhibition areas which was very unusual but to be commended. Bit of a Sleeping Beauty vibe going on in the main tower which seemed kinda contrived but what do I know? However, the Chateau itself is beautiful, the gardens are fab, the family church is amazing and the caves where they produced the local wine by pouring grapes down through holes in the roof is very interesting. All in all highly recommended for a half day out in the Saumur area if you're in the Loire Valley.
Stewart King
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The castle is a beautiful sight to see and also the surrounding landscape and the views are great. But this place has obviously deteriorated by virtue of its popularity as the ‘Sleeping beauty castle’. The building itself is very much in need of some maintenance, which apparently the very high entrance fee can’t seem to cover. The walking route through the castle and the information provided there are a big disappointment: one of the ‘highlights’ is an attic full of dusty junk. The entrance fee is higher than any other château we have visited, but I found this one the least worthwhile. Instead of entering the castle grounds just look at it from outside and you will already have seen the best of it.
Emily K
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Château d'Usse, 1 Rue Principale, 37420 Rigny-Ussé, France
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+33 2 47 95 54 05
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Website
chateaudusse.fr
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Ussé is a castle in the Indre-et-Loire département, in France. The stronghold at the edge of the Chinon forest overlooking the Indre Valley was first fortified in the eleventh century by the Norman seigneur of Ussé, Gueldin de Saumur, who surrounded the fort with a palisade on a high terrace.
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