Château de Troussay — Attraction in Blois

I consider myself a traveler since I went in 56 countries, many of them several times. I had Loire Valley Castles on my bucketlist for longtime ago and I suddenly decided not to postpone anymore. I visit the biggest and well known chateaux and observing on Cheverny the flyer for discount if you’ll visit the neighbors from Troussay. We didn’t. Next day, not being possible to go for hot air balloon due to wind, visit the Minichateaux park and notice it again. Being time (yeah, still windy), I drove to 2 more castles that were not “planned”. Arriving at Chateau de Troussay, we obtained actually the discount (10 Eur/ pers instead of 12) and enjoyed the tour in english since there were nobody at that time. It’s the smallest chateau on the valley and you should consider this! Soaking up some sun while walking around waiting for our tour to start, we had a very nice chat with a lady (thought that was the gardener) and found out the intention to visit Romania, but planning instead Albania for this late autumn. While visiting the few rooms inside, we saw the painting and pictures and understood that we have talked with the owner of the chateau 🤗❤️. It stays with me in top of castles visited : for the vibe, for the nice people met, for authentic experience. The only chateau that I start following on instagram and this might means something 🙃. Considering all above, I recommend visiting if you are not comparing with Chambord …. Thanks for the memories and hope to visit...

If you like to visit a small, private castle along the Loire away from the more crowded locations this could be your place to go. But that's it basically.

Entry fee is 12€ for adults although somebody here wrote it is 8€ and even Google states this. Probably this is varying depending on the season or if there is a guide or not. However it feels like somehow like a rip off and frankly spoken even 8€ are too much if you compare it with Chateau Cheverny (15€) where the rooms are in excellent condition and the jardin/garden is just huge and very well maintained.

Chateau Troussay has had its best days and the rooms you can visit - while being somehow more private - cannot justify the entry fee. The guided tour takes roughly 20-25minutes and after that you can spend some time on your own. Basically it takes you less than an hour.

Since we were visiting mid-day we took the offered "degustation" for 4€/adult, some cheese and vine from the location. We were served a small glass of vine (ok for a degustation) and two small pieces of cheese - no baguette, in France. See the picture....

So all in all I am sorry but this is not worth it although the place really has...

A lovely weekend stay in this château. It is like staying in someone’s home, because it is, but it’s a home with hundreds of years of history. We stayed in the Baron suite on the top floor, which we accessed via the gorgeous white stone circular staircase. The room has the most amazing shower built into one of the round towers! Breakfast was simple but delicious. And I can’t speak highly enough of the owner of the château, whose family have been there for over 100 years, who is friendly and knowledgeable. Thank you so much, we had a...