Château de Brézé is a small, dry-moated castle located in Brézé, near Saumur in the Loire Valley, France. The château was transformed during the 16th and the 19th centuries. The current structure is Renaissance in style yet retains medieval elements including a drawbridge and a 12th-century troglodytic basement.
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Found this castle through a flyer at musee de blindes. I have to say that it is quite the gem, from its stunning wooden interior and artwork, to the incredible cave labyrinth. I have been to quite a few castles, but the caves are definitely a first for me. Unfortunately you can't go through the whole castle, since it is still being used by the owners. Nevertheless it is a hidden gem and you'd still walk around for ~2h. They also have a prison downstairs, which was a perfect place for my talkative grandmother and get some peace away from her... But unfortunately she appeared again upstairs.
The staff at the entrance were lovely and also spoke English. We went there on a hot day, but if you are going on a cold/rainy day, then I do recommend getting a thin...
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We paid 36€ for the tickets and audioguides for an adult and two young kids. Overall, rather expensive for the experience. Especially since a few weeks later, we visited Château de Pau as a family of 4 for only 14€ and had a wonderful guided tour. The outside of the Château de Brézé is nice, but visiting the inside of the château was short and rather disappointing. Not well kept or well furnished. They don't allow you to take photos of the inside of the château and maybe that's why. It probably would discourage some people to pay the price to do the visit. The underground caves were nice to visit, but just walking around with the audioguides was not very captivating. Would be better if there was...
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We had a brilliant visit here, looking around the underground castle as well as the overground one.
I think we spent a good few hours here, which was a lot longer than we expected and we thoroughly enjoyed it.
They only minor item encountered was that the audio guide provided didn't take into account that some of the castle was closed of. So we were a bit lost in the underground castle at over point. Luckily we were able to find our way around to where we should continue and were able to complete out visit.
Staff was very friendly and helpful, plenty of parking spaces available.
Be advised though that to use the audio guides a 'deposit' is required (keys, id card...
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