> Unaccompanied visit with guide booklet. (1h30)
> For children (from 6 to 12 years old) : Free game-booklet in English available on request
> Guided tours for individuals (length: 1 hour) Tours at set times – In English during the summer season.
> Romantic park Visit App (duration: 1h30)– to download on your smartphone or tablet for free.
Explanations in French only.
On Apple Store (IOS – version 6.0) and Google Play (Android – version 4.0).
> Visit with audio guide (1h30) : available in french, english, spanish, italian, german
Junior Version available only in French
> Single rate : 3€
> GROUP WITH ADULTS
> Unaccompied visit (duration : 1h30)
Group rate (from 20 pers in the group) : 8,50€
> Tour lecture for adults group (duration: 1h30)
From 1 to 15 people: 150€
From 16 to 30 people: 235€
The booking is compulsory. Please contact us by tel +33 2 47 45 68 61 or e-mail resa.azay@monuments-nationaux.fr
>TOURISM PROFESIONALS
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>SCHOOL GROUPS
> Unaccompanied visit of the castle and the park
For all levels
Duration: 1h30
Rate: 30 € (for a group of 35 pupils max)
> Fun Visit
Duration : 1h
Rate (admission fee and lecturer included) 72 € per group (for 35 children max)
> Discovery tours and lecturer tours
Discovery tours are adapted for pupils from 6 to 14 years old. Lecturer tours are adapted for pupils from around 15 to 18 years old.
Duration: 1h30
Rate (admission fee and lecturer included) : 72€ per group (for 35 children max)
Don’t hesitate to contact us : 00 33 247 456 861 or resa.azay@monuments-nationaux.fr
Free entries:
For adult group, we grant 2 free entries: 1 for an accompanying person and 1 for the driver.
For children groups:
Pre-school groups (from 0 to 6 years old): we offer one free entry for one accompanying adult for every 8 children.
Primary to high school (from 7 to 18 years old): we offer one free entry for one accompanying adult for every 8 children.
For extra accompanying person, group rate is applied: 8.50€.
For all type of group visits, booking is required:
You contact for bookings: Elodie SEVEQUE – tel: 00 33 247 456 861 – mail: resa.azay@monuments-nationaux.fr
> The languages spoken on the site are French and English.
> Restaurant open: 1st april to 30 september.
Menu quiche, salads (10 - 20 €).
> Free car parks in the village
> Parking for bikes (label "Loire à vélo")
> Bus Parking (250m)
> Drop-off area near the ticket entrance for persons with reduced mobility
> 1 car parking space for persons with disabilities is situated near the ticket entrance
> Beverage dispenser
> For babys : bottle warmer et nursery space
> Consignes
> Dogs permitted in the château only if carried in a carry bag. Dogs permitted in the grounds if they are on a leash and accompanied.
> Pushchairs prohibited in the château. Pushchairs permitted in the grounds.
> It is forbidden to touch the works on display in the château.
> Photos permitted without flash in the château.
> Large backpacks and wheeled suitcases prohibited. Left luggage available.
> The château is not accessible to people in wheelchairs (72 steps to visit the monument). The grounds, gift shop/ticket office and interpretation space, however, are accessible.
The interpretation space is tailored to people with disabilities, and is equipped with the following:
- A large screen projection of the rooms of the château with a close-up on the major works, allowing visitors in wheelchairs to explore the monument.
- Tactile models and modules: model of the château, cut-away model of the grand staircase, tactile modules presenting the décors.
- A multimedia table presenting the history of the château through a video in French Sign Language with subtitles.
> A tactile map of the château and the grounds is available at the start of the tour itinerary.
Payments by cash, credit card and e-ticket are accepted at the cash desk.
The Chateau of Azay-le-Rideau benefits from the Quality Tourism certification.
In partnership with the Touraine Agency of Tourism, the château of Azay-le-Rideau and many other sites of the Val de Loire are engaged in the quality tourism approach, acknowledged by the government.
Knowing more about the commitments
The Chateau of Azay-le-Rideau benefits from the Tourism and disability certification for 4 categories of disability: hearing-impaired, mentally, motor and visual disability. Delivered by the services of the government, this certification aims to guarantee a quality of reception and to valorize the volunteer approach of the monument at the service of all audiences.
The Chateau of Azay-le-Rideau benefits from the certification Securi-Site. Delivered by the services of the government, this certification guarantees the step taking of security measures, peculiar to insure the security of the visitors in case of necessity.