Self-guided tour

Reservations are strongly recommended for groups. They should be made by telephone or e-mail to the monument's reservations department.

CHEQUE, CASH, CREDIT CARD

At the monument ticket office, on the day of the visit only, and before any of your groups enters the site. If you are bringing several groups on the same day: you must pay for all services when the first group arrives. PLEASE NOTE: we do not accept cheques sent in advance by post.

TRANSFER

If you would like to pay before your visit, please pick up your tickets at our ticket office in advance.

How to get to the castle

GETTING TO THE MONUMENT

You can reach the monument by train, road or bus. Irigo" bus stops nearby: "Office de Tourisme" and "Château".

Make sure you arrive early! The château is in a pedestrian zone, and it takes at least 10 minutes to walk to the entrance from the tourist bus drop-off points or bus stops, and 20 minutes from the station.

ARRIVING AT THE SITE

1. The group waits in the porch while the guide goes to the ticket office with their booking contract.

2. Unless payment has been made in advance via the Order Form or Ticket Office, the accompanying person pays the amounts due in cash, cheque or credit card before the group enters the site.

Accessibility and visiting conditions

FACILITIES FOR PEOPLE WITH REDUCED MOBILITY

The monument is partially accessible to people with reduced mobility, with treads and lifts. Some areas of the tour route can only be reached by climbing a number of steps.

Two wheelchairs can be borrowed from the château reception (remember to reserve them!) and folding chairs are available in the Apocalypse gallery.

DRESS APPROPRIATELY

The Château d'Angers is an open-air monument. Most of the sheltered areas, such as the chapel, the porte des champs and the royal lodgings, have little or no heating. The Apocalypse Gallery is air-conditioned to 19°C all year round.

BRING YOUR OWN GUIDE

Your group may be accompanied by its own guide. To do so, the guide must have a valid professional guide's card and be wearing a visible badge authorising him or her to lead the tour.

Eating out

LUNCH IN THE RESTAURANT

The château's restaurant is open for lunch!Discover our group packages

WHERE TO PICNIC?

Picnics are not permitted within the walls of the monument, butthere are a number of options nearby: the lookout point on the Promenade du Bout-du-Monde (in front of the château entrance), the Promenade Jean Turc (at the bottom of Montée Saint-Maurice), the garden of the Musée des Beaux-Arts (entrance on Rue Toussaint) and its sheltered cloister.