Guided tours
Guided tours in French are avaliable on request (20 people maximum).
Guided tours for larger groups must be reserved: groupes.chateaudemontsoreau@gmail.com.
Graffiti workshop: From Lascaux to Bansky
Hosted by a museum mediator, the graffiti workshop covers the history of graffiti from antiquity to the present day. The aim is to learn about its codes, rules and historical actors (Bansky, Keith Haring…). The graffiti inside the chateau is an important part of the historical heritage of this chateau and learning about it will only be the starting point. Indeed, during the workshop each child will be able to discover their creative side.
Age: from 7 years old
Duration: 1 hour
When: Every Wednesday and Saturday at 3 p.m.
Price: 8€
Reservations: +33 (0)2 41 67 67 12 60 / contact@chateau-montsoreau.com
MONTSOREAU ART TOUR
With a guide, discover the artists that were and still are inspiring Montsoreau. Come walk in the footsteps of Flaubert, Turner, Rodin, Spielberg, Rabelais, Alexandre Dumas…
Along the way you will discover how, since the Renaissance, Montsoreau is a special place for all kinds of artists.
The steps of the route:
- Turner: The River of Light
- Flaubert: The Grand Tour in the Loire Valley
- Spielberg : Close Encounters of the third kind
- André Obey/Henri Dutilleux: between court and garden
- Alexandre Dumas : The Lady of Monsoreau
- Art & Language: free visit of the Château de Montsoreau-Museum of Contemporary Art
- Auguste Rodin: a passion fo architecture
- Rabelais’s childhood
Duration: 1h30 hours (by foot).
When: Every Sunday from March 8th to September 6th, 2020
Timetable: 11:30-13:00 am
Price: 18€
15 people maximum
Reservations: 02 41 67 67 12 60 / contact@chateau-montsoreau.com
Loire Valley natural wine tasting at sunset
Upon your arrival, the chef of the restaurant welcomes you on the roof terrace of the restaurant
JEAN 2, located in the historic kitchens of the Château of Montsoreau. You will be able to discover the history of the village of Montsoreau, one of the most beautiful villages in France located in the Loire Valley, classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. You will thus be able to discover from this exceptional building, the only chateau of the Loire Valley built directly on the river bed and the first Renaissance chateau of the Loire Valley.
Throughout the evening, you shall be faced with an idyllic view and welcomed to relax and enjoy a selection of natural wines and local, homemade, products. Six different wines are offered during the tasting and the chef personnally explains the origin of each one of them.
Duration: 2 hours
When: Fridays and Saturdays from May 1st to September 26, 2020.
Timetable: 8 p.m-10 p.m
Price: 35€
15 people maximum
Reservations: +33 (0)6 35 42 70 36 / contact@chateau-montsoreau.com
