For this year 2025, the Municipality of Montrichard Val de Cher offers you a new feature within the walls of the Fortress: the creation of a medieval and medicinal garden. The Town Hall's green spaces department, the driving force behind this project, is working to create a quality garden for you. The creation of raised beds using the tree prunings on this site, the shredding of branches collected from the Donjon to make mulch on site, the use of leaf mold and homemade compost at the green spaces workshops, and the purchase of future plants from local producers: everything is done to create a garden with a low ecological impact.

An emblematic event of the Domaine de Chaumont-sur-Loire, the International Garden Festival

perpetuates the tradition of know-how and fantasy established 150 years ago by the prince and princess

de Broglie, the last private owners of the Château. Dedicated to creation, imagination, and poetry

and nature, the event brings together designers from all over the world every year around a

unique theme. For the 2025 edition, more than 300 teams competed to sign one of the 25

gardens on the theme "Once upon a time in the garden / Enchanting garden, enchanted garden"

Season start: April 19, 2025.

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We wish you a pleasant visit.

Spring is coming, and so is the good weather.

For your weekends or short getaways, take advantage of a 10% discount on your next stays in March and April.

Celebrate the New Year with an exceptional offer!

Enjoy a 10% discount on your next stays.
Offer valid for any reservation made before February 28, 2025.

Don't miss this opportunity to treat yourself to an unforgettable stay!

To make your stay even more enjoyable, reserve a bike in advance to visit the sights.

The rental agency is in Montrichard.

The store's website: www.stationsbees.com

Electric bikes available.

Looking for the perfect gift for the holidays, a birthday or any other special occasion!

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Activities and Visits in Montrichard and the surrounding area

Chenonceau Castle

You cannot come to the town of Montrichard without going through Civray de Touraine and seeing the most visited site. It is the 17th most visited tourist site in tourist category in France.

This exceptional place is located 9.0km from Montrichard

A Unique Heritage to Discover Near Montrichard:

The Castle of Fougères-sur-Bièvre

This place is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site!

It is located around 16.3km from Montrichard, but it is an essential tourist place to see around Montrichard.

A Beautiful Tourist Village:

The village of Montresor

Ranked among the most beautiful in France, it is worth the trip.

22.3km from Montrichard

MONTRICHARD

The fortress and its museums

The Fortress of Montrichard, an exceptional medieval site in the heart of the Renaissance castles, dominates the town and offers an exceptional view of the Cher valley. The entrance ticket gives free access to the fortress, the 3D experience and the ethnological and archaeological museums.

Troglodyte

Live a unique experience that is both atypical and friendly, this is the proposal of Troglo Degusto. Les Caverneux invites you to discover some of the 35 km of troglodyte quarries. There are guided tours, treasure hunts, themed events underground! a unique experience.

PONTLEVOY

Pontlevoy Regional Geological Nature Reserve

Thanks to this Lime Kiln quarry, go back in geological time... to the time when the sea was at Pontlevoy!...23 million years of history told on this remarkable geological site!

7.8km from Montrichard

BLERE

Aigremonts mill

Come and discover one of the last cavier mills that has withstood the onslaught of time and progress. Built in 1848, it became the property of the municipality of Bléré in 2003. This authentic mill was used to grind grain.

14.8km from Montrichard

CHAUMONT-SUR-LOIRE

Ile de la folie - conservatory of natural spaces in the center of the Loire Valley

A sensitive natural area protected by the Centre-Val de Loire Conservatory of Natural Areas, Île de la Folie is an alluvial forest in the Loire Valley, remarkable for its biodiversity. Presentation brochure available. Free tour. 1 and 2 km walking circuits.

14.2km from Montrichard

BENDS

Morthèze lake

17-hectare body of water located in the communes of Couddes and St Romain sur Cher. Labeled as a ""Passion"" course. Property of the Federation of Fishing and Protection of the Aquatic Environment of Loir-et-Cher.

17.2km from Montrichard

For any stay of 3 nights or more, take advantage of our best exclusive offer to visit Touraine, its castles, the Zoo-Parc de Beauval and many other activities.

This offer is applicable between September 27, 2023 and November 12, 2023.

In the meantime, we wish you pleasant moments.

Hot air balloon flight - Flight over the Loire Valley castles

Montrichard - Loir et cher (41)

Fly over the castles of the Loire in a hot air balloon! These Renaissance fortresses stand today in Touraine, to the delight of admiring visitors. Chenonceau, Amboise or Montrichard, the great names of the Loire can be seen in flight.

The magic of the castles of Touraine in a hot air balloon

The Renaissance period leaves behind a fabulous heritage of castles and major buildings . From this period, we also remember the great names who set foot in the lands of Touraine. Leonardo da Vinci, Diane de Poitiers and the Medici ... It is the artistic effervescence that comes down to us!

The castles of the Loire, numerous along the royal river , can be visited on land as in the sky. To tackle this magnificent journey in the Center-Val de Loire, climb into the hot-air balloon basket, it will take you on an exceptional first flight. Chenonceau, Amboise, Chaumont-sur-Loire ...So many grandiose architectural marvels seen from the sky.

Your flight program

The flight route is determined by the direction of the winds . It is according to the altitude, the wind and the experience of the balloonist that the course takes shape.

- You are welcomed to the site confirmed earlier. The pilot, passionate about the profession, introduces himself and you get to know the team.

- The activity begins with the pre-flight briefing which includes safety instructions, an explanation of the flight process, as well as the operation of the hot air balloon.

- You can now get into the basket . The pilot inflated the envelope, the burners are in action! The balloon rises gradually in the sky, for a calm trip above Loir-et-Cher and Touraine .

- When the getaway ends, the pilot lands on suitable ground .To celebrate this beautiful flight, you will enjoy a friendly moment with the pilot and the crew on the landing site. For morning flights: breakfast with artisanal products and homemade cakes. For evening flights: wines and local products.

Overflown places

During your flight, you can see several châteaux (the route depends on the wind, you can see at least one of the châteaux of the Loire): château de Chenonceau, Amboise, Chaumont sur Loire, Montrichard ... But also vineyards of the Touraine and the Loire.

This easy, looped circuit in a natural forest environment allows you to discover the beautiful national forest of Montrichard which belongs to the State and is managed by the National Forestry Office.
The forest is full of game: deer, wild boar, roe deer, badgers, foxes, martens, polecats, etc ... We will make sure to park the car in the parking lot of the Patte d'Oie crossroads (on D28) to browse this magnificent forest of 1042 hectares which produces excellent wood for construction (from logs) and heating (with the crown). These are mainly sessile oaks and pedunculate oaks, but other species are found because biodiversity is important. The forest is 80 to 150 years old with a density of 50 to 80 trees per hectare. Some trees are marked 1.20 m from the ground with a red circle: they will be felled, others with a white circle: they must still grow. Some large oaks reach a respectable age of 500 to 800 years.
Beautiful and wide alleys crisscross the forest, crossing at a large star-shaped crossroads: the Rond du Roy.