Practical Information for Visiting Château de Serrant
Find all the practical information for visiting Château de Serrant in Anjou: opening hours, arrangements for welcoming adult and children groups, rates, must-see places nearby... Check the castle's event calendar to discover the program. The team at Château de Serrant wishes you a pleasant visit.
Hours
Visiting Hours in 2024
Discover the departure times for guided tours by clicking on your chosen day.
PLEASE NOTE: Due to the hosting of children's groups or events, some guided tours may be canceled.
ATTENTION: The castle is not heated, so please bring warm clothing for both indoor and outdoor visits!
The castle is closed between 13/11/2023 and 29/03/2024 inclusive.
Guided tours are subject to the presence of groups and events.
You can call the castle's reception desk to ensure that a tour is taking place and to inquire about opening hours.
The interiors and park of the castle close at 6 p.m.
The castle can be visited with or without a guide. The self-guided tour allows you to explore approximately 15 rooms of the castle but does not provide access to the library and prestige rooms. Indeed, for conservation reasons, these rooms are only accessible with a guide.
Rates
Individual Visit Rates for 2024 at the Castle
| Individual Visits Price per person | Castle and Park Visit | Guided Tour |
Adult | 10 € | +4 € |
Reduced (disabled person, student, unemployed, partners) | 7,5 € | +4 € |
Child (8-15 years) | 5,5 € | Included |
Child (-7 years) | Free | Free |
Annual Pass (valid for one year after payment) | 20 € | Included |
Tribu (group of 11 to 19 people) | 8 € | +4 € |
Holder of the Angers City Pass 48h or 72h | Free | Free |
Purchase of Angers City Pass 48h or 72h With the City Pass, discover the highlights of the Angevin region! | 48h = 25€ 72h = 33€ | |
If you wish to book your tickets, click here.
Angers City Pass : Discover the Angevin region with a pass that includes must-visit sites! Several options available to satisfy day trippers or weekend visitors.
Please note: To preserve the invaluable collection of rare books and objects, access to the library, Empire bedroom, and Duchess's apartment is exclusively with a guide. It is strongly recommended to reserve your spots online to ensure you enjoy a guided tour.
An Annual Pass to Visit Serrant
Every season, a new ambiance! Château de Serrant can be visited (almost) all year round, take advantage of the Annual Pass to come and go as you please. The Pass is personal and payable once (€20). It grants its holder free access to the castle, guided tour, and activities for a complete year.
Your companions will also benefit from a reduced rate (€7.50 excluding guided tour) instead of a full rate (€10 excluding guided tour). To issue the Pass, we will ask for identification. The Pass is valid for one year from the date of creation.
Advantageous Rates for Small Groups
You can visit Serrant with family, friends, or colleagues. If you are a small group, between 11 and 19 adults, you benefit from the Tribu rate at €8 per person, excluding guided tour! If you are interested in the guided tour, reservation (+ €4/person) is not mandatory but recommended. It can be done directly from our website by clicking here.
For groups of 20 people or more, please refer to the groups section.
Offre des 5 châteaux d'Anjou
Enjoy the treasures of Anjou with 5 partner private castles!
How does it work? Simply purchase a full-price admission ticket to one of the partner castles, keep it, and present it at the reception of the other partner castles to benefit from the preferential rate.
Things to know
Visiting the Castle and its Park
Visitors have access without a guide to the ground floor, basement, and part of the first floor. You will visit the dining room, antechamber, Prince and Princess of Tarente's bedrooms and their children's rooms, the chapel, Louis XV apartments, the grand salon, kitchens, and servant's quarters. You also have access to the landscaped park around the castle for approximately a 2 km walk.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes. Paper information available in each room or audio available for download.
Guided Tours
Discover the treasures of the castle accessible only with a guide: Library, Empire bedroom, Duchess's bedroom, and dressing room.
Duration: 50 minutes. Between 4 and 8 departures per day depending on the season (see the schedule calendar).
Services and Accessibility
GPS coordinates:
Lat.47.41523
Long.-0.7440389999999297
Note: GPS tends to lead you through small agricultural paths, but the entrance is exclusively via RD 723.
Coordinates and Contact The team at Château de Serrant does everything to satisfy its visitors:
- Languages spoken: French, English
- Written materials: French, English, Spanish, Italian, German, Dutch, Russian
- Gift shop and bookstore
- Hot and cold drinks available for purchase at the shop
- Dogs on leash allowed
- Free parking
- Restrooms
- Possibility to picnic in the park (tables, chairs, and benches available)
- Option to borrow magazines for peaceful reading in the shade of the park's trees
- Free Wi-Fi at the reception
- Bicycle garage
- Flash-free photography allowed inside the castle
The entire site is a non-smoking area; smoking is not allowed in the parking lot, park, or castle.
Payment Methods
Several payment methods are accepted:
- Cash
- Contactless credit/debit cards are preferred
- Bank checks
- Holiday vouchers
- Culture vouchers
Access for people with reduced mobility is possible throughout the park. The castle remains inaccessible to wheelchairs as steps are present from the entrance, and we apologize for the inconvenience.
Extend Your Visit around Serrant
Following your visit to Serrant, the castle team recommends in Anjou:
- the castles of Montgeoffroy, Brissac, Plessis-Bourré and Lude: upon presentation of a Serrant castle admission ticket, you receive a reduced rate at these jewels of Anjou!
- a stroll in the majestic park of Château du Martreil: reduced rate upon presentation of a Serrant castle admission ticket.
- a visit to the Kangaroo Garden, a few kilometers from the castle, which will entertain both children and adults
- a quick lunch at the restaurant A table or the creperie Au Gré de la Loire, located a few hundred meters from the castle, in the village of Saint-Georges-sur-Loire
- an outing to Chalonnes/Loire for its quays and a lively break at Café Bondu for a guinguette atmosphere or dinner at Bistot des Quais facing the river
- a visit to the small port of La Possonnière with its traditional boats, typical guinguette and the possibility of crossing the Loire with the ferryman
- a leisurely canoe ride on the Louet with Louet Évasion
- a discovery of the Layon vineyard and its wines at Domaine Dhommé in Chalonnes-Sur-Loire
- wine enthusiasts will not forget to discover the Coulée de Serrant in Savennières, King Louis XI's golden drop, historically linked to Château de Serrant.
Groups
Group Outings at Serrant for Adults
Here are the rates for our group visits, available by reservation only:
| Groups By reservation Price per person | Visit of the castle | Visit "Discovery of a princely castle" | Visit "Decorative arts and furniture" |
Adults (>20 people) + 2 free entries | 8 € | 9 € | 12,50 € |
Children/Schools (>20 people) | 5,50 € | 5,50 € | 8 € |
Group (11-19 people) | 8 € | +4 € | 12,50 € |
Welcome to groups of friends, associations, clubs, CE
The Serrant team will be pleased to welcome your group to discover the castle, its history, and its rich collection of artworks and furniture, offering a visit off the beaten path in a Loire castle that is more intimate than its well-known neighbors.
We offer three types of visits:
- Free visit of the castle and its park: duration 1h30, self-guided tour of the basement, ground floor, part of the first floor, chapel, and park.
- Note: for conservation reasons, the library and prestigious rooms on the 1st floor are only accessible by guided tour.
- Visit "Discovery of a princely castle": duration 1h15, guided tour of the 1st floor (library, grand salon, and prestigious rooms); allow an additional 45 minutes for the free visit of the basement, ground floor, chapel, and park.
- Visit "Decorative arts and furniture": duration 2h, guided tour of all rooms of the castle with a focus on the furniture and art collection, free visit of the chapel and park.
Note: for better comfort, beyond 40 people, we divide the group into two.
For small groups, we offer two activities to discover the castle in a different way:
- Unusual visit "Behind the scenes of the castle": Duration 2h, guided tour of the rooms not open to the public to discover the backstage: attics, archives room, bedrooms, etc. - Groups of maximum 15 people and minimum 8. Please note! Many stairs, visit not recommended for children and the elderly. 15€/person
- Murder-party "The Serrant Affair": duration 1h20, role-playing game in the castle based on the Cluedo principle to solve the mystery of the murder of the Duke of La Trémoïlle. Only on Tuesdays (March to May and September to November), groups of 13 to 20 people. Package of 500€/group.
Download our brochure for groups: Group Visits File - 2024.pdf. If you are interested, book now by clicking here.
A lunch at the castle?
As part of your visit to the castle, we can also offer you lunch on site in the Orangery of Serrant. Lunches are reserved for groups of 20 people minimum.
Download our brochure with "Visits + Lunch" packages and the menus offered: Group Visits File - 2024.pdf.
Welcome to classic car clubs
For a collector, there is nothing more satisfying than seeing a beautiful car in front of a beautiful mansion. Nothing better to enhance your rallies than to make a stop at the Château de Serrant. You have the possibility to park your vehicles in front of the castle for the duration of a visit and/or a meal.
Sorties scolaires
Children's Educational Visits to Serrant
| Groups by reservation Price per person | Guided Tour | Treasure Hunt "In Search of the Lost Jewels" | Orientation Course in the Park | Full Day Package (Treasure Hunt, Orientation Course, Guided Tour) |
Preschool | 4,00 € | / | / | / |
Primary School | 5,50 € | 5,50 € | 2,50 € | 8,00 € |
Middle School | 5,50 € | / | / | / |
High School | 5,50 € | / | / | / |
The Serrant team welcomes children for school or leisure outings. A pedagogical visit exclusively for children is offered, ranging from kindergarten to middle school classes. Through the rooms of the castle and its collection, they will discover the lifestyle in such a residence, the customs of the past, and the evolution of daily life in the castle.
For preschoolers, a short visit (45 minutes to 1 hour) follows the daily life of Valentine Walsh, a young girl who lived at Serrant during the time of Napoleon.
In middle school, the castle visit can be combined with an introduction to art history through tapestries, paintings, sculptures, and other works, many of which relate to mythological stories.
Educational Materials
We provide teachers with a set of educational materials to better prepare for their visit to the castle. The files are provided upon request to groups that have booked a visit.
The sheets are available for free download. They contain a set of knowledge related to the Château de Serrant and its history. This is an informative base, and teachers are free to add or exclude information that better suits the level being taught.
Download our educational sheets using the links below:
Fun Activities
For elementary schools and leisure centers, a full day can be organized at Serrant by combining a guided tour of the castle and park with fun activities.
A treasure hunt "In Search of the Lost Jewels" allows students to explore the castle independently to find the stolen jewels... The servants offer riddles combining logic, memory, reflection, and observation. Another way to discover heritage! The orientation course allows students to explore the paths of the Serrant landscape park. Here too, powers of observation are required to find remarkable elements of the park and collect clues that will lead to the final objective. Picnicking can take place on site in the shade of centuries-old trees, or indoors in case of rain.
By reservation | Treasure Hunt "In Search of the Lost Jewels" (grades 3-5) - Duration 1h to 1h15 depending on the level | Orientation Course in the Park (grades 3-5) - Duration 45 minutes |
Rates per student | 5,50 € | 2,50 € |
Full Day Package (guided tour, treasure hunt, and orientation course) | 8,00 € | |
Download our brochure for school groups: School Visits File 2024.pdf
Information for the visit
The Castle's Podcasts
The guides of Serrant are now with you wherever you go. For exploring the rooms during free visits, you have the option to download the audio commentary from the guides. Listening inside the castle can be done via your smartphone using earphones provided at the castle's reception.
Click below to start listening and then download if you wish:
- The History of the Castle
- The Renaissance staircase
- The Sitting room and The Ebony cabinet
- The Louis XV's style apartments
- The Princess de Tarente's Chamber
- The Prince de Tarente's Chamber
- The Dining room
- The Kitchens
- The Anteroom
- The Laundry Room
- The Chapel
- The Landscape Park (video)
- The Tapestries of the Grand Salon (images)
Download the Visitor Documents
