Six themed gardens laid out below the château keep. We handle the booking and the questions — you just arrive.
See ticket optionsChâteau interior and all six gardens
€34
All six Renaissance gardens (château interior not included)
€22
5-minute audio guide
Hand-written, narrated by a heritage host, sent to every customer the day before their visit. Five minutes on how a Spanish doctor rescued a half-ruined château and rebuilt the most famous Renaissance gardens in France — and how to read the patterns from the terrace above.
Included free with every ticket. No app, no download — plays in any browser.
Villandry is the last of the great Renaissance châteaux built on the Loire, finished in the 1530s for Jean Le Breton, a minister of François I. But people come for the gardens, not the walls.
The gardens are laid out as six rooms on terraces above the river: the famous ornamental kitchen garden in nine coloured squares, the love gardens clipped into hearts and fans, a water garden, a sun garden, a herb garden and a maze. They were recreated in the early 1900s by Joachim Carvallo, who bought a half-ruined Villandry and spent the rest of his life restoring the Renaissance layout.
The kitchen garden is replanted twice a year, so the same visit looks different in June and September. From the château keep and the upper terraces you look straight down over the patterns — the view everyone comes for.
Château de Villandry Tickets acts as a facilitator to help international visitors book entry to the Château et Jardins de Villandry, which is privately owned by the Carvallo family. We are not the château's ticket office and we do not resell tickets — we place your booking and provide English-language support. Our concierge service fee is included in the displayed price. If you prefer to buy directly, the château's official site is chateauvillandry.fr.
Plan your visit
Two options. The Château + Gardens ticket covers the Renaissance interior and all six gardens; the Gardens-only ticket covers the gardens without the château interior. Both arrive as an e-ticket by email.
No. Villandry tickets are open-dated with no time slot, so you can visit on any open day. There's no calendar to lock in when you book.
Villandry has no timed entry and no daily cap, so there's rarely a queue to get in. Your e-ticket lets you scan straight through without buying at the ticket desk.
Late spring to early autumn. The ornamental kitchen garden is replanted twice a year, so June and September look quite different — both are worth it.
Almost. The interior closes for short periods in January/February and mid-to-late November for seasonal work. The gardens stay open in those weeks, so choose the Gardens-only ticket if you're visiting then.
Villandry is famous for its gardens, so Gardens-only suits garden lovers short on time. Château + Gardens adds the furnished Renaissance interior and the keep, where you get the best view down over the garden patterns.
It's about 15 km west of Tours. In July and August a daily Fil Bleu shuttle runs from Tours; otherwise it's a 20-minute drive or taxi, or a ride along the Loire à Vélo cycle route.
We sell the full-price adult ticket. Youth, student, reduced and under-8 (free) categories are booked directly at the château with proof of eligibility — we're glad to point you to the right place.
Because the tickets are undated and valid all season, you can simply go on another open day. All sales are final, except that we refund in full if the château cancels.