10 “secret” castles to visit in Touraine

In a preserved setting, 20 minutes from Tours, the Domaine de Candé takes you on a tour of a unique château in Touraine.

The place of the wedding of the century, residence of great fortunes from the 1930s to the 1970s, it presents a tour of 20 fully furnished rooms, decorations in Cordoba leather or Touraine silks, bathrooms in glass mosaics, a Skinner organ on 3 floors, 1,000 m² of wine storehouses equipped with the latest presses, a Bell telephone exchange, a fitness room with equipment equivalent to that on the Titanic...

The 230-hectare park with its century-old trees offers 2 hiking trails, contemporary artworks and atypical games. Don't hesitate to take a picnic with you!

Enclosed by the arms of the Indre, the Château de l'Islette was the site of the passionate love affair between Rodin and Camille Claudel. The latter sculpted La Petite Châtelaine here, a bronze of which you can admire. Completed around 1530, this remarkable Renaissance castle consists of a long rectangular main building, flanked by two imposing towers, crowned by a machicolation. Its Great Hall and its chapel offer a magnificent pictorial decoration. A place to live, browse through the rooms currently occupied by the owners and discover the layout of a 21st century castle, combining history and modernity.