5000 m2 are open to the public.
Entrance is free to the courtyard, ramparts and moat gardens: the Castle is open to casual visitors or just for a stroll every day (except on four public holidays during the year), with extensive opening hours.
Two old entrances have been reopened, in addition to the main entrance over the stone bridge: these are at the Loire postern gate [poterne de Loire] and the Emergency Bridge [pont de Secours]. They offer a different way of approaching the Castle.
> Entrance is free to the courtyard and ramparts (to 30 June and from 1 September:
open 7 days a week from 10.00 to 19.00
July and August: 9.00 to 20.00 with late evening opening on Saturdays
> Museum
Until 7 June: 10.00 to 18.00, closed Tuesdays.
8 to 30 June and from 1 September: 10.00 to 18.00, closed Mondays
July and August: 9.30 to 19.00 7 days a week
Last sales from the ticket office half an hour before the castle closes.
> The whole site is closed on 1 May, 1 November, 25 December and 1 January.