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Access to the site
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.
Enter by the Emergency Bridge
with the exception of dogs blind persons' guides
Bookshop-shop
Restoring coffee "Les Oubliettes"
Spoken languages in the reception : 
Dates and opening times in 2010
> Entrance is free to the courtyard and ramparts
Until 30 June and from 1 September to 31 December : 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
> Castle rooms, museum and exhibit
Until 30 June and from 1 September to 31 December : 10 am to 6 pm, closed Mondays.
July and August : 10 am to 7 pm, every day.
The ticket office shuts 1/2 hour before closure of the site.
> The entire site is closed on 1 January, 1 May, 1 November and 25 December.