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Every page on chateauroyaldamboise.com, grouped by what you are looking for: booking, planning the visit, Leonardo, the history, or a review. A useful reminder before you click: the entrance ticket is bought at the château’s own desk, not online, and the château’s own guided visits are included in it.
Start here
- Home — Château Royal d'Amboise
- The complete guide to the Château Royal d'Amboise
- What you book, and what you buy at the gate
- Reviews of the five bookings
- Is it worth visiting?
Book
- Loire castles day trip from Paris
- The small-group guided visit of the château
- The private tour, with entry ticket
- The guided visit of the Clos Lucé
- Chenonceau and Chambord day trip
- The Loire e-bike day
- Which tour should you choose?
- Guided visit or on your own?
Before you come
- What a visit costs, and who pays nothing
- The guided visits included in your ticket
- Opening hours, season by season
- Which days it is closed
- How long to allow
- Getting there: train, car, on foot
- Do you need to book?
- The best time to visit
- Visiting with children
- Accessibility and mobility
- Eating at the château and in town
- The HistoPad tablet, included
What you will see
- What to see, in order
- The Saint-Hubert chapel
- Leonardo da Vinci's tomb
- The view from the terrace
- The gardens
- The birds of the château rock
- The rampart restoration
History
- The history of the château
- The kings who lived here
- Charles VIII, born and dead here
- How Charles VIII died
- Did Charles VIII have six toes?
- Who owns the château
- The oldest château in the Loire
Leonardo da Vinci
- Leonardo da Vinci in Amboise
- Is he really buried here?
- Does he have descendants?
- The Clos Lucé, where he died
Around Amboise
Reviews
- Loire Valley day trip from Paris
- Guided visit of the château
- Private tour with entry ticket
- Guided visit of the Clos Lucé
- Chenonceau and Chambord day trip