chateau et parc de beauregard

Good morning,We regret that your visit disappointed you. The admission charge is understandable by the lack of subsidies to allow us to maintain and to manage the castle. You are our only sponsors.Have a nice day !

We know that the price is high, but the maintenance cost is very high too. We know the price of the other private castles and are happy to see that they have the possibility of welcoming the visitors in it price rates. We set up everything to be soon able to reduce our price and satisfy visitors. Have a good day.

Thank you for coming. We are sorry that your portraits garden's visit disappointed you. Unfortunately, in September there are less flowers in the park. We update the supports of the texts of the path of the knowledge, they will be more current.You make a mistake, gallery's paintings aren't false. They are authentic and of the XVIIth century...Maybe ours explanations weren't totaly clear for you... Sorry...Have a nice day

Thank's a lot for your venue and comment. We are so happy that you loved your visit...Have a good day

We understand that the price seems expensive. But it allows us to maintain, to restore and to pay our employees. Without it, we couldn't open the castle. Our castle cannot be compared with castles such as Cheverny or Chambord. They are different. Beauregard is a family castle, small-dimension, for a restricted and intimate public.Have a nice day.

The castle price can seem to be expensive, but it allows us to maintain and to open our castle to the public. We have no help of the State for the management.The dogs exhibition is link between the animal and the man. The place that the animal in front of his master can set, it can become his equal. That is why here dogs are to present in portrait. Because the art of portrait was an art reserved for humans

Easy access is available for Chambord, Cheverny and Beauregard from the handy bus that completes this circuit, meaning you can see them all in a day. The Beauregard is a nice tidy chateau, that's worth a quick stop. Don't expect to be wowed by Beauregard after seeing Chambord, but hey it's on the way home anyway. Don't include in your Loire itinerary if you are short on time.

We have been to a number of chateaux throughout France, and have never been as disappointed as we were by Beauregard..... Particularly after being to Cheverny in the morning. Which, by the way, costs three dollars less for a spectacular place to visit. Beauregard is run down, the gardens are dried up, the "lawn" is a hayfield that was being cut by a tractor. To get to the chateau you have to travers a " meadow", snake your way through the overgrown gardens, and walk up the pebbled driveway.... About half a mile in total. The rooms are interesting, but for some odd reason, the owners have decided to cover extensive area of the walls with huge pictures of dogs' faces..... Each to his own, but an odd response to Cheverny's hunting dog pack?? The hall of pictures is interesting if one is a real serious French history buff.Bottom line, there are 30 better chateaux at a much better price within 20 miles.

Thank you very much. It's a beautiful comment ! Have a good day.

Dont go if you expect a luxury and noble chateau. It is more a rich big farmhouse than a refinded building.

Nice garden walk with points of interest to see.The house was very interesting with some great art to see

Having read the other English reviews our experience was somewhat different. There is a large park for walking and some formal gardens organised by colours, interpreting key themes in French history. The formal gardens were nice and could have done with a bit more attention but the themes were interesting. Within the woodland on the way up to the house you get the chance to learn about the various characters depicted in the portraits that make up the key point of differentiation for this chateau. The rooms were interesting and the modern portraits of dogs were striking, adding a modern twist to the historical aspects. There are toilets, there is a cafe, the people in the shop do speak french but then this is France. Overall, it was worth visiting, we have seen many chateaus and whilst this is expensive in comparison to some, if the money helps to preserve this bit of French history then we are happy with that.

Only three rooms to enter...a lovely old kitchen and two others but these are full of portraits ( very interesting) and lots of dogs. The gardens extensive but nothing really exciting. It appears that the owners are unsure of the direction this attraction should take.But the lady in the little shop/cafe was very pleasant and a ray of sunshine to us!

We visited this chateau one evening when we wanted something quick to see that was close to Blois. This is not the most impressive chateau and whilst some of the rooms have been restored it all feels a little disappointing after the splendor of some of the other sites of the Loire region. The gardens are pretty but nothing special. There are some nice varieties of chickens to see but only very few in a tiny chicken run. The chateau also has some sheep but they had been put indoors for the night by the time we visited. They offered to allow us to use our tickets the following day as we had arrived late. We felt that we had really seen all that there was on offer and didn't want to spend another day of our short break there.

We just returned from a trip during which we visited many French chateaux, especially in the Loire area. Beauregard was one of only a few bad experiences. At a 12.5 € entrance fee this is one of the most expensive chateau with the least to offer. The price is not what mattered to us. When you choose to see one thing you have to eliminate another. This was a waste of time that could be better spent at almost any other Loire area chateau (go to Cheverney, Chambord, Blois Chaumont or Amboise instead). We arrived on a Saturday afternoon and there was only one other car in the large parking area so we thought it might be closed. The occupants of the other car emerged and we called out to them to find out if it was open. They said yes but not to bother. We decided that since we were already there we might as well go in. When we arrived in the Ticket/Gift Shop we asked where the house was. When we were shown a map of the property it seemed a very long way to the house and as I am handicapped I asked if there was closer access. The rude woman just shrugged and said "Are you going in or not?" We started the very long trek (we estimated 1 1/2 miles) to the house through a neglected looking park. The house has little architectural distinction from the exterior. As other people have mentioned there are only a few rooms open in the interior. The much vaunted gallery of portraits was interesting with a beautiful ceiling (this room was blacked out from the sun but very poorly uplit from the floor), also a small cabinet was of note . The rest offered nothing except in one room there was a group of large format pictures of dogs. All was in a sad state of repair and in need of much restoration. If you regard the admission price as a charitable donation towards the needed work it takes the sting out a bit. Then we started the very long march back to the parking area. I stopped in the gift shop to buy some postcards (there is no guidebook). Another woman was there and she was not familiar with the cash register and it took forever. Give this one a miss!