Talmont Castle An exciting guided tour in Talmont-Saint-Hilaire

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Useful information

Location : In town

Province : South Coast & Poitevin Marshes

Services

  • Cash
  • Chèques vacances (holiday voucher)
  • Credit card accepted
  • English spoken
  • Entertainment
  • Groups
  • Pets welcome
  • English
    • A passionate guide will tell you, between 30min and 1h, depending on the current program (without reservation in summer), the history of the castle from its construction to its valorization today. A true witness of the Middle Ages, the castle of Talmont is a fortress that tells its story over more than 1000 years of history! You can also explore the castle independently with a brochure translated into several languages.

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Traveller Reviews Talmont Castle

4.4 sur 5 5087 reviews

  • Pascal Rassu

    4 sur 5 Reviews posted by Pascal Rassu on 29/11/2025

    Beautiful ruins of medieval castles

  • Lucille Thobie

    5 sur 5 Reviews posted by Lucille Thobie on 22/11/2025

    A superb tourist site, well worth discovering! Can't wait to see the Christmas market!

  • Michel FINCK

    5 sur 5 Reviews posted by Michel FINCK on 19/11/2025

    Super!

Traveller Reviews Talmont Castle

4.3 sur 5 886 reviews

  • "Fun place to spend a few hours."

    4 / 5 Reviews posted by qwertyPhilly (Manchester, United Kingdom) on 16/08/2024

    We visited today, a family of 5 on a cloudy day. We got there about 11 am, so within plenty of time for the falcon show at 1130. Good fun place to spend a few hours. You can borrow costumes to take a...

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  • "A great bit of history"

    4 / 5 Reviews posted by BlaithinT (Maynooth, Ireland) on 11/07/2024

    Great castle with great views from the top, with free shows on multiple times a day! Lovely staff who helped our kids pick outfits to play dress up! If we had gotten there earlier in the day, there...

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  • "Fabulous castle"

    5 / 5 Reviews posted by NormaJames (Crayford, United Kingdom) on 18/08/2023

    Really interesting castle to visit with information in English as well as French. The whole experience is brilliant, from the lovely walk around what was the moat, with medieval music playing gently...

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Talmont Castle

Address

3 rue de l'Hotel de Ville
85440 Talmont-Saint-Hilaire

Contacts

Phone : 02 51 90 27 43

GPS coordinates

46° 28'3.03"N, 1° 37'6.42"W

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