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

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Opening hours

Closed

  • Monday 10:30 am - 06:00 pm
  • Tuesday 10:30 am - 06:00 pm
  • Wednesday 10:30 am - 06:00 pm
  • Thursday 10:30 am - 06:00 pm
  • Friday 10:30 am - 06:00 pm
  • Saturday 10:30 am - 12:30 am 02:00 pm - 06:00 pm
  • Sunday 10:30 am - 12:30 am 02:00 pm - 06:00 pm

Opens at 10:30 am

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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.

  • Français

Traveller Reviews Talmont Castle

4.4 sur 5 5106 reviews

  • Giovanni di carlo

    5 sur 5 Reviews posted by Giovanni di carlo on 30/04/2026

  • philippe gateau

    5 sur 5 Reviews posted by philippe gateau on 30/04/2026

  • K Vanessa

    5 sur 5 Reviews posted by K Vanessa on 27/04/2026

    A beautiful place to visit. There are castle ruins where you can climb to the top, and a birds of prey show. Great for families.

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Traveller Reviews Talmont Castle

4.3 sur 5 887 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

8 rue du château
85440 Talmont-Saint-Hilaire

Contacts

Phone : 02 51 90 27 43

Website of Talmont Castle

GPS coordinates

46° 28'3.03"N, 1° 37'6.42"W

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