Talmont Castle Visits and activities throughout the year in Talmont-Saint-Hilaire

Opening hours

Open

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

Closes at 06:00 pm

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Useful information

  • Qualité Tourisme
  • Accueil Vélo
  • Historic Monument

Location : In town

Province : South Coast & Poitevin Marshes

Services

  • Cash
  • Children playground
  • Chèques vacances (holiday voucher)
  • Credit card accepted
  • English spoken
  • Entertainment
  • Groups
  • Pets welcome
  • English
    • Talmont Castle, an emblematic site of medieval architectural history, is today listed as a Historic Monument.


      Open from April to November, the castle reveals its secrets to you through different types of activities.

      From July 8 to August 30, Monday to Friday, immerse yourself in medieval times with chivalry shows and falconry demonstrations. Put yourself in the shoes of our ancestors with medieval workshops (costumes, calligraphy, crossbow, medieval mini-farm) and guided tours. 

      Evening openings on Tuesday (or Thursday) evenings by reservation.


      • Opening period: from April 7 to November 2, 2025
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Traveller Reviews Talmont Castle

4.4 sur 5 4789 reviews

  • Quentin Houmeau

    4 sur 5 Reviews posted by Quentin Houmeau on 09/06/2025

  • Oliv Fth

    4 sur 5 Reviews posted by Oliv Fth on 08/06/2025

    Nice castle to see, but the medieval festival is not great.

  • Solène ELY

    5 sur 5 Reviews posted by Solène ELY on 08/06/2025

Traveller Reviews Talmont Castle

4.3 sur 5 872 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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