Chenonceau and Amboise Royal Castle Experience with Chambord and Clos Lucé Skip the Line Access

Visit Amboise Royal Castle plus your choice of Loire Valley château, with skip-the-line perks and digital or printed guides included.

Getting started

On the day of your visit, make your way to Amboise Royal Castle and scan your mobile ticket at the entrance to use your skip-the-line access. Collect your HistoPad AR tablet or informational booklet inside and begin exploring the castle interiors and gardens at your own pace. Your separate ticket for Chenonceau, Chambord, or Clos Lucé activates on arrival at that venue the same day.

What to expect

Amboise Royal Castle & Gardens

Explore a former royal residence overlooking the Loire River, where late Gothic and early Renaissance architecture frame the daily life of French kings.

Features

• Walk through furnished interiors that include grand halls, residential rooms, and fortified spaces, all interpreted through Gothic and Renaissance furniture.

• Spend time in the Chapel of Saint Hubert, where you can see the tomb of Leonardo da Vinci and observe the chapel’s carved stonework.

• Step out to landscaped terraces and gardens that earned “Remarkable Gardens” status, and enjoy Loire River views along with panoramas over the town of Amboise.

• Use your HistoPad AR tablet to access 3D reconstructions of the Logis, from royal audiences and banquets to construction sites and ramparts, enriching what you see in the rooms and on the terraces.

• Benefit from skip-the-line entry to Amboise Royal Castle, with access to the castle interiors, Saint Hubert chapel, terraces, gardens, and Loire River viewpoints included with your ticket.

Chenonceau Castle & Gardens

Known as the “Ladies’ Castle,” Chenonceau spans the Cher River and showcases spaces shaped by figures like Catherine de Medici and Diane de Poitiers.

Features

• Explore Chenonceau Castle and gardens [as per option selected], moving at your own pace through the riverside château and its grounds.

• Use your visitor’s brochure in 18 languages [as per option selected] as a self-guided companion while you navigate the estate.

• Visit the vaulted Gothic chapel, royal bedrooms of Catherine de’ Medici and Diane de Poitiers, the long gallery bridge stretching over the river, and kitchens in the castle’s foundations [as per option selected].

• Stroll the formal gardens, including Diane’s and Catherine’s, where geometric flowerbeds, fountains, tree-lined paths, and an Italian maze with 2,000 yew trees frame views of the château.

Chambord Castle & Gardens

Chambord is the Loire Valley’s largest château, built as a symbol of royal power and influenced by Leonardo da Vinci’s ideas.

Features

• Enter Chambord Castle directly [as per option selected], then set your own route through its rooms, staircase, chapel, terraces, and surrounding park.

• Climb the iconic double-helix staircase, a design where two people can use separate flights without crossing paths, and explore selected rooms among the château’s hundreds of chambers.

• Step onto the panoramic terraces for close-up views of the towers and rooftops, along with perspectives over the vast 5,000-hectare park that forms one of Europe’s largest enclosed forests.

• Access Chambord gardens and temporary exhibitions [as per option selected], where restored French-style layouts and rotating cultural displays add context to the main building.

• Make use of the multilingual visitor’s guide and film at Chambord [as per option selected] to understand the château’s symbolism, layout, and history as you move between the halls and terraces.

Clos Lucé Castle & Da Vinci Park

Clos Lucé Castle was Leonardo da Vinci’s final home, where he lived and worked in Amboise from 1516 until 1519.

Features

• Use your skip-the-line entry to Clos Lucé Castle [as per option selected] to move past the regular ticket queue and head straight into the residence.

• Walk through Clos Lucé Castle and exhibitions [as per option selected], including historic rooms that present aspects of Leonardo’s daily life and work.

• Step into Leonardo’s bedroom, then continue into Da Vinci Park and gardens [as per option selected], where the landscape frames the castle and connects to his ideas.

• Discover models and displays that highlight Leonardo’s inventions, with large-scale machines and interpretive exhibits set both inside the château and across Da Vinci Park, so you can link his designs to the surrounding environment.

Wrapping up

Each combo variant pairs Amboise Royal Castle & Gardens with a different second site, so you can choose between Chenonceau Castle & Gardens, Chambord Castle & Gardens, or Clos Lucé Castle & Da Vinci Park [as per option selected]. After finishing your visits, you are free to continue exploring the Loire Valley on your own, using the flexibility of your self-paced access at both locations.