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Getting married in Loire Valley

The Loire is where a chateau wedding stops being a fantasy budget line and becomes an achievable one. Between Tours and Angers there are hundreds of privately owned chateaux and manors that rent for a weekend with bedrooms included, often for less than a mid-range city hotel would charge for the same headcount. It suits couples who want the whole party under one roof: welcome drinks on Friday, the wedding on Saturday, a slow brunch on Sunday before everyone drives home.

The trade-off is that many of these houses are family properties rather than slick venues, so expect dry hire, quirky electrics, and a caterer who brings everything. Green, temperate and gently rolling, the valley photographs beautifully but is not reliably warm: pack the plan for rain rather than the plan for heat. What surprises couples is how far the budget stretches here compared with Provence, and how much of it goes back out again on rentals.

Best months: Late May to early July, and September
Price band: Mid-range · Expect mainstream European pricing: the venue takes a meaningful share of the budget without dominating it.
Style: Chateau · Countryside · Riverside · Vineyard · Historic city
Researched venues: 42 venues, listed below

The three that catch people out

Know before you book

1
Chateau bedrooms are usually part of the hire and fill up fast. Decide early who sleeps on site, because it sets the tone for the whole weekend.
2
Dry hire is the norm: caterer, furniture, lighting, staff and sometimes generators are all yours to arrange. Compare venues on the all-in figure.
3
The weather is temperate rather than warm, and June evenings can be cool. Plan covered space and a blanket basket rather than relying on a mild night.

Getting there

Paris is the practical gateway: TGV services reach Tours in about an hour from Paris Montparnasse, and Nantes, Tours and Paris Beauvais all take direct European flights. From the station, venues are typically twenty to sixty minutes by car. This is one of the easier destinations for guests who do not want to fly, which is worth highlighting if your list includes older relatives or families with small children.

Before you promise anyone anything

Most foreign couples marry legally at home and hold a symbolic ceremony at the chateau. Where a local civil marriage is available, requirements around documents, translations and any residence or publication period vary by nationality, by commune and over time. Nothing here is legal advice: confirm the current rules with the local town hall and with your own authorities before you commit.

Marriage rules vary by country, region and even municipality, and they change. Treat this as orientation, not legal advice: verify the paperwork with the local authority and with your own municipality before you book anything.

Researched venues

42 wedding venues in Loire Valley

Gathered offline through research from each venue’s own website, never a live feed, and never paid for. A venue is listed because it exists and takes weddings, not because Vow endorses it; the one line under each is what a planner would tell you to check before asking for a quote. Venue details are shown as the venue publishes them.

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Château de Chambiers
Capacity
not published; the site lists 5 chateau rooms, an apartment and three cottages on the estate
Price
not published — ask for the brochure
An 18th-century family chateau at Durtal in Anjou, roughly half an hour from Angers, offered as a weekend privatisation of the whole domain rather than a single-day hire. Neither seated capacity nor rates appear on the site, so ask for both in writing and confirm how many beds are actually released with the booking.
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Château de la Huberdière
Capacity
30 to 150 guests
Price
not published — ask for the brochure
A 16th-century chateau at Nazelles-Négron, minutes from Amboise, hired on an exclusive basis with a ceremony under the old trees, dinner in the vaulted great hall and the evening on the terrace. Guests can stay on site, so confirm early how many of the rooms are included and where the overflow goes.
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Château de l'Epinay
Capacity
110 seated for dinner, 200 for cocktails; 27 rooms sleeping up to 70 guests
Price
not published — ask for the brochure
A 15th-century chateau with a spa at Saint-Georges-sur-Loire, about twenty minutes from Angers, privatised in full with the stone reception room, terrace, natural pool and 23-hectare park. Seated dinner tops out at 110 while cocktails take 200, so check the guest list against the dinner figure before committing.
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Château du Grand-Lucé
Capacity
not published
Price
not published — ask for the brochure
An 18th-century neoclassical chateau hotel in the Sarthe with formal French gardens and a ballroom built into the former stables, which keeps large receptions viable year-round. Nothing on numbers or rates is published, so request the wedding brochure and clarify whether full hotel exclusivity is required.
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Château Challain
Capacity
hosts 120+ people; 21 luxury suites; 72 acres of gardens
Price
package prices not published — ask for the brochure; Gold and Platinum packages cover 2 nights and 30 to 70 guests
A neo-Gothic chateau at Challain-la-Potherie in Anjou sold as an all-inclusive destination wedding: exclusive use, on-site chapel, in-house catering and planner, with suites for the closest guests. The published packages are built around 30 to 70 guests, so a larger list needs a bespoke quote and off-site rooms.
abbey
Abbaye Royale de Fontevraud
Capacity
vaulted spaces for 20 to 1,000 people across a 13-hectare site
Price
not published — ask for the brochure
A 12th-century royal abbey between Tours and Angers that is also a four-star hotel with a starred restaurant, hired for weddings in the shadow of the abbey church. It stays open to visitors by day, so agree in writing when the spaces are released to you and how the monument's own programme affects set-up.
chateau
Château du Parc Saint-Lambert
Capacity
not published
Price
not published — ask for the brochure
A country chateau at Saint-Lambert-la-Potherie just outside Angers, with preparation rooms, a park and an orangery that carries the reception if the weather turns. Neither capacity nor rates are on the site, so ask for the brochure and confirm what accommodation exists on the estate.
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Château de Bouthonvilliers
Capacity
accommodation for up to 35 guests on site; greenhouse dinners furnished for up to 40 people
Price
not published — quote on request
A small estate at Dangeau with a consecrated chapel built into a 16th-century dovecote and a restored 19th-century greenhouse used for the dinner, which suits a wedding of about 35 to 40 rather than a large party. It sits in Eure-et-Loir, north of the Loire itself, so factor the drive if guests are basing themselves in Tours or Blois.
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Chateau Le Chereau
Capacity
Salle Sologne seats 80 guests; sleeps 44 across the chateau and the adjoining gîte, 23 in the chateau
Price
not published — ask for the brochure
A chateau at Montrieux-en-Sologne in the Loir-et-Cher, near Chambord, hired with its reception hall and enough beds for a small wedding party to stay put for the weekend. The seated hall stops at 80, so confirm the marquee or outdoor plan before inviting a longer list.
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Château de Nitray
Capacity
Salle François 1er of 150 m2 for 150 guests plus a 50-cover annexe; 270 m2 modular, 20 to 250 people
Price
à partir de 1900€ TTC — venue hire quoted from this figure for a 180-person event, excluding optional activities
A Renaissance chateau and working vineyard at Athée-sur-Cher, between Amboise and Chenonceau and about 18 km from Tours, with two linked halls that flex from 20 to 250 guests. The published starting price is hire only, so check what catering, staffing and accommodation add before comparing it with all-inclusive estates.
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Château de la Ménaudière
Capacity
not published
Price
not published — ask for the brochure
A chateau hotel at Chissay-en-Touraine on the Amboise road, in the Cher valley between Amboise and Chenonceau, offered for wedding hire with rooms on site. No numbers or rates are published, so ask what exclusivity costs and whether the hotel keeps taking other guests that weekend.
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Château du Coudray-Montpensier
Capacity
14 rooms across three lodgings plus dormitory space for larger groups; reception capacity not published
Price
not published — quote on request
A 15th-century chateau at Seuilly in the Chinon vineyards, run by a wine-growing family and hired with its lodgings for a weekend wedding. Reception capacity is not published, so establish the seated figure and the wet-weather room before you build a guest list.
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Château de Jallanges
Capacity
30 to 700 seated; Le Banneret 500 seated, Le petit Banneret 200 seated; 100+ beds, accommodation up to 145
Price
not published — ask for the brochure
A Renaissance chateau at Vernou-sur-Brenne between Tours and Amboise with two large reception halls, which makes it one of the few Loire estates that can seat several hundred and still sleep most of them. The scale means the smaller rooms need dressing carefully for an intimate wedding, and rates come only by quotation.
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Château de la Barre
Capacity
not published
Price
not published — ask for the brochure
A family-owned chateau at Conflans-sur-Anille in the Sarthe, at the northern edge of the Loire Valley about two hours from Paris, hosting weddings and events on an exclusive basis. Nothing on capacity or price is published, so ask for the brochure and confirm how many guests can actually sleep on the estate.
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Château Le Prieuré
Capacity
not published; 22-hectare grounds with terraces above the Loire
Price
not published — ask for the brochure
A hotel chateau at Chênehutte near Saumur whose terraces look straight down onto the Loire, with in-house catering under its own chef. Neither capacity nor rates are published, and the outdoor terrace is the selling point, so agree the indoor fallback and any noise curfew in writing.
chateau
Château du Plessis-Bourré
Capacity
cour d'honneur of 1400 m2, Salle du Parlement and Salle du Caveau; around 30 beds on the estate
Price
not published — ask for the brochure
A moated 15th-century chateau at Écuillé north of Angers that rents its halls, courtyard and park for weddings and family ceremonies. Seated capacities are not published and on-site beds are limited to about 30, so plan rooms in Angers and get the room-by-room numbers in writing.
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Château des Grotteaux
Capacity
orangery welcomes 150 guests and can be extended with a marquee; five rooms plus a separate gîte
Price
priced bespoke per event — "each wedding or family reunion is a bespoke event and will be priced according to what kind of organisation is required"
A small 17th-century chateau at Huisseau-sur-Cosson inside the Chambord–Blois–Cheverny triangle, where the orangery carries the reception and a marquee extends it. Bedrooms are few, so most guests will stay in Blois; ask what the bespoke quote includes before comparing it with fixed-price estates.
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Château de la Bourdaisière
Capacity
vaulted reception hall of 320 m2, up to 300 seated; chapel for 20; 25 rooms and 4 apartments, 75 beds
Price
wedding pricing not published — ask for the brochure; rooms published from EUR 128 to EUR 357 per night
A working chateau hotel at Montlouis-sur-Loire with an outdoor altar in the gardens and a large vaulted hall as the wet-weather plan, so it scales from a 20-guest chapel ceremony to a 300-seat dinner. On-site beds stop at 75, so plan overflow accommodation in Tours or Amboise for larger guest lists.
chateau
Château de Jalesnes
Capacity
not published
Price
not published — ask for the brochure
A 17th-century chateau at Vernantes in Anjou, between Saumur and Angers, offered for exclusive gatherings with suites, a grand salon, a chapel and a banquet hall on roughly 22 acres. Nothing on capacity or price is published, so request the wedding brochure early and confirm how many of the suites are actually released with an exclusive booking.
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Château de Rochecotte
Capacity
not published; 37 rooms and suites
Price
not published — ask for the brochure
A 37-room chateau hotel at Coteaux-sur-Loire, roughly midway between Tours and Saumur, which lists weddings alongside private meals and corporate events. Room capacities are not published anywhere on the site, so ask for a layout plan and confirm whether the hotel is exclusively yours or still taking outside guests on your date.
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Château de Pray
Capacity
Orangery (120 m2 troglodyte room) up to 80; Grand Salon up to 35; Petit Salon up to 20; 19 rooms
Price
wedding pricing not published — ask for the brochure; rooms published from EUR 147 to EUR 273 per night
A small chateau hotel at Chargé just outside Amboise, best suited to weddings of 80 or fewer given the tufa-carved Orangery is the largest room. Terraces look over the Loire, so check the marquee or wet-weather option if your guest list grows past the Orangery's stated 80.
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Château d'Artigny
Capacity
Grand salon Régence up to 140; Rotonde up to 200; exclusive use up to 300 guests with 56 guestrooms
Price
not published — ask for the brochure
A large Belle Époque chateau hotel at Montbazon south of Tours, with a 25-hectare park and an exclusive-use option covering all 56 rooms, which makes it one of the few Loire venues that can house most of a 300-guest wedding on site. Pricing is quote-only, so ask specifically what the exclusive-use figure includes before comparing it with per-head venues.
chateau hotel
Domaine de la Tortinière
Capacity
dining room 40 m2 for 14; La Rotonde 80 m2 for 30; 32 rooms across the chateau and four pavilions
Price
not published — ask for the brochure
A 32-room chateau hotel at Veigné, about 15 km from Tours, that lists weddings among its private events but publishes only small indoor room capacities. Suited to an intimate dinner or a marquee reception in the grounds; confirm what the outdoor capacity actually is, because the published numbers cover the indoor salons only.
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Château des Briottières
Capacity
reception room seats 180; around forty beds on site; 50-hectare English park
Price
not published — ask for the brochure
A family-owned chateau at Champigné north of Angers offered for privatisation, with a 180-seat reception room and roughly forty beds in the house. Good for a two-day Anjou wedding where most of the party sleeps on site; ask how the privatisation weekend is structured and when the house must be vacated.
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Château de Razay
Capacity
orangerie hall of 170 m2 for over 150 guests; 19 rooms and suites plus 9 unusual lodgings, over 100 beds
Price
not published — ask for the brochure
A 35-hectare estate at Céré-la-Ronde near Montrichard where the reception happens in a separate orangerie rather than the chateau itself, and over 100 beds mean a large group can stay two nights. The orangerie hall is step-free, which helps with older guests; confirm which lodgings are included in the exclusive-hire package.
chateau
Château du Rivau
Capacity
Golden Fleece room 250 seated (200 with dance floor); wine press house 400 standing or 150 seated
Price
not published — ask for the brochure
A medieval chateau with celebrated gardens at Lémeré, south of Chinon, taking weddings from 10 to 250 people across a banqueting room and a former wine press house. The gardens are open to visitors, so check the hours at which your part of the site becomes fully private on the day.
chateau and wine estate
Château de Valmer
Capacity
not published
Price
not published — ask for the brochure
A wine-producing estate at Chançay in the Vouvray vineyards with terraced Renaissance gardens and a troglodyte chapel, offered for privatisation including weddings. No capacity or price figures are published, and the estate also runs daytime garden visits, so confirm privatisation hours as well as numbers.
estate
Le Domaine de Scarlett
Capacity
reception hall up to 130 seated; 200 m2 covered préau for more than 200; gîtes sleeping 22
Price
not published — ask for the brochure
A three-hectare estate at Saint-Laurent-Nouan, 15 minutes from Chambord, with a covered outdoor préau that gives a real rain plan for a cocktail hour. A mid-budget option where you bring your own caterer; ask which gîtes are included and what the end-of-night music curfew is.
farmhouse estate
Le Grand Breuil
Capacity
accommodation for just under 40 people in individual rooms; reception capacity not published
Price
not published — ask for the brochure
A fully renovated former farm at Perrusson near Loches, 45 minutes south of Tours, with a contemporary reception space and hotel-style rooms for just under 40 guests. Suits couples who want a modern, low-key setting rather than a formal chateau; the site publishes no seated capacity, so ask for the room plan.
estate
Domaine de la Fougeraie
Capacity
18 rooms, 57 beds plus dormitories; chateau salons and two Pavillon Racan halls hired exclusively
Price
exclusive hire with your own caterer, 2026: EUR 3,170-3,300 low season, EUR 3,830-4,000 high season, as published
A 20-hectare estate at Saint-Paterne-Racan north of Tours that publishes its exclusive-hire tariff openly, which is rare here and makes it easy to budget. The rate runs Saturday morning to Sunday afternoon with Friday set-up access; note the security deposit and the staged payment schedule.
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Château de Noizay
Capacity
not published for weddings; 17 guest rooms across the chateau and the Clock Pavilion
Price
not published — ask for the brochure
A 17-room chateau hotel at Noizay, ten minutes from Amboise and twenty from Tours, with a dedicated weddings page and a downloadable brochure. Capacity is not published, so treat the 17 rooms as the practical limit on overnight guests and ask whether the hotel is privatised on your date.
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Château de Beauvois
Capacity
not published
Price
not published — ask for the brochure
A 15th-century chateau hotel at Luynes, about 20 minutes from Tours, set in a 40-hectare wooded park and marketed for weddings by its hotel group. Neither capacity nor price is published; because it is group-operated, confirm early whether exclusive use of the whole hotel is possible on your date.
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Château Louise de la Vallière
Capacity
Le Vauban room 180 m2: 80 for cocktails, 60 theatre style; 20 rooms and suites
Price
not published — ask for the brochure
A small five-star chateau hotel at Reugny between Tours and Amboise, with interiors by Jacques Garcia and 20 rooms, suited to a compact luxury wedding rather than a large one. Only cocktail and theatre-style numbers are published for the main room, so ask for the seated dinner figure.
manoir
Manoir de Clénord
Capacity
reception hall of 150 m2 for up to 140 covers; manor sleeps 15 in 5 rooms, plus 8 further rooms nearby
Price
manor privatisation with the 150 m2 hall and 5 rooms: EUR 4,200; La Maison de Clénord, 8 rooms: EUR 990 per night
A manor house at Mont-près-Chambord, 7 km south of Blois, that publishes its privatisation price openly and seats 140 in a single hall, making it a realistic mid-budget option. On-site beds top out around 30 across both houses, so plan transport for the rest of the party.
wine estate
Domaine de la Grange
Capacity
14th-century tithe barn of 145 m2, 110 to 120 seated; 150 chairs and tables provided
Price
hall hire EUR 1,300 short weekend / EUR 1,700 long weekend high season; EUR 1,000 / EUR 1,300 low season
A family wine estate at Huisseau-sur-Cosson between Blois and Chambord that hires out its restored tithe barn with tables, chairs, a professional kitchen and free choice of caterer. The cheapest serious option on this list; there is no accommodation on site, so book beds in Blois and arrange transport.
castle
Château du Plessis-Macé
Capacity
Salle du Bellay up to 200 seated; Langlois-Berthelot up to 170; Louis de Beaumont up to 140; 180 chairs
Price
room hire from EUR 1,300 incl. VAT (Langlois-Berthelot), EUR 1,560 (Louis de Beaumont), EUR 1,870 (du Bellay)
A medieval castle 15 minutes from Angers, owned by the department, which publishes hire prices per room and takes only one reception at a time. Furniture and an equipped kitchen are included but catering is not, so budget separately; there is no accommodation on site.
estate
Domaine de Longue Plaine
Capacity
10 to 200 guests; renovated reception hall of 170 m2; three bedrooms
Price
not published — ask for the brochure
A large private estate at Sorigny, about 15 km south of Tours, with a 170 m2 hall, a courtyard and formal gardens for the ceremony. Only three bedrooms on site, so this works best as a day-and-evening venue with guests staying in Tours.
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Domaine de Chalès
Capacity
Le Gymnase up to 800; Les Séquoias up to 300; chateau salons 60 each; accommodation for up to 350 people
Price
not published — ask for the brochure
A 176-hectare Sologne estate at Nouan-le-Fuzelier with by far the largest rooms and bed count in this list, which suits a very big family wedding or a multi-day gathering. Much of the accommodation is in twin rooms and dormitories rather than hotel doubles, so check what your guests are actually being offered.
hotel and reception estate
Domaine de Presle
Capacity
two reception halls for up to 150 people; 25 rooms
Price
not published — ask for the brochure
A three-star hotel and reception estate at Distré just outside Saumur, with in-house catering, two halls and 25 rooms on the same site. A practical, moderately priced choice for an Anjou wedding; confirm whether the restaurant stays open to the public on your date.
converted stables
Les Logis de Beaulieu
Capacity
reception hall of 100 m2 for up to 80 seated, plus a 40 m2 bar; 25 beds on site
Price
not published — ask for the brochure
Former racehorse stables converted for weddings on a 50-hectare estate at Soucelles, around 20 minutes from Angers, capped at 80 seated. A good small-wedding option with 25 beds included; ask whether the caterer is imposed or free choice.
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Château Laborde Saint Martin
Capacity
two restored salons of 150 m2 seating 140 for dinner; on-site accommodation for about 40 guests
Price
not published — ask for the brochure
A chateau at Candé-sur-Beuvron facing the Loire between Blois and Tours, with 13 hectares of walled park, a lawn for outdoor ceremonies and gîtes plus guest rooms sleeping around 40. Central for Chaumont, Cheverny and Chambord visits; ask for the weekend hire terms in writing, as no price is published.
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Château de la Lorie
Capacity
two connected 18th-century stable halls seating 250; three guest bedrooms; marquee extension possible
Price
not published — ask for the brochure
A 17th-century chateau at La Chapelle-sur-Oudon in northern Anjou where receptions are held in the grand stables rather than the house, seating 250 with a marquee option beyond that. Only three bedrooms on site, so plan accommodation and late-night transport towards Angers or Château-Gontier.

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