Dame Catherine, Bouquetière des Arcis, tells you the story of the Arcis since its reconstruction by Lord Charles de Cervon
Dame Catherine was a young bouquetière at the Château des Arcis when Lord Charles de Cervon undertook its reconstruction and the creation of its gardens.
Beautiful ladies and damsels, beautiful lords and you, kind visitors, Lady Catherine will guide you throughout your visit and tell you how Charles de Cervon, then his son René fortified and restructured the castle, and adorned it with beautiful gardens ... You will cross the centuries and live with the successive owners the transformations of this site which has never lost its soul or its beauty.
Guided tour with the owner of the castle of Arcis (exterior), its outbuildings (including 2 rooms under frames), the pleasure garden; comments on the history of the castle and its restorations.
This story will be told as you visit, with comments on the restitution of the Renaissance garden and the various restorations carried out on the buildings since 2009 (photo panels before, during and after the works). Visit of the vast room under frame of the "great building of the servitudes" (about twenty steps to go up) of the barn with frame of type Philibert Delorme, of the lower room of the keep.
Duration of the visit: 1 hour, possibility to extend by the free visit of the gardens with walk around the pond and labyrinth island very popular with children.
website: chateaudesarcis.com
Facebook page: château des Arcis
the guided tour is at the usual rate of the self-guided tour