Bourdeilles Castle

Welcome to the Château de Bourdeilles

Built on a rocky spur, Bourdeilles Castle includes two exceptional buildings. A medieval fortress from the 13th century flanked by an impressive keep and an elegant Renaissance dwelling housing one of the richest collections of furniture in Aquitaine.

During the holidays, children walk around the castle with their free puzzle book. During the workshops, also discover how a hypocras, a medieval drink, is made, create your own seal or coat of arms, or learn calligraphy.

During dramatised night visits, walk around the castle like privileged guests in a warm, humorous and unusual atmosphere. Enjoy your beautiful summer evenings in this exceptional setting during picnic concerts and open-air cinema.

The history of the castle:

The first traces attesting to Bourdeilles go back to a stronghold, which in 1183 welcomed monks who came to take refuge with the relics of Saint Sapalo. It was at this place that at the end of the 13th century the body of a feudal building that still remains today was erected.
For several centuries, quartered between the crown of France and England, the castle of Bourdeilles will go through many political and religious storms.
Defensive at the origin, object of numerous lusts, theatre of bloody epics, liberated from the English, he was returned to the Comte du Périgord by Duguesclin.
The return of peace, Montbron's Jacquet, made the Renaissance castle a few strides from the medieval fortress at the end of the sixteenth century.
Bourdeilles is also a pleasure castle testifying to the elegance of a new art of living.

Location of many film and TV films.

IPod Touch Audioguide:
Discover our Visioguide available in 5 languages (FR, en, DE, NL, ES) and a version in Occitan. ipod Touch is available for rent on site but also for download.

Stay autonomous during your visit with this latest generation audioguide. It contains audio content, photos, quizzes, panoramas... Very simple to use and very intuitive, you enjoy the touch technology of the iPod touch. Accessible for the whole family, the audioguide is rich in content and will allow you to understand the whole history of the site.

If you have an iPhone or Android phone, you can download the application to your phone and enjoy the 3 tour circuits (Biron Castle, Bourdeilles and the Cloister of Cadouin) for the same price!