Monbazillac Castle An immersive and fun experience in Monbazillac

Monbazillac Castle: a dynamic, immersive and fun experience

Overlooking the Dordogne Valley, 10 minutes from Bergerac, the Château de Monbazillac estate invites you to discover its new tour. It covers both the precious wines of Monbazillac and the history of the château in its Périgord context.

The 16th century castle, listed as a historical monument, combines the past with modernity in its tour offerings thanks to new technologies. The visit has become dynamic, collaborative, immersive and fun thanks to videos, audios, light shows, puzzles, mapping, animations.
Stroll through the exhibitions, taste the wines of Monbazillac and be surprised, amazed, seduced ! It's an unforgettable journey that awaits you.

To delight visitors' curiosity, 4 universes have been highlighted:

• History ;
• Oenological ;
• Playful ;
• Artistic.

The castle offers you a free and immersive tour which will take the visitor from the Wars of Religion to the Revolution, in the footsteps of the Bacalan family.

• A first exhibition: “Monbazillac, at the heart of the Protestant revolts”

This first exhibition traces part of the history of Bergerac, a past and present center of Protestantism, and highlights the links between Monbazillac wines and the Protestant past of the region.

• A second exhibition “The Bacalan Revolution”

In this second exhibition, five fully interactive rooms immerse the visitor in what life might have been like for the Bacalan family at the Château through an experience tour. On August 28, 1791, shortly after the king's arrest, in the heart of the Revolution, the Bacalan family returned to the Monbazillac estate. François-Hilaire de Bacalan and Marthe Valleton de Boissière met up for lunch with their children. It is through this original reconstruction of life at the château at the end of the 18th century that the visitor explores the intimacy of a family.

Leaving the Château, the park offers a place to stroll in complete freedom.

Between a sea of vines and an exceptional panorama of the Bergerac valley, the park offers a calm and peaceful environment that invites contemplation. It is the moment to live in the present, slow down the pace, stop to have a meal under the foliage of the restaurant terrace, dream on the deckchairs provided, allow photography enthusiasts to indulge in their art in front of a dazzling panorama.

The Bergerac vineyard and its groves unfold like an impressionist work in the valley where a river lies dormant, once a valuable waterway for the wine trade.

The castle does not only offer a tourist route, it invites you to an art of living and an art of being in Périgord. It is a moment for yourself, to wander around the castle, soak up the atmosphere, feel the sun that browns the vines, or the rain that makes this precious Botrytis cinerea bloom.

Also discover the other activities of the castle here.