Guedelon

How to build a castle

Special trip with my parents who had been here 10 years ago and wanted to return as part of their Diamond Wedding celebrations. Excellent attraction showing the building of the castle by brilliant ar...

Fantastic to see a mediaval castle being built with workers as it would have been built

Guedelon Castle was on our itinery to visit on our way to Lyon even though it was out of the way. The idea of building a castle and workers buildings, using medieval practices was of great interest an...

Medieval living archeological museum

What a great place- a working, living-archeological museum/site. The fact that we were English and everything is spoken in French( quickly) did not matter. You can see the artisans in action as the ...

Well worth a detour

What an amazing place, born of the inspiration and determination of one woman some 25 years back who had a vision of building a medieval castle from scratch using the tools and techniques of the day. ...

Incredible Experience

My husband had read about Guédelon in France Today; we dreamed of visiting the site. Guédelon is a 45 minute drive from Auxerre (Bourgogne). There are artiliers set up for showing how fabric was dyed...