The Château de Saché, Museum Balzac is a stately stone building located in Touraine, rising up from a landscape of meadows and forests. It is famous due to Honoré de Balzac, its most illustrious resident, who frequently stayed there. It was in this “ruin of a castle on the Indre River”, as the author of the Human Comedy liked to call it, that he wrote some of his most famous novels. In the village of Saché, there is also a church and, above all, an old inn from the 12th century.
The castle is about 30 minutes by car from the city of Chinon, not far from the Château d’Azay-le-Rideau.
Address: Rue du Château, 37190 Saché
Phone: 02 47 26 86 50 https://www.musee-balzac.fr/
Open every day except for 01/01 and 25/12.
Last ticket sold 30 minutes before closing.
April 1st to June 30th: 10am-12:30pm / 1:30pm-6pm – Every day (park open from 12:30pm to 1:30pm) July 1st to August 31st: 10am-7pm – Every day September 1st to October 31st: 10am-12:30pm / 1:30pm-6pm – Every day (park open from 12:30pm to 1:30pm) November 1st to March 31st: 10am-12:30pm / 2pm-5pm – Every day except Tuesdays
Please consult the visit guidelines in light of the current health situation.
