Castle Tour

Loubens Castle - Cultural Tours

Opening hours and prices

• Individual visitors :
  • From 2:30pm to 6:30pm (last entry).
  • May, June, September, October, November (until the 11th): open on Sundays and public holidays.
  • July : open on the 1st and last Sunday of the month.
  • August : open Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.
• Groups :
  • Open all year round by appointment for groups and schools (minimum 20 people).
  • To book, call: 05 61 83 12 08.

Prices

• Adult: €7
• Children under 15 accompanied by an adult: free.

Description
The Château de Loubens immerses you in a rich history through several exceptional rooms, such as:

• The South Entrance : Created in 1825, this room replaced the old stone staircase in the hexagonal south tower. Here you will find an unpolished Pyrenees marble slab, as well as a plan of the castle and a design for French-style gardens dating from 1799.
• The guardroom : This room, lit by two large stained-glass windows, houses a large stone fireplace, a French-style ceiling, a 16th-century Flemish tapestry, and a replica of a 15th-century suit of armor.
• The old kitchen : Here you will discover a fireplace mantel made by Jules with columns and enamel plaques, as well as "vegetable gardens" on each side of the window, where the ember fires were kept.
• The Capitoul's office : In this room, the salon of Joseph-François de Gounon-Loubens houses a desk facing his official portrait, in the full robes of a Capitoul.
• The library : Located on the first floor of the Northwest tower, this vaulted room houses a fresco by Victor de Gounon-Loubens and is the birthplace of Hugues de Loubens Verdalle in 1531.
• Wallpapers : In the library anteroom, you can admire a Directoire wallpaper, classified as a Historical Monument, with motifs of caryatids, griffins and pineapples, as well as other 19th-century wallpapers displayed in the drawing room.