Prepare your visit

Diary

The guided tours

General guided visits

Visits daily (enquire about times in the château reception area)
Length : 30 to 40 minutes, Rendezvous in the Hall of Honour

Guided visit of the Duke of Aumale's private apartments

Visit daily (enquire about times in the château reception area)
Length : 45 minutes.
Rendezvous at the château shop

Other visits are organised throughout the year.

Consult the Cultural Programme section at the end of this brochure or on www.domainedechantilly.com

Booklets in Braille, with large print and relief drawings enable the visually impaired to follow the audioguided visits for adults and children.

The Grand Stables visit

Audioguided tour

Download the audioguided tour of the Grand Stables free of charge on www.domainedechantilly.com

Guided visits

Guided visits for adults and children are available free of charge in the reception area and downloadable on www.domainedechantilly.com

The Horse Cards

Cards telling you all you need to know about every horse and pony in the Grand Stables, in French, English and Braille

Equestrian demonstrations

Festive Horses
Equestrian show (approx. 45 min)
The educational dressage demonstration is followed by short equestrian theatre scenes.

January to October 2011
Daily at 11.00 and/or 14.30 except equestrian show days
November : 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

A Russian Prince visiting Chantilly

7 April - 31 October 2011

During his visit of Chantilly, the son of Catherine the Great, the future Tsar Paul I, reminisces about his native Russia. To the sound of balalaikas, the spectator is whisked away to the land of Cossacks and troikas for an hour of entertainment.

Starts at 2.30 p.m.

April: 7, 9, 10, 14, 16, 17, 23, 24, 25, 30
May: 1, 5, 7, 8, 12, 14, 15, 19, 21, 22,
June: 2, 3, 4, 9, 11, 12, 13, 16, 19, 23
July: 7, 8, 9, 10, 14, 15, 16, 17, 21, 22, 23, 24, 28, 29, 30, 31
August: 4, 5, 6, 7, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 18, 19, 20, 21
September: 15, 17, 18, 22, 25
October: 2, 9, 13, 16, 20, 23, 30, 31

Christmas, the Horse and the Child

1 December 2011 - 2 January 2012

For Christmas, the Musée Vivant du Cheval will be adapting another extraordinary tale for the equestrian theatre.

2.30 p.m.: 1, 5,7, 8, 9, 12, 14, 15 December
2.30 p.m. and 4.30 p.m.: 3, 4, 10, 11, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 December 2011,
3 p.m.: 24, 31 December 2011 and 2nd January 2012

Horse, dream and poetry

June

June: 17 (6p.m), 18 (4 and 6 p.m)

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