Chateau de Pray

We stayed here from December 19-21, 2023. This is a beautiful hotel, well, really a castle! The grounds are very nice and there is even a Michelin rated restaurant located on the grounds. The rooms are big and well appointed. The staff are very helpful and friendly. This location is great as a base while exploring the nearby castles and chateaus, of which there are many. There is parking on the grounds, and also nearby places to dine and drink. One of the more unique locations we have stayed on our journeys.

Great accomodation (four poster bed in old chateau, lots of character) and wonderful meal - very creative, a feast of different flavours, great staff, overall, most enjoyable.

From the moment of our arrival we were made to feel very welcome and comfortable. The receptionist, Laura, showed us around the hotel and explained everything to us. We ate in the restaurant which was wonderful after having had aperitifs by the pool. All in all, a lovely experience.

My wife and I stayed at the Chateau for 2 nights and had a perfect stay. We loved our room and the staff was exceptionally attentive, friendly, and conscientious. We had dinner in the restaurant at the hotel and had an exceptionally good meal. I left some things behind in the room and they got them back to me promptly. Much appreciated. The concierge made a reservation for a local restaurant on one of our days which was also exceptionally good. The breakfast was great, wonderful breads and pastries and coffee.

We had an excellent stay at the Chateau de Pray, right outside of Amboise. We stayed for 3 nights in August 2024 in order to explore the Loire Valley. As a family of 4 (two children ages 10 and 13), we appreciated the family room that had a king bed and two twin beds. The room was very comfortable, and even air conditioned. The kids LOVED the pool and we spent a couple of hours there each evening. We did not eat at the restaurant but had the room service on one night that the restaurant was closed and it was excellent. The staff were very friendly and helpful. We highly recommend this hotel if you are traveling to the Loire valley with children and have a car (too far to walk to Amboise for public transportation). This was our favorite hotel in France!

We visited the hotel with 3 kids. The swimming pool was excellent as well as the quality of the food.

We arrived as part of a group wine tour. I read the reviews and was expecting a great experience. Our room was small, furniture old, WiFi poor and food quality, presentation and service was average (we didn’t do the Michelin experience). Definitely not recommended.

We had a wonderful time at this lovely chateau. We were particularly impressed by the friendly staff who were always available, spoke great English, and were very helpful with anytihing we needed. We enjoyed the pool and horseback riding at the adjacent stable (which offered an extensive priviate ride suited to riding ability through lovely scenery), as well as the Michelin star restaurant. The location was perfect for seeing surrounding chateaaux and vineyards, which were a short drive away. We definitely would recommend a car, however, for a stay at this chateau, as traversing busy roads was required to get to the town of Amboise.