Chateau de Puymartin, Sarlat-la-Canada
Haunted château housing impressive tapestries
Situated between Sarlat and Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil this thirteenth-century castle was renovated as recently as 1890.
This honey-coloured château was built in the 13th century and enlarged in the 15th century. Its Neo-Gothic restoration from the 19th century is the façade you see today.
Apparently, in the 16th century, Teresa of Saint-Clar was caught with her lover when her husband returned unexpectedly from war. He punished her by locking her in the north tower of the château where she died 15 years later and her ghost is said to haunt the château. Inside, there is a wonderful spiral staircase, a room dedicated to some fantastic tapestries, and an exceptional room covered in black and white paintings of Greek mythology.
When to come
From mid-July until mid-August they are open daily from 10:00 until 18:30. April to June and in September they open from 10:30 until 11:30 and again from 14:00 to 18:00. During the winter months of October and until the 11th November they are open only from 14:00 to 17:30. Closed the rest of the year.
