Be sure to plan at least three weeks ahead in getting tickets, as this mansion books up early for its small tours. The tour isn't just a tour of a premier French mansion with superlative European furnishings -- but the story of an American family relative to our times. more

Wow! What a place. As the other reviews state, you need to make a reservation. There is a visitor center where you can see a time line of the DuPont family. There is a brief film and then you go to the home and grounds. We were warmly greeted at the front door of the home and were presented with... more

I made an advance reservation - this was essential. The total group at our reservation time was about 28 people. We saw a brief movie about the DuPonts and the manions and then were all bussed up to the mansion. There, our group was split into four smaller groups with four guides, so your total tour group is only 6... more

Nemours Mansion is not something you can just decide to visit last minute or even 2/3 days out. During the summer you need to try and reserve 2 weeks out. Reservations are over the phone and it is not easy to get through. Hopefully with the huge restoration and obvious demand to see it they will offer more tours instead... more

To paraphrase a famous saying: You gotta ask yourself...do you feel lucky? If you decide to make the effort to visit Nemours, you'll feel like you've discovered a French chateau (that nobody else really knows about) that has been dropped into a somewhat suburban neighborhood. It does take a bit of an effort to get to Nemours, though. If you're... more