Although the walk from the town center is uphill, it's gradual and there is lots to see on the way. There are some fun little shops and keep an eye out for the troglodyte homes carved into the hill on the left side as you walk up. I always associate Leonardo with Italy, so it was fascinating to see where he lived the last three years of his life. The visit starts in the chateau with furnished rooms and the kitchen was especially interesting. Models of his work are in several rooms. Once you are finished with that, there is the usual pass through the gift shop and then out and down to the gardens. They are beautiful and extensive and there is more food and restrooms and the bottom. It's definitely worth a visit.

In some languages its often called ''castle'' of da Vinci, but its really more like manor house or something like that. Otherwise its very interesting space, both in terms to walk where Leo lived and worked (one of greatest people of all time) + cool models and exposition on his work, not originals, obviously, but still. For us (couple) only minus of whole experience was that we made some mistakes over transport to get to Amboise from Paris, so lost some time and got tired. Be careful on that.

Very interesting place which gives a lot of context to Leonardo’s life in his final years. The grounds are great with mock ups of his various inventions . All well presented and the cafe has great galettes for lunch.

I’ve had an interest in da Vinci for many years so it was special to visit the place he spend his last years. The house has a mock ups of his work room and his scientific room as well as displays of some of his inventions. The grounds are nice also with displays. Small by comparison to the other chateau’s it would seem a pleasant place to spend your last years.

Wow! This is quite a site. You can tour tge home where Da Vinci lived, where he worked, see his designs, and walk the beautiful gardens. It offered far much more than I even expected.

I enjoyed the chateau and especially the beautiful gardens. Would agree with others that it might be more special for families as kids could run around outside and play with the inventions. There’s also some cool looking toys available in the gift shop that are based on DaVinci’s projects. Even without any kids, I enjoyed the shady stroll through the gardens and learning more about DaVinci’s still very active mind in his last few years.

We visited here for a second time, we took the family about 8 years ago when they were all young and we wanted to revisit whilst in the area to see if it was as good as we remembered it to be. It is still amazing the tour of the house was busy but not overcrowded and we got there early as we knew if would be busy. We queued to get into the house for about five minutes as they slow the amount of people going in. There is lots to see in the house and lots of interaction for our youngest who is 8. Lots of information is provided in French and English. The gardens are stunning and there are exhibits within the garden to look at and again information about these. If you love history you will love this place it’s well thought out and has lots of opportunities to learn about Leonardo da Vinci and French history. There are also lots of areas to sit and enjoy the gardens or have a picnic. There is also a cafe and restaurant on site. It’s all set in the beautiful town of Amboise. The kings chateaux is close to this and last time we visited here too. I would also recommend this place but we had so much to see in the Loire we skipped it this time. We hope to come back next year or year after to visit the Loire again. Great place for family holidays.