Villages and small shows
In between the big shows
In between the big shows you can stroll through historic villages, watch short performances and relax in the gardens. In the villages, craftspeople work with techniques that have stayed the same for centuries. Everything is included in your ticket.
The four villages
- Le Bourg Berard: a belle époque village close to the entrance. Around the square you'll find a covered market, a bistro and shops such as a toy shop, a sweet shop and a bookshop. A carousel stands in the middle.
- Font-Rognou: a medieval town with ramparts, a portcullis and a Romanesque chapel. You can watch a baker, a cooper, a glassblower, a saddler, enamellers and sculptors at work.
- Chasseloup: an eighteenth-century village with a kitchen garden, a wash house and a barn. In the houses you'll find an illuminator, a clog maker and a bookbinder, among others; in the Maison des Senteurs everything revolves around scent.
- Saint Philbert le Vieil: a village of thatched huts from the first millennium, next to the Les Vikings show.
Small shows
- Les Automates Musiciens: in Le Bourg Berard the town crier calls out "Oyez, oyez!" and mechanical musicians appear at the windows. This happens up to seven times a day.
- Le Ballet des Sapeurs: a show on the square of Le Bourg Berard.
- Le Grand Carillon: the 70 bells of the 16-metre bell tower in Chasseloup play well-known eighteenth-century melodies while two acrobats fly through the air. The show lasts about twelve minutes.
- Les Grandes Eaux: the composer Lully takes you to the gardens of Versailles, with great jets of water on the old lake.
Gardens and nature
Puy du Fou lies in a green estate with, according to the park, 60 hectares of nature and 25 kilometres of walking paths.
- La Roseraie de Ronsard: a rose garden with more than 5,000 rose bushes of around a hundred varieties, close to Le Secret de la Lance.
- Le Val de la Marienne: a peaceful valley with oaks, ferns, waterfalls and more than 250 plant species. A few times a day, mist drifts through the valley.
- Le Monde Imaginaire de La Fontaine: a garden where La Fontaine's fables come to life, with more than 40 animals and around twelve fables.
For children
On the lakeshore, between Le Secret de la Lance, Les Amoureux de Verdun and Le Dernier Panache, there's a world for the youngest visitors:
- Le Repaire des Enfants: a child-sized wooden castle where children can play at being a princess, a Viking or a knight.
- Le Labyrinthe des Animaux: a hedge maze in which statues turn into mischievous animals that squirt water.
- Les Jets Sauteurs: leaping jets of water that you try to catch before they disappear.
La Frairie de la Toussaint
In October and November, King Francis I invites you to Puy du Fou's biggest celebration. Under a canopy in the castle courtyard, an orchestra gives a concert full of surprises, with more than 150 performers. The show lasts 32 minutes, is partly covered and runs three or four times a day. At nightfall you follow the procession Le Cortège de la Frairie, with 80 horses and figures such as Leonardo da Vinci, to the lake of Les Noces de Feu. During those months La Frairie is included in your ticket.
Visit the craftspeople
In the villages you can watch craftspeople at work and buy what they make.
Bring dry clothes
Children often get wet at Les Jets Sauteurs and Le Labyrinthe des Animaux.
A moment of calm
In summer, Le Val de la Marienne is a cool spot to rest between two shows.