Château Margaux Tours and Tickets

There are plenty of ways to experience the Château Margaux. Looking at ratings and reviews previously given by customers, these are the best tours available right now:

• Half-Day Wine Tour in Margaux

• Private Médoc 4.5-Hour Wine Tour in a Citroën 2CV from Bordeaux

• Private Medoc Full-Day Tour from Bordeaux

• Full-Day Bordeaux Historic Gourmet Walking and Médoc Tour

• Private Tour on the Route des Grands Vins du Médoc with Visits and Tastings

Château Margaux isn’t open to the public and doesn’t host wine tastings, but many tours of the Medoc include a photo stop at the historic wine estate. Half-day wine tasting tours start at US$107 per person, while full-day tours—visiting both the Medoc and Saint-Emilion wine regions—start at US$224.

Yes, Château Margaux is one of Bordeaux's most legendary wine estates and boasts a prestigious Premier Cru Classé—the highest of all French wine classifications. While you can't visit the chateau (only wine professionals are invited to the rare on-site tastings), you can still admire the beautiful 19th-century building from the outside. Combine a photo stop with a wine-tasting tour of other Medoc wineries instead.

Per one customer who booked the Private Tour on the Route des Grands Vins du Médoc with Visits and Tastings, "We had the chance to discover the Grand Crus du Médoc route, and it was an exceptional experience. The day was perfectly organized, with visits to magnificent castles and remarkable wine tastings. Our guide was passionate, very professional, and knew how to share the history and secrets of the Médoc wines in an accessible and interesting way. [...] We highly recommend this experience to all wine lovers."

The esteemed Château Margaux wine estate produces some of Bordeaux’s most prestigious—and expensive—wines. Château Margaux is famously one of just five Bordeaux wineries classified “Premier Cru,” and boasts five centuries of winemaking history. The château’s Grand Vin is renowned among oenophiles as one of the world’s greatest wines.

The Château Margaux is located within the Margaux AOC (Appellation d’Origine Contrôlée), which includes the communes of Margaux, Cantenac, Labarde, Soussans, and Arsac. The estate sits in the Médoc region on the Left Bank of the Gironde estuary and is about a 50-minute drive north of the city of Bordeaux.

Château Margaux is not generally open to the public except by prior appointment, although many tours still include a photo stop outside the famous wine estate. The château and grounds are closed on weekends, public holidays, and during the month of August, as well as throughout the fall harvest season.

Yes, but tours of Château Margaux are available by prior appointment only from April to July and are notoriously hard to secure—contact them well in advance. Wine tastings are for wine professionals only. However, visitors can still admire the Château Margaux from outside and walk through part of the grounds.

No. Wine tastings at Château Margaux are only available to wine professionals, and most Bordeaux wine tours that pass by the château include a photo stop only. However, there are many other renowned châteaus in the Médoc wine region that offer wine tastings, vineyard tours, and cellar visits.

No. Even if you’re lucky enough to book a guided tour of the château, you won’t be able to purchase any of the famous wines on site. The château’s five wines—Grand Vin, Pavillon Rouge, Margaux, Pavillon Blanc, and Pavillon Blanc Second Vin—are sold exclusively through Bordeaux wine merchants.

There are tons of fun things to do when you're done visiting the Château Margaux. According to travelers, these are some of the top attractions in Aquitaine:

• Porte Cailhau

• Bordeaux Cathedral (Cathédrale St. André)

• Grosse Cloche

• La Cité du Vin

• Château Margaux

View Viator's guide to all the best attractions in Aquitaine.