Sedan Castle & Walking Tour

By Vicky · Published May. 25th, 2025 · Updated Jul. 1st, 2025

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Sedan is famous for its grand castle, but a walking tour around the rest of town is worthwhile, passing cute streets and historic buildings.

Location

This walking tour of Sedan starts at Sedan Castle. There is parking around the edges of the castle plus more at the back.

Sedan Walking Tour Map

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Top Sights in Sedan

On this self-guided walking tour, you’ll see the historic centre of Sedan, which takes a few hours to explore.

Sedan Walking Tour Route

1. Sedan Castle

Key Information: Open year-round, from 12-6pm or 10-7pm depending on the season. Tickets cost €11.50/8/free for adults/children 6-15/children under 6. See the official website for more details.

Sedan Castle, or the Château Fort de Sedan, is the main attraction in town. It’s a large castle with huge defensive walls and was part of the fortified defence system of Sedan, most of which is now no longer visible. Visiting Sedan Castle makes for a great half-day and shouldn’t be missed if you’re in the region.

Directions: From Sedan Castle, leave via the huge gate at the back and walk around the grand walls. Once you reach the small car park and the road junction, instead of following the outside of the castle, take the smaller road to your left.

This is the Rue de Bayle, and the first building on your left is a restored Former Cloth Manufacturer. Note the cast iron door carving of Hercules fighting a lion. When visiting Sedan, we actually stayed in an apartment inside this building, le Fort de Bayle*. Take the first left, then right to a larger road. Here you’ll see the Maison du Gros Chien and, opposite it the Maison des Petits Chiens, both nice historic buildings built in the 17th and 18th centuries. Further on your left is a large square.

2. Place Nassau

Place Nassau is a square with a war memorial at the centre. On the opposite side is the College Elisabeth de Nassau.

Directions: Return back down the street you entered by. You’ll see a Louis XV Rococo-style house (number 16) along this street and a delicious bakery (Boulangerie Chabotier). After the bakery, make a short detour down the street to your left. In this little square, you’ll find another Former Cloth Manufacturer in a building with elegant blue iron railings. Continue along the main street to the next square.

3. Place de la Halle

Place de la Halle is one of the nicest squares in Sedan, and there are many places to sit outside for a drink or two.

Directions: Leave the square to your right, where the square narrows. Take the first right towards the castle, and you’ll see a distinctive Art Deco House. Unfortunately, it’s a bit dilapidated nowadays. Turn left, admiring the castle walls, then left again and first right.

This is the heart of historic central Sedan, with cute, narrow streets that were laid out many years ago. After the crossroads, you’ll see the Former Town Hall on your right and a square on your left. Walk through the square and take the first right, bringing you back to the next square.

4. Place d’Armes

The Place d’Armes is the main square in Sedan and is bordered by the largest church, Eglise St Charles. It’s also where the tourist information is located and one of the central shopping areas.

Directions: Leave the square down the large street to the right. This leads past a Jesuit College and College Turenne. Pass the Place Alsace-Lorraine, though you’ll return here, to head first to the botanical gardens. If you take the street down to the left of the gardens, you’ll pass a couple of architecturally interesting houses and can enter by a side gate to the gardens.

5. Botanical Garden

Key Information: Open 9am-6pm.

The Botanical Garden of Sedan is a lovely spot to walk around or have a rest. They’re not too busy, and there are plenty of benches to sit on. There are also a couple of scenic ponds and many flowers in spring and summer.

Directions: Leave via the main entrance into the large square.

6. Place Alsace-Lorraine

The Place Alsace-Lorraine is mainly a car park, but there are several nice buildings along the edges. On the left-hand side, you’ll find the grand Old Savings Bank and a little further on is the Protestant church. On the edge of one of the buildings, you’ll also see the sculpture ‘Sedan Rising from the Ashes’, which is about how the town revived itself after the Second World War.

Directions: Leave via the street near the church and take the first left to the riverbanks. You’ll pass the modern Culture Centre on your right, then take the bridge across the river. Note the housing estate on your left, called “Les Peignes” for their resemblance to combs. Follow the path around to the right.

7. Maison du Patrimoine de Sedan

Key Information: Open July & August, Tue-Sun, 1pm-7pm; May, June & Sept, Wed-Sun, 2pm-6pm; Oct – Apr, Wed & Sat, 2-6pm. Free entry.

The Maison du Patrimoine de Sedan is definitely worth a visit. It’s a small, free museum with a short video and some interactive exhibits explaining the history and architecture of Sedan. It’s located in a nice building – a former town baths.

Directions: Leave to the right and cross back over the river by the Sedan Mill and the Old Bank Building. Turn left to the final square.

8. Place Turenne

The Place Turenne is the location of the town hall, the Law Courts and yet another historic Former Bank building. If you cross the main bridge a short distance, you can see the Auguste Dehan Factory (a cloth manufacturer) on the other side of the river.

Directions: Walk out via the street on the opposite side of the square to the bridge. Take the first right by a large school, and you’ll pass the Palais des Princes on your left before reaching the castle walls. This is the end of the Sedan Walking Tour.

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