{"id":10852,"date":"2024-08-13T14:38:14","date_gmt":"2024-08-13T14:38:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetjoy.com\/?post_type=attraction&#038;p=10852"},"modified":"2026-05-17T08:56:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T08:56:16","slug":"dover-castle","status":"publish","type":"attraction","link":"https:\/\/thetjoy.com\/fr\/attraction\/dover-castle\/","title":{"rendered":"Dover Castle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 12<sup>e<\/sup> century castle is the largest in England, located 1 km from Dover&#8217;s center on top of the iconic Dover&#8217;s white cliffs. The site, which was used as a stronghold for 2,000 years, offers great views across the Channel to France. In the castle grounds, visit King Henry II robust Great Tower, and the Medieval grand Royal Palace with its impressive furnished chambers, customed period figures, and interactive and light-and-sound exhibits.<\/p>\n<p>Also in the castle grounds, the remains of the 50 AD Roman lighthouse, the restored Saxon Church of St Mary in Castro, the Royal chapel, and the Princes of Wales&#8217;s Royal Regiment Museum. But above all, explore the underground, secret <strong>WWII winding tunnels,<\/strong> buried deep in the white Chalk cliffs, and experience the amazing and dramatic displays of WW2 Dunkirk evacuation.<\/p>\n\n    <div class=\"xs_social_share_widget xs_share_url after_content \t\tmain_content  wslu-style-1 wslu-share-box-shaped wslu-fill-colored wslu-none wslu-share-horizontal wslu-theme-font-no wslu-main_content\">\n\n\t\t\n        <ul>\n\t\t\t        <\/ul>\n    <\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 12th century castle is the largest in England, located 1 km from Dover&#8217;s center on top of the iconic Dover&#8217;s white cliffs. The site, which was used as a stronghold for 2,000 years, offers great views across the Channel to France. In the castle grounds, visit King Henry II robust Great Tower, and the Medieval grand Royal Palace with its impressive furnished chambers, customed period figures, and interactive and light-and-sound exhibits. Also in the castle grounds, the remains of the 50 AD Roman lighthouse, the restored Saxon Church of St Mary in Castro, the Royal chapel, and the Princes of Wales&#8217;s Royal Regiment Museum. But above all, explore the underground, secret WW2 winding tunnels, buried deep in the white Chalk cliffs, and experience the amazing and dramatic displays of WW2 Dunkirk evacuation.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","attraction-type":[13],"class_list":["post-10852","attraction","type-attraction","status-publish","hentry","attraction-type-castle"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Dover Castle Guide | Travel with Joy<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Discover Dover Castle in Kent with medieval tunnels, historic towers, wartime secrets and stunning English Channel views nearby.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/thetjoy.com\/fr\/attraction\/dover-castle\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n<meta 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