11. Château de Brissac, France
Château de Brissac, with its seven floors and 204 rooms, is the tallest castle in France and is therefore also known as “the giant of the Loire Valley”. But as beautiful as it looks from the outside, the castle hides a deeply disturbing past.
One of the most famous residents of the Château de Brissac is the “Dame Verte” or Green Lady who is the spirit of the castle. She was married to the nobleman Jacques de Brézé.
Legend has it that Jacques came back from a hunting trip one day and discovered that his wife was cheating on him with another man. To seek revenge, he imprisoned his wife and her lover and tortured them both to death. In addition, Jacques is said to have moved out of the castle shortly after the murder because he could not bear the groans of the ghosts of his deceased wife and her lover.
Today, visitors to the hotel occasionally report ghostly sightings, cold touches on their shoulders, and eerie noises during their stay.
