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- Grotte Chauvet 2 - Ardèche
Grotte Chauvet 2 - Ardèche
Indoor activities
Last updated date : 16/10/2026
Discover humanity’s first great masterpiece, dating back 36,000 years. Set in a 15-hectare wooded park, Chauvet 2 Cave in the Ardèche—the world’s largest replica of a decorated cave—recreates the magic of the Chauvet Cave, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Discovered in 1994, the Chauvet Cave, which revolutionised the history of art and our understanding of the past, has been inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. Its replica, the Grotte Chauvet 2 – Ardèche, which opened in 2015, now allows the public to discover ‘Humanity’s first great masterpiece’.
An unmissable cultural destination just a stone’s throw from the Ardèche Gorges and the Pont-d’Arc, it has established itself as the most visited cultural site in the Ardèche.
A visit to the cave (either guided or via an audio guide, with audio tours tailored to age and level of knowledge) invites you on a journey to the origins of art and an immersion in Prehistory.
On site, further discoveries await you, such as the Aurignacian Gallery, which complements the tour of the reconstruction and offers a deeper understanding of who our ancestors were, their art and their environment, through an immersive and interactive exhibition.
Through the temporary exhibition “Chauvet Cave: The Scientific Adventure”, Grotte Chauvet 2 invites you to follow the scientists’ work step by step, explore their methods and experience the scientific adventure for yourself.
Throughout the year, a programme of cultural events, talks, workshops and activities allows visitors to extend their experience and rediscover the age-old practices of our ancestors.
Admission includes a tour of the cave, access to the Aurignacian Gallery, the ‘Chauvet Cave: The Scientific Adventure’ exhibition, and activities and workshops (subject to the programme). Allow around 4 hours to explore the entire site!
You can also enjoy the restaurant with its panoramic view of the Monts d’Ardèche, open all year round, as well as the bookshop and gift shop with over 1,000 items.
On Monday and Thursday evenings in summer and during the Christmas holidays, experience prehistory in a whole new way with ‘Les Soirées de Chauvet’! Discover the light and sound trail at dusk, featuring numerous playful, spectacular, poetic and musical installations: giant video mapping on the cave’s façade, holograms of prehistoric animals, plays of light and shadow at the Palaeolithic camp, an original musical experience on the esplanade, and entertainment for young and old alike – all awaiting you for an evening like no other!
Practical information
Address
4941 route de Bourg Saint Andéol - 07150 Vallon-Pont-d'Arc
Languages
German, English, French, Dutch
Prices
From 03/11/2025 to 31/05/2026
Full price: 18 €
Reduced price: 9 €.
From 01/01 to 31/12/2027
Full price: 18 €
Reduced price: 9 €.
Free entry for children under 10.
Group rate available for 20 people or more.
Openings
From 01/10 to 16/10/2026 daily between 9.30 am and 6 pm.
From 17/10 to 01/11/2026 daily between 9.30 am and 7.30 pm.
From 02/11 to 18/12/2026 daily between 10.30 am and 5.30 pm.
From 19/12/2026 to 03/01/2027 daily between 10.30 am and 7 pm.
Equipments
- Bicycle parking
- Film room
- Restaurant
- Free car park
- Private parking
- Coach parking
- Meeting room
- Car park
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- Bar
- Defibrillator
- Picnic area
- Exhibition space
- Orientation board
- Air conditioning
- Toilets
- Entertainments room
Services
- Pets welcome
- Educational visits
- Coach access
- Motorhomes allowed
- Room hire
- Themed tour
- Shop
- Set down on-site for groups
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- Tourist brochures
- Restaurant
- Guided tours
- Fast food
- Checkroom
- Ticketing in number
Additional information
To appreciate this visit, children must be aged 3 or above
Wheelchairs are available on request at reception and at the entrance to the cave
Accessibility
- Hearing disability
- Mental disability
- Visual disability
- Accessible for wheelchairs with assistance
- Accessible for self-propelled wheelchairs
- Even flooring with no obstacles
- Absence of protrusions > 2 cm
- Minimum aisle width of 90 cm
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- Height under table >= 70 cm width >= 77 cm
- WC + grab handle + adequate space to move
- Site, building totally accessible
- Possibility of drop-off in front of the site
- Visual alarm with flash light
- Magnetic loop available at the reception
- Presence of pictograms and / or simplified visuals
- Relief map, tactile model or audio device description available at the reception
- Reception staff sensitized to the reception of people with disabilities
Indoor activities
Grotte Chauvet 2 - Ardèche
4941 route de Bourg Saint Andéol - 07150 Vallon-Pont-d'Arc
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