Ticketing Sites préhistoriques de la Vallée de la Vézère

1-4 Avenue des Grottes
24620 Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil

Practical informations

Ticket control takes place at the Font-de-Gaume reception hall, please arrive 30 minutes before the start of the visit.
- Font-de-Gaume reception -> Grotte des Combarelles: allow 10 minutes for the journey.
- Font-de-Gaume reception -> Abri de Cap-Blanc: allow 20 minutes for the journey.
Wearing a mask is compulsory.

For all additional information relating to your visit: http://www.sites-les-eyzies.fr/

The monuments are free:
- during the European Heritage Days (the 3rd weekend of September)
- the 1st Sunday of the month from January 1 to March 31 and from November 1 to December 31 : tickets sold at the cash desk only
=> Additional information in the "Free conditions" section, located at the bottom of the website page.

Warning :
Photographs and films prohibited
Dogs not allowed
No smoking

Baggage :

No baggage deposit is offered within the monument.

E-ticket :

The e-ticket is to print at home or present on your mobile phone or tablet.

Web site :

Weather conditions

In the event of bad weather or extreme heat, the tour route may be modified and certain areas closed for safety reasons. In hot weather, remember to wear appropriate clothing (hat, bottle of water, sun cream, etc.).

Safety Measures :

To ensure the safety of visitors, the monument applies the preventive measures decided by the government for public administrations.

Sites préhistoriques de la Vallée de la Vézère

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The Cap-Blanc rock shelter

A few kilometres from Les Eyzies, the Cap-Blanc rock shelter is one of the greatest masterpieces of Magdalenian Era monumental prehistoric sculpture, bringing together horses, bison and deer.

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The cave of Combarelles

Horses, bison, aurochs, lions, reindeer, etc., more than 800 engravings, accompanied by drawings, decorate the cave of Combarelles. This centre of Magdalenian culture, located on the left side of the small Combarelles valley, is also home to a number of schematic human representations, sometimes difficult to interpret.

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The Cave of Font-de-Gaume

The Cave of Font-de-Gaume is one of the most beautiful Palaeolithic sanctuaries in the world still open to the public. It houses more than two hundred figurations, engraved or painted, often polychrome, of bison, horses, mammoths and reindeer. These artistic testimonies illustrate the two stylistic phases of the Magdalenian Era (around 15,000 BC).

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ABRI DU POISSON - GUIDED TOUR

Accompanied by a mediator, you will discover the history of this salmon majestically sculpted on the ceiling of the Abri du Poisson and dated around 25,000 years ago.
From 7 years old
Tour in French

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GISEMENT DE LA FERRASSIE - GUIDED TOUR

Discover a very famous deposit for its Neanderthal burials. Their exceptional concentration makes it a reference site for knowledge of Neanderthals and their funerary practices in Europe!
From 10 years old
Tour in French

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GISEMENT DU MOUSTIER - GUIDED TOUR

Discover a major prehistoric site and follow in the footsteps of Neanderthals: the Moustier deposit opens its doors to you! Occupied largely by Neanderthals, this site uncovered two exceptional burials at the beginning of the 20th century, that of an adolescent and that of a newborn.
From 10 years old
Tour in French

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GISEMENT DE LAUGERIE-HAUTE - GUIDED TOUR

Discover one of the largest prehistoric shelters in the region! Laugerie-Haute shows traces of human occupation from around 24,000 years ago. Abundant lithic tools, a high-quality bone industry, numerous artistic manifestations, habitat structures, and elements of cultural transitions make it a major site for understanding the chronology of the Recent Paleolithic.
From 10 years old
Tour in French

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GISEMENT DE LA MICOQUE - GUIDED TOUR

Discovered in 1895, La Micoque is fundamental for understanding the Early Middle Paleolithic. This site was the subject of numerous excavations and revealed the first traces of man in the region. Its significant stratigraphy, around ten meters high, covers around 250,000 years of human use.
From 10 years old
Tour in French

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