Popes' Palace

With your Avignon city Pass, proceed to the pre-paid ticket line

•  Tour duration: approx. 1h30/2h00
•  The Pontifical Gardens are not included in this ticket.
•  Pets are not allowed on the tour (except guide dogs)
•  No dragone (histopad cord)
•  Due to a large number of steps, the monument is not accessible to people with reduced mobility.
• The rooms closed to visitors are those of the chamberlain and the notary

// IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Due to the preparation of numerous cultural events, and in order to preserve your experience of the monument, the Palais des Papes is adapting your tour itinerary.
From May 05 to 29, visitors will enter and leave via the Benedict XII gardens, located at the rear of the monument. During this period, we will not be able to distribute histopad tablets, nor to offer you our usual lockers or baby-carrier services. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

Every day 

• January 6 to February 7: 10am-5pm
• February 8 to 28: 10am-6pm
• March 1 to November 2: 9am-7pm
• November 3 to December 19: 10am-5pm
• December 20 to 31: 10am-6pm

Please note
-> The Palais will be closed to visitors on May 21 from 2pm, all day on May 22 and until 12pm on May 23. 
-> Last access 1 hour before closing time to the Palais des Papes 

The visitor can see over 20 rooms, scenes of historic events, in particular the pope’s private chambers and the frescoes painted by the Italian artist Matteo Giovannetti. The Popes’ Palace also offers the visitor continuous cultural activities throughout the year.

The ticket includes the visit of the Palace of the Popes as well as the histopad which is a touch pad that allows to live  a temporal immersion in the major parts of the monument, entirely re-constituted as they could be in the 14th century.

IMPORTANT: 

Each visitor must go to the line for pre-paid tickets and present their Avignon City Pass or Avignon City Pass.  

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