You plan to visit Lascaux IV during your holidays in Dordogne? It is indeed an essential passage for a discovery of the riches of the prehistoric era! Remember to reserve your places and visits online to be sure to enjoy the cave whenever you want, with preferential rates. 


Why use the Lascaux Cave online ticketing?

The Lascaux cave, in Montignac-Lascaux in Dordogne, is a popular tourist site: You might as well plan your visit with peace of mind! By booking on the website, you not only benefit from an advantageous rate but you can also save time. Enough to plan other activities to discover the Périgord Noir.

A more advantageous price than on site

By reserving your place before going to Lascaux, you will see that the rates are lower than on site. And this applies both to individual places and to group rates (schools, for example). Do you come together with your family ? For children under 5 years old, entry is free but you must also reserve.

LASCAUX II - HORSE HEAD
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Please note:

Discounted tickets for students, job seekers and people with disabilities are only available for purchase on site.

Choose a niche to save time

To organize your visit and be sure to access the Lascaux cave at the desired time of day, better to book. Also remember to find out about the opening hours, which may vary depending on the seasons and times of the year. The opening hours are, for example, a little wider in summer, with opening hours until 22 p.m. in July-August.

Exterior Lascaux IV in Montignac
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Also note:

The last departure for the visit is 2 hours before the cave art center closes.

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Take the time to choose your visit before coming to Lascaux

A visit to the cave with a guide, a combined ticket with the Parc du Thot or a discovery of several prehistoric sites in the Périgord Noir? By using the ticket office, you can select one or more activities before coming to Dordogne, and find out about the content of each activity.

Visits to the Lascaux cave

Do you want to see the Lascaux cave? Several tour options are available to explore the Lascaux IV facsimile:

  • The visit with a guide ;
  • The prestige visit by torch ;
  • The narrated visit for kids ;
  • The free visit audio guide.

Depending on your choice, you will also have access to spaces other than the cave: theater, cinema, immersion room, etc.

Ticket combined with Parc du Thot or Laugerie-Basse

If you have planned several activities, opt for twin tickets and their preferential prices. They give you access to visit the Lascaux cave art center, and to another site in the Vézère valley, of your choice:

  • Le Thot park, south of Montignac-Lascaux, to understand the relationship between man and animal in Prehistory;
  • Or Laugerie-Basse and its prehistoric rock shelters.

Prehistory or geology pass

You can also book 3 to 4 activities from Black Périgord around Lascaux, with the same ticket.

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  • The prehistory pass gives access to the Lascaux IV cave, the Thot park and Laugerie-Basse.
  • The geology pass offers a complete panorama of the riches of the Vézère valley, with 4 sites: Lascaux IV, the Thot park, Laugerie-Basse and the Grand Roc (mineral cave listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site). 

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