Practical information

Here you will find all the practical information you need to prepare your visit to the Montcaret archaeological site.

Opening times

From May 26th to September 28th 2025 

9:30am - 12:45pm and 2pm - 6pm

Tuesday to Sunday

From September 29th2025 to the end of May 2026 

10am - 12:30pm and 2pm - 5:30pm

Tuesday to Sunday

Please note: last admission to the monument 45 minutes before closing time.

Closed on: Januray 1st, Easter Monday, May 1st, November 11th and December 25th

Prices

Book your ticket.

Ticket office

Individual ticket

5 €

Free

 
  • Under 18 years old (families and school groups excluded)
  • 18 - 25 years old (European Union nationals and regular non-European residents in France)
  • Visitors with disabilities and their care partners
  • Visitors who are unemployed (upon presentation of a certificate of less than 6 months validity)
  • Valid Education Pass
  • The first Sunday in January, February, March, November and December
 

Visitors eligible for free admission

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Group fare

4 €
  • From 20 paying adults
  • Any person coming with a tourism professional with no minimum number of people

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Payment method

  • Credit card (except American express)
  • Cash
  • Cheque
  • Holiday vouchers (entrance fee)
  • Culture vouchers (shop products)

Access and transport

Montcaret archaeological site

1 rue des Anciennes Postes
24230 Montcaret
How to get there

By car

  • From Bergerac or Bordeaux: D 936.
  • From Brive or Bordeaux: A 89 motorway, exit 12 (Sainte-Foy-La-Grande).

By train

Montcaret station.

Services and conditions of visit

  • Recommended length of visit: 1 hour.
  • Free tour document (available in French, English, German, Dutch, Italian and Spanish).
  • Interpretation panels.
  • Exhibition room.
  • Free coach park 200m away.
  • Bookshop.
  • Dogs prohibited except guide dogs.
  • No smoking on the entire site, inside or outside the monument. Pursuant to decree no. 2025-582 of 27 June 2025 on smoke-free areas, collective outdoor areas where children and teenagers may be present or exposed, in particular public parks and gardens, become smoke-free areas.

Disabled visitors

  • Motor: level 0 is accessible to people with reduced mobility. It includes the bookshop-shop, the triclinium and the lapidary museum.
  • Auditory: signs throughout the tour (including the lapidary museum), the tour leaflet.
  • Visual: audio mediation tools (podcasts available from the monument's online resources).

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Vigipirate plan

Level: Urgence attentat of the Vigipirate plan

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