Visit
The Palais Garnier

Time slots are available every thirty minutes from 10:15 a.m. to 3 :45 p.m. (except on days with afternoon performances, exceptionnal closure and summer period.)
Access to the Palais Garnier is only guaranteed to groups with pre-booked tickets.

The cloakrooms are closed during visiting hours. It is not possible to enter with a scooter or any other voluminous luggage.

INFORMATION

By e-mail: visitegarnier@operadeparis.fr

BOOKING CONDITIONS

These booking conditions are valid for all groups with their own guide (no minimum participants’ number) and for groups with a minimum of 10 participants without guide.
Bookings are obligatory (at least 21 days before the date of the visit) and must be done at the Visits Service. To do so, please send your request by :

- Email: visitegarnier@operadeparis.fr
- Mail: Opéra national de Paris - Service des visites– 8 rue scribe – 75009 Paris – France

In addition to the entry tickets, each group - a maximum of 30 participants for a group of adults and 35 participants for a school or extracurricular group (accompanying adults and tour guide included) - must pay a booking fee.

This booking fee includes the booking of a time slot on a given day, headsets for the whole group*. Note that the use of headsets is optional for elementary or nursery school groups unless an express approval is delivered by the Paris Opera. Guided tours must be led by a guide holder of the French professional tour guide card or a a teacher with their students, unless an express approval is delivered by the Paris Opera.
The payment must be done 15 days before the planned visit at the latest by checque, wire transfer or credit card.
You can either collect your tickets at the visitors’ entrance to the Palais Garnier or have them sent by recorded delivery with receipt (postage fee : €8, €15 for foreign countries).

PRICES

Entry ticket

Full rate : visitor over 25 years old

Reduced rate** :

• Young people aged 12-25 and their accompanying adults (a maximum of one accompanying adult for 9 children, additional accompanying adults pay full price).
  
  

Free admission**:

• The unemployed, recipients of social assistance / RSA / other minimum social benefits (on presentation of a document dated within the last 3 months);
• The disabled and their helpers (on presentation of a proof, limited to one helper per disabled person);
• Children under the age of 12 (accompanying adults up to a maximum of one accompanying adult for 5 children go free, additional accompanying adults pay the reduced rate);
• Groups of students from the École du Louvre and from architecture and schools;
• Groups of applied art schools coming as part of a drawing session (educational project to be provided)
  
  

Booking fees

Booking fee is required for all group visits.

Full rate : groups comprised of more than 7 adults (over the age of 25) pay full price.

Reduced rate :

• School groups and extra-curricular groups under the age of 25;
• Groups of adults exempt from paying the entrance fee (recipients of social assistance, the unemployed, the disabled);
• Small groups comprised of 7 people or less, with a lecturer.
  
  

*the equipment includes a microphone and headsets without multimedia contents. To be distinguished from multimedia guides offering interactive visits.
**only on presentation of a valid identification.

ACCESSIBILITY

The temporary exhibitions’ area is not accessible for people with reduced mobility.

OPENING HOURS

Visits take place every day from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. (except on days with afternoon performances, exceptionnal closure and summer period). Last entrance 45 minutes before closure.
Annual closure dates: 1st January and 1st May.

INFORMATION

By phone: +33 1 40 01 24 90, from Monday to Friday, 10am to 1pm, or by e-mail: visitegarnier@operadeparis.fr

BOOKING CONDITIONS

On-site ticketing service

Block booking is exclusive for works councils, organizations, tour operators, bus operators, and travel agencies.
These preferential rates tickets are valid for one year from date of purchase and for individual use (less than 7 people, speaking fee not included).

Booking is obligatory and must be made at least 15 days prior to the ticket use, by sending your request to the Visits Service:

• E-mail: visitegarnier@operadeparis.fr
• Opéra national de Paris - Service des visites– 8 rue scribe – 75009 Paris

Booking payment can be made by cheque, wire transfer or credit card.

You can either collect your tickets at the visitors’ entrance at the Palais Garnier or have them sent by recorded delivery with receipt (postage fee: €8).

On-line tickets

To learn more about our on-line tickets service, please contact the Visits Service:

• E-mail: visitegarnier@operadeparis.fr
• Phone: +33 1 40 01 24 90, from Monday to Friday, 10am to 1pm.
  
  

PRICES

For orders below to 300 tickets: €11,5/ticket
For orders upper 300 tickets: €11/ticket
Please note that minimum purchase is 20 tickets per order.

Explore the architecture, history, legends and secrets of Charles Garnier’s masterpiece.
Multimedia guide devices are available every day from 10am to 3pm and from 10am to 11:30 on days with matinée performances.

MULTIMEDIA TOUR