Ticket for the Château de Voltaire in Ferney (01)
Ferney-Voltaire (01)
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Activity description :
- 3 hours
Would you like to find out more about the place where Voltaire spent part of his life? Close to the Swiss border, discover the Château de Voltaire in Ferney. Built between 1758 and 1766, it was home to for 20 years to one of the most illustrious philosophers of the Age of Enlightenment.
The Château de Voltaire 🏰
- A listed building.
- Where Voltaire spent the last 20 years of his life.
- Digital tools available for tours.
- Free tour of the château and gardens.
Super easy to use ✨
- Admission with tickets, on mobile or paper, on day of visit.
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Efficient, easy-to-access ticketing. Very pretty, well-maintained property with many welcome, entertaining explanations. Temporary exhibition not at all exciting and very impermeable. Nevertheless, we had a good time.
Sophie
Sophie 's review
Beautiful little chateau Large gardens to visit
Nathalie
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Location
Address:
Allée du Château, 01210 Ferney-Voltaire
Access:
- By car: 2h30 from Lyon via A40 & 45 min from Geneva via A1
- Bus 66: Ferney-Mairie
Know before you go
How to use your ticket :
- Admission on presentation of purchased tickets
- E-tickets accepted
Opening hours :
- Open 7 days a week, all year round
- Between October 1 and March 31: 10am-5pm (last admission 45 min before closing)
- Between April 1 and September 30: 10am-6pm (last admission 45 min before closing)
- Closed on January 1, May 1 and December 25.
Further information
- Reception in French and English
- Disabled access
- Bookshop
- Garden tables and chairs available in the park
- Picnic facilities (alcohol not permitted)
- Toilets (accessible to the disabled)
- Baby-changing facilities
- Bicycle parking at monument entrance
- No suitcases or large hiking bags allowed
- Animals forbidden, even in a carrier bag, except guide and assistance dogs
- Strollers not allowed inside the monument
- No eating inside the monument (picnics possible in the park).
- No flash photography allowed inside the château
- Free admission for under-18s and under-26s (EU nationals and non-EU nationals legally resident in France).
- Free admission every first Sunday of the month, from November to March inclusive
- Free admission for all during the European Heritage Days, on the 3rd weekend of September (September 21 and 22, 2024).