PRACTICAL INFORMATION 2025

OPENING HOURS of the Fort of Saint-Jean d'Alcas, its Tourist Information Point and Ticket Office

• MONUMENT OPEN FROM MONDAY 24 FEBRUARY 2025 TO SUNDAY 2 NOVEMBER 2025

From 24 February to 31 March: Monday to Friday from 10am to 6pm

From 1 April to 30 June: 7 days a week from 10am to 6pm

From 1 July to 31 August: 7 days a week from 10am to 7pm

From 1 September to 2 November: Wednesday to Sunday from 10am to 6pm

TICKETS AND SERVICES 2025

For individuals

• Self-guided adult visit with booklet (Lower and upper rooms of the fort + Ramparts)
Price : €4

• Youth visit (6-18 years) (Lower and upper rooms of the fort + Ramparts)
Price: €4

• Child visit (under 6 years)
Price: Free

Guided and audio-guided tours

• Adult guided tour (in french)
Price: €7.5

• Child guided tour (from 7 to 18 years) (in french)
Price: €4

• Night guided tour for adults (by reservation on Friday evenings in July and August) (in french)
Price: €8

• Audio-guided tour : Audioguides are available in French, English, Spanish and Italian.
Price: €6

Special rates

• Aveyron Ambassador Card
• PASS Sites d’Exception en Languedoc
• Discount on guided and audio-guided tours upon presentation of the stamped leaflet proving a paid visit to another Templar-Hospitaller site in the Larzac region.

For groups

• Adult group tour (minimum 10 people) (in french)
Price: €6

Booking required by phone at +33 (0)5 65 97 61 07 or by email at tourisme.stjeanstpaul@gmail.com

PAYMENT METHODS
• Cash
• Credit Card

SERVICES
• Parking
• Bar / refreshment area
• Bookstore-shop
• Temporary exhibitions
• Free campervan service area 5 minutes' walk from the Fort and Tourist Information Point (Click here for the address!)
• Toilets, shower

VISITS AND ACTIVITIES

Several visit options are available to discover the Cistercian Fort of Saint-Jean d'Alcas.

Whether you're a couple, solo traveller, family, group of friends or a school group, let yourself be told the story of the Fort of Saint-Jean d'Alcas.

Also discover the life of Hippolyte Coste by visiting the Botanical Space in Saint-Paul des Fonts.

Visits of the Cistercian Fort of Saint-Jean d'Alcas
• Self-guided visit with tour booklet
• Guided tour
• Audio-guided tour available in French, English, Italian and Spanish
• Children's game booklet for 7 to 12 years old
• Night tour (summer evenings)

Visit of the Hippolyte Coste Botanical Space, labelled Maison d’Illustre, in Saint-Paul des Fonts
• Self-guided visit with museum booklet dedicated to the life and work of Canon Hippolyte Coste
• Botanical garden

• Free entry