Offer adapted to visually impaired and blind visitors

Offer of visit & prices

Free admission and guided tour for the disabled person and his/her companion, upon presentation of a valid document (Mobility and Inclusion card for the French public), or an organization certificate (groups).

Self-guided tour, book in advance

By reserving your tickets in advance, you will have less waiting time. Children under 18 years old get free admission.

Reserve a ticket

Discovery tour

  • 35 € for a group of 20 people
  • 6 € per person

Visit-workshop

  • 45 € for a group of 20 people
  • 6 € per person

Conference visit

  • Visit for groups of 5 to 20 people with disabilities: 35 €.
  • Visits for individuals (from 5 people): 4 €/person

Devices to assist the visit

  • Map of the monument in relief and black and white - resin deposit (A3 format).
  • Simplified printed visit documents, in large print, accompanied by black and white plates.
  • Soft resin tactile boards Palais - IDC :
    • Map of medieval Paris: Philippe Auguste's enclosure.
    • Map of the Ile de la Cité; map of the medieval Palace, after Philippe Le Bel.
    • North facade of the Palace: elevation and ground plan.
    • East side of the palace : 2 medieval and 19th century elevations of the Grand'Salle, then of the Pas Perdus.
    • Map of the monument.
    • These plates are also available in A3 format, in contrasting black and white.
  • Histopad :
    • This multimedia tour tool on a touch tablet includes for the introductory texts and the different rooms a vocalization that can be interrogated on demand.
    • An increase in accessibility on this tool is being studied, find out more.
  • "Marie Antoinette's Tray":
    • This wooden tray brings together the utensils in which Rosalie Lamorlière, a servant at the Conciergerie, brought her meals to Marie Antoinette.
    • Used as part of the "Marie Antoinette incarcerated" tactile tour.

Good to know

  • Caution: many rooms of the tour are in relative darkness.
  • The tour is complex (stairs or series of steps at each change of room) and the floors are uneven: a guide is required for the visually impaired.
  • Guide and assistance dogs are allowed.
  • Rest areas:
    • Salle des Gens d'Armes: benches and tables.
    • Salle des Gardes: benches and tables.
    • Hall of Names: benches with backrests.
    • Chapel of the Girondins: benches with backrests.

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