Adult ticket — Grotte Chauvet 2

Timed entry to the painted chambers with an audio-guided departure in English, German, Dutch or Spanish, plus the Aurignacian Gallery, the 360° room and the park.

The adult ticket books your place at Grotte Chauvet 2 for a named departure time. About an hour of that is underground in the reconstructed chambers, where the charcoal lions, rhinos and bears of the sealed Chauvet cave have been rebuilt at full size. The rest of the site — the Aurignacian Gallery, the 360° sound-and-light room, the park and the day's activities — is open to you from the moment you arrive, which is why the operator suggests three and a half hours. Pick an audio-guided departure if you do not speak French; the separate guided departures are French-only.