Guided tour of a prehistoric cave decorated with the Paleolithic period

Name: Guided tour of a prehistoric cave decorated with the Paleolithic period
Start: 2023-09-17T09:30:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-17T17:30:00+02:00
Location: Grotte de Font-de-Gaume

Follow your guide and discover one of the most beautiful Palaeolithic shrines in the world still open to the public!

Sunday 17 September 2023, 09:30, 14:00Passed

Conditions

Free. Upon registration. The number of people admitted daily is limited: we advise you to book online as soon as possible. The temperature of the cavity is approximately 14°C. Provide suitable clothing.

Registration

©Olivier Huard / Centre des monuments nationaux

Listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1979, the Font-de-Game cave is one of the most beautiful Palaeolithic shrines in the world. Famous for its polychrome paintings, but also its engravings, it brings together animal figurations and many «signs» dated about 14 000 years. It is one of the last caves decorated with polychrome paintings open to the public.

About the location

Grotte de Font-de-Gaume

4 avenue des grottes, 24620 Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil

Dordogne
Nouvelle-Aquitaine

The Cave of Font-de-Gaume is one of the most beautiful palaeolithic sanctuaries of the world still opened to the public. She(It) shelters more than 200 painted or engraved, often polychrome playings bit parts, representing bisons, horses, mammoths and reindeers.