Official tickets. The Palais des Papes sells its own tickets in the online reservation shop of the organisation that runs it, and at the palace. The prices below are those on the official sites, read on 23 October 2026. They changed on 1 August 2026, and older prices still circulate on third-party pages: they are out of date.
Palais and Pont ticket: 19.50 €, the same as the official combined price
Palais des Papes and Pont d'Avignon: Entry Ticket
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What do the official prices cover?
| Ticket | Full price | Reduced | Ages 10 to 17 | Under 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palais des Papes, with the papal gardens | 16 euros | 13 euros | 10 euros | Free |
| Combined ticket: Palais, gardens and Pont d’Avignon | 19.50 euros | 16 euros | 12 euros | Free |
| Pont d’Avignon only | 6 euros | 5 euros | 4 euros | Free |
You can buy the Palais ticket, the combined ticket and the Pont d’Avignon ticket in the official reservation shop. The shop’s calendar only shows whether a day is available, nearly full or full.
What does the combined ticket save?
The combined ticket costs 19.50 euros, while the Palais (16) and the Pont (6) bought separately come to 22 euros, so it is 2.50 euros less. According to the official FAQ it is valid until the day after the day of purchase, with one entry to each site. Anyone who visits the Palais and then, on the same day and without the combined ticket, goes to the Pont (or the other way round) gets the reduced price at the second site. See how to get there for the distance between the two.
Who pays the reduced price, and who enters free?
The reduced price is for students with a valid card, holders of a large-family card, visitors aged 65 and over with ID, congress delegates with a badge and groups of 20 or more. Teachers do not enter free. Entry is free for children under 10, for schoolchildren under 18 from Greater Avignon between 1 September and 30 June, for holders of a disability card with one companion, for journalists, and for residents of Avignon and Montfavet on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays with proof of address and ID. The official list is longer, so check it if you think you qualify. The Palais is not free on the first Sunday of the month.
Do I have to book online?
The official site recommends booking online but does not make it compulsory. You can also buy at the palace, where payment is accepted by cash, cheque, card and holiday vouchers. In busy periods booking ahead is safer.
What does the ticket include?
The ticket covers the visit route, with about twenty rooms, the papal gardens and the temporary exhibition (Relatum – Lee Ufan, from 3 July to 15 November 2026). The official site also presents a digital visit guide for smartphones, but we have not confirmed what it includes today, so check before you rely on it. The combined ticket adds the Pont d’Avignon, with its audio guide and the exhibition Le Pont retrouvé.
How do the other online tickets compare?
Tiqets is a ticket marketplace and our partner. At the time of writing it sells the Palais and gardens ticket at 16 euros and the Palais and Pont ticket at 19.50 euros, the same as the official full prices. According to Tiqets, what its listing adds is an instant mobile ticket, cancellation until 23:59 on the day before your visit, a choice of date and time slot with an availability calendar, and a purchase page in more languages than the official shop, which shows five. It does not give you a lower price, extra access or a guide.
Tiqets asks you to pick a date and a time slot. The official site does not say that a time slot is required, and we could not confirm it, so check the official site for its own rules. We also could not confirm whether the monument has an agreement with Tiqets: read the terms of what you buy.
Guided tours, night visits and the City Pass
The official site lists guided visits at 20, 18 and 15 euros, such as a visit of about 1 hour 30 in French and English with entry to the palace included, and a night visit in French at 25, 23 and 22 euros. We did not read their dates. There is also a guided walking tour with entry, in English, on Tiqets at 69 euros, which includes a guide, a walk of about 3 hours 30 and a glass of wine: it is not comparable with a 16 euro entry ticket.
The Avignon City Pass costs 24 euros for 24 hours and 32 euros for 48 hours. According to its official site it includes the Palais, the gardens, the Pont and nine other monuments, so check what it covers before you compare.
Which option should I choose?
If you want the simplest way to pay the official price, buy on the official site. A Tiqets ticket makes sense if you want an instant mobile ticket, a purchase page in your language, a choice of slot in a calendar or the possibility to cancel under its terms, or if you simply prefer to buy through them. Whichever you pick, read the opening hours first: the palace is open every day, but its hours change with the season.