Paléosite

Opening hours

Closed

  • Monday 10:30 am - 07:00 pm
  • Tuesday 10:30 am - 07:00 pm
  • Wednesday 10:30 am - 07:00 pm
  • Thursday 10:30 am - 07:00 pm
  • Friday 10:30 am - 07:00 pm
  • Saturday 10:30 am - 07:00 pm
  • Sunday 10:30 am - 07:00 pm

Opens at 10:30 am

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Useful information

Location : In the countryside

Province : Haute Saintonge and its vines

Services

  • Air conditioning
  • Bar
  • Chèques Vacances (Holiday voucher)
  • Credit card accepted
  • Disable access
  • Groups
  • Heating
  • Parking
  • Pets welcome
  • Restaurant
  • English
    • The Paléosite first interpretation center in Europe and one of the most modern in the world thanks to contemporary technologies.

      Come and experience prehistory as if you were there.

      On the program of your visit:
      An interior journey in an air-conditioned space of 2000 m², including three cinematographic rooms and two interactive rooms (projections on large screens, virtual reality, quizzes, comparison workshops, life-size prehistoric animals…).

      A shaded outdoor course in a natural site of 18 hectares with reconstructions of prehistoric habitats and daily entertainment: Lighting the fire, flint cutting, parietal art, shooting with a propellant. Participatory workshops are offered on certain days by reservation at reception; clay modeling, archaeological excavations every morning, live my life as a Neanderthal, hunter's trail...

      Without forgetting the guided tour of the archaeological site, an authentic place of discovery, which comes back to the fore every summer with the excavation campaigns planned this year from mid-June to mid-July 2023; you will then be able to observe the archaeologists in action!

      A family outing dedicated to knowledge and fun in a protected natural setting.

      The average length of visit is 3 to 4 hours.

      Schedule:
      The Paléosite welcomes you from April 8 to November 5 from 10:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.
      Open every day during school holidays (all areas).

      Closed on Mondays and Tuesdays outside school holidays
      In October: open from Wednesday to Sunday and every day during the school holidays of All Saints.

      *Ticket office closed from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. – ticket office open in summer content

      Price :
      • Adult: 10€
      • Child (6-12 years): 6€
      • Children under 6: free
      • Family pass: 2 adults + 2 children (6-12 years old): 26€
      • Reduced adult prices: 6€
      • Reduced child prices: 4.50€

      NEWS:

      Escape Game, You have one hour with Professor Groppens' team of students to solve the mystery of his disappearance...
      Virtual Reality Experience, Thanks to a headset, participants are immersed in a clan of Homo sapiens hunter-gatherers for 15 to 20 minutes.
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Traveller Reviews Paléosite

4.4 sur 5 974 reviews

  • Warren Brown

    5 sur 5 Reviews posted by Warren Brown on 06/07/2022

    Will be back for sure

  • Alistair Binks

    2 sur 5 Reviews posted by Alistair Binks on 20/08/2017

    Rather for the little ones

  • Jessika David

    4 sur 5 Reviews posted by Jessika David on 30/07/2022

    Very nice ! Everything is very well explained: about 30 min of film on 3 rooms then a short walk on site with access to the excavation site (1h30 in all). Playful workshops of 45 min. Stroller access all the way. Restaurant on site, picnic site outside in the shade.

Traveller Reviews Paléosite

4.5 sur 5 332 reviews

  • "Dreadful"

    1 / 5 Reviews posted by digbyl177 (Saintes, France) on 16/04/2023

    Visited in the past and really enjoyed it. This time we were so disappointed. Few of the interactive displays inside worked, the displays outside looked very run down and overgrown. The spear...

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  • "Incredibly fascinating visit"

    5 / 5 Reviews posted by tours145 (Tours, France) on 24/06/2019

    We, a family of five with kids aged 5, 10 and 12, arrived at the Paleosite in the morning, thinking to stop there just for two or, at most, three hours and continue our exploratory trip of the...

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  • "Fascinating and entertaining"

    4 / 5 Reviews posted by 513antm (Eastbourne, United Kingdom) on 27/08/2018

    Our whole family enjoyed this day out. It was remarkably quiet with perhaps only a dozen or so other family groups, most French, on a glorious late August Sunday. The film shows were engaging and...

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Paléosite

Address

Route de la Montée Verte
17770 Saint Césaire

Contacts

Phone : 05 46 97 90 90

GPS coordinates

45° 44'58.99"N, 0° 30'18"W

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