Entry from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., except for occasional closures. Building closes at 6 p.m.
For reasons related to theater activity, the auditorium is regularly inaccessible to visitors and some areas may be closed.
Due to the number of visitors, online booking only guarantees entry to the Palais Garnier.
On 11, 12, 15, 16 and 17 August : no ticket sales at the ticket office (desks and automatic terminals).
The Paris Opera offers you the possibility to discover the treasures of the Palais Garnier's public areas, a master piece of the 19th century theater art architecture. This ticket also gives you access to the current exhibitions (when available).
Booking is strongly recommended.
Full rate:
€15
Reduced rate:
€10
Free admisssions
(children under 12, unemployed, ...)
Discover our classic overall tours of the theatre including a presentation of its history, architecture and its different activities.
You can also book a themed guided tour, for a unique and unusual visit after opening hours.
Palais Garnier is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. from 15 July to 7 September, except closures (see calendar).
On-site tickets sales from 11 a.m.
The monument closes at 6 p.m.
INFORMATION
By phone: 08 92 89 90 90 (0,35€/min) and from outside France: +33 1 71 25 24 23, from Monday to Friday, 9am to 7pm.
BOOKING CONDITIONS
Sales are open for the next 60 days.
Book your ticket
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Online by clicking on the button “BOOK” for the visit of your choice. You will be redirected to a page to create your Paris Opera account (or login if you are already registered).
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On the Paris Opera application
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By phone on 08 92 89 90 90 (+33 1 71 25 24 23 if calling from abroad)
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At the Palais Garnier’s desks : open every day from 11 am to 4 pm.
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At automatic terminals located in the Palais Garnier’s hall (ticketing area). Payment by credit only.
PRICES
Reduced rates and free tickets are subject to presentation of a valid proof of eligibility and an identity document at the entrance to the Palais Garnier.
Full rate:
adult over 25 years old.
Reduced rate*:
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Young people aged 12-25;
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Family offer (for 4 paying tickets including one ticket for a young person aged 12 to 25);
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Reduced partner rate for holders of :
○ a valid Opera subscriber card;
○ a visit ticket for the Bastille Opera (less than one year old);
○ a maximum 8-days old ticket for the Musée d’Orsay or Musée Gustave Moreau*;
○ the Pass Navigo, Pass senior or Imagine’R card, on presentation of a Navigo Certificate of subscription** ;
* The reduced rate for the purchase of a ticket to the Musée d'Orsay or the Musée Gustave Moreau is also offered to holders of a ticket to visit the Palais Garnier, up to 8 days after the purchase of this ticket.
**Valid for two persons – Navigo Culture
Free admission*:
Children under the age of 12;
Person with disability and one helper (limited to one helper per person with disability);
The unemployed, recipients of social assistance / RSA / other minimum social benefits (document dated within the last 3 months);
Free partners for holders of:
○ The Pass’ Jeunes Opéra;
○ A valid Young Adult Opera suscriber card;
○ The AROP Particulier card ;
○ The Carte Culture issued by the French Ministry of Culture (valid for two persons);
○ The Bibliothèque nationale de France’s reader’s card (admission to the reading room of the Opera’s Library-museum);
○ The Bibliothèque nationale de France’s reader’s card (admission to the reading room of the Opera’s Library-museum);
The French professional tour guide card (rate available on request from the groups and professionals department to prepare a visit :
visitegarnier@operadeparis.fr
).
ACCESSIBILITY
The temporary exhibitions’ area and the shop are not accessible for people with reduced mobility.
A magically enlightening 90-minute multimedia voyage, enriched with archival images and interviews with specialists of the Opera and its history.
During the tour, thanks to augmented reality, the most emblematic and inaccessible areas of the building, such as the Foyer de la Danse and the Costume Depository, also become accessible.
Explore the auditorium, inspect Marc Chagall’s ceiling, the paintings in the Grand Foyer and the façade of the Palais Garnier.
Make your own way around the Palais Garnier or follow a suggested route.
An interactive plan to guide you.
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Device:
iPad mini
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Price:
€8 (
€7
pre-purchased online)
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Length of visit:
90 mins
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Languages available:
French, English, Spanish, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean
For children (6-13 years, recommended age):
Let Zoé ballerina of the Opera take you on a tour of Charles Garnier’s architectural masterpiece. The legends of the Palais Garnier will hold no secrets for you or your children (6 to 13 years old) thanks to this 1 hour-interactive tour (games throughout the tour).
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Device:
iPad
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Price:
€6,50
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Length of visit:
1 hr
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Languages available:
French, English, Spanish
Accessibility:
Specially designed tours are available for blind or partially-sighted visitors (on audioguide, duration 1h15, available in French) as well as deaf or hard-of-hearing visitors (on iPad mini, duration 1h30, available in French Sign Language).
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Device:
audioguide or iPad mini
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Price:
€6,50
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Length of visit:
1h15 to 1h30
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Languages available:
French, French sign language
La Magie Opéra
Immersive VR experience
Book your tickets
for a brand-new virtual reality experience, and explore iconic opera scenes like never before at the Palais Garnier!
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Immersive game tour
Exhibition
Experience an incredible investigation in the heart of the Palais Garnier! Follow in the footsteps of Arsène Lupin and try to unravel the only mystery that has ever eluded him: the secret of Cagliostro...
Prices:
from €20 to €28
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Mats Ek – Memories of creations
from March 27 to August 31, 2025 inclusive
To discover in the public areas of the Palais Garnier, on the orchestra and parterre levels.
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Virtual guided tour of the Palais Garnier
Experience the Palais Garnier from the comfort of your own home! Immerse yourself in the unexpected details of this masterpiece of 19th century architecture. An Opéra guide will share the history and secrets of the theater with you.
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BASSIN DE LA PITHYE, GRAND ESCALIER
Beyond the Rotonde des Abonnés, the Bassin de la Pythia leads to the Grand Escalier with its magnificent thirty-meter-high vault. Built of marble of various colours, it is home to the double staircase leading to the foyers and the various floors of the theatre. At the bottom of the stairs, a true theatre within the theatre, two female allegories holding torches greet spectators.
SALON DU GLACIER, FOYER
At the end of a long gallery is the Rotunde du Glacier, a fresh and bright rotunda with a ceiling painted by Clairin (1843-1919) and featuring dancing bacchantes and fauna, along with tapestries illustrating different refreshments as well as fishing and hunting. Completed after the opening of the Palais Garnier, this salon evokes the aesthetic of the Belle Époque.
The vault of the Avant-Foyer is covered with mosaics of shimmering colours on a gold background. The view of the Grand Staircase is spectacular. The play of light between mirrors and windows in the Grand Foyer further accentuates the latter's vast dimensions. The ceiling painted by Paul Baudry (1828-1886) features themes from the history of music.
The lyre is the main element: it reigns over all the decorative vocabulary, be it on capitals, heating grids or doorknobs. A copy of Charles Garnier's bust by the sculptor Carpeaux (1827-1875) is located in the centre of the foyer, near a window looking down the Avenue de l'Opera towards the Louvre. The view can be enjoyed even more from the loggia. The Salons du Soleil et de la Lune offer a symbolic and poetic transition to the other areas.
library-museum of the opera
The collections of the Library-Museum of the Opera (National Library of France) conserve three centuries of the theatre's history. The museum gallery houses a permanent exhibition of paintings, drawings, photographs and set models. After the fall of the Empire, the premises were never completed: in the staircase leading to the temporary exhibition hall, remain the massive stone blocks dating from 1870. Access to the reading room, located in the Rotunde de l'Empereur, is restricted to researchers.
GALERIE DE L'ORCHESTRE, GRAND VESTIBULE
The Galerie de l'Orchestre offers a last glance of the Palais Garnier and an audiovisual exhibition recounting its history. The Grand Vestibule, watched over by the statues of the four composers Rameau, Lully, Gluck and Handel, leads to the exit.
the auditorium
For reasons related to theater activity, the performance hall is regularly inaccessible to visitors.
In the tradition of Italian theatre, the horseshoe-shaped "French" auditorium, so-called for the way the seats are arranged according to their category, was designed for the audience to see and to be seen. Its metallic structure, hidden by marble, stucco, velvet and gilding, supports the weight of the 8-ton bronze and crystal chandelier with its 340 lights. The house curtain was created by theatrical painters Auguste Rube (1817-1899) and Philippe Chaperon (1823-1906), following Charles Garnier's instructions. The curtain was replaced by an identical one in both 1951 and 1996. The ceiling painted by Marc Chagall and commissioned by the Minister of Culture André Malraux was inaugurated on September 23, 1964.
ACCESS
Entrance at the corner of Scribe and Auber streets
75009 Paris
Access to the Palais Garnier
Metro: Opéra station (lines 3, 7 and 8)
RER: Auber station (line A)
Bus: lines 20, 21, 27, 29, 32, 45, 52, 66, 68, 95
Parking Indigo Haussmann Galeries Lafayette: 48 boulevard Haussmann, 75009 Paris
Parking Indigo Haussmann Opéra: 16 rue des Mathurins, 75009 Paris -
BOOK
Please note that the cloakrooms are not available for visitors.
The book and gift shop
From Monday to Sunday, from 10am to 7pm and until the end of performances; and from 10:30 am to 6 pm from 17
th
July to 30
th
August.
Access from street Havély or from the theatre public areas.
Information:
+33 1 53 43 03 97
CoCo Restaurant
Open everyday from 7:30am to 2am (last service at 11pm).
1, place Jacques Rouché - 75009 Paris (at the right of the theatre façade).
Booking:
+33 1 42 68 86 80
coco-paris.com
Visit also the Bastille Opera
The Paris Opera offers you the possibility to discover the backstage world
of this modern theatre, whose dimensions are impressive, created in 1989 by Carlos Ott.
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