Founded in about 1095 by monks that came from the Molesne abbey in Burgundy, the abbey affiliated itself to the Cistercians in 1136 after which it became one of the most powerful in medieval Savoie due its income from property rights.
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A crossroads for the great spiritual ideas of the late 11th century, a meeting place for saints and a crucible for monastic reform, it was from the abbey of Molesme in Burgundy that a group of monks set off around 1094. Their destination? A small possession of the Counts of Savoy: the Vallée d'Aulps (Vallée des Alpages in Latin), with the aim of founding a monastery in line with their spiritual ideal: "a laboratory of monasticism", as it were, more clearly oriented towards eremitism than...
Services
Services
Hearing disability
Mental disability
Visual disability
Accessible for wheelchairs with assistance
Incline >5% but reasonable
Permanent exhibition
Temporary exhibition
Restaurant
Free car park
Coach parking
Bicycle parking
Parking
- Accessibility
- Hearing disability
- Mental disability
- Visual disability
- Accessible for wheelchairs with assistance
- Incline >5% but reasonable
- Activities
- Permanent exhibition
- Temporary exhibition
- Equipment
- Restaurant
- Free car park
- Coach parking
- Bicycle parking
- Parking
- Meeting room
- Car park
- Bar
- Defibrillator
- Picnic area
- Exhibition space
- Toilets
- Video projector
- Paper board
- Screen
- Wifi in room
- Table
- Chair
- Rectangular table
- Services
- Guided individual tours
- Unguided group tours
- Guided group tours
- Room hire
- Shop
- Tourist brochures
- Restaurant
- Unguided individual tours
- Leisure Center
- Bar
- Dining area
- Accommodation in the close vicinity
- Seminar/meeting
Rates
Rates
Rates 2025
Rates 2025
Adult
7€
Child
3.50€
Group adults
5.60€
Group children
2.80€
The price includes a visit to the entire discovery area and exhibitions.
Children's rates: 6 to 16 years.
Group rates for groups of 20 or more.
Free admission for children under 6, 1 free adult admission/10 children, 1 free adult admission/20 adults.
Free with Pass Léman France!
Children's rates: 6 to 16 years.
Group rates for groups of 20 or more.
Free admission for children under 6, 1 free adult admission/10 children, 1 free adult admission/20 adults.
Free with Pass Léman France!
Payment methods
Payment methods
Payment methods
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CashGroups (Max capacity)
Groups (Max capacity)
- 50 Maximum number of people
Openings
Openings
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Closed
Sunday
Closed
Monday
14:00 - 18:30
Tuesday
14:00 - 18:30
Wednesday
14:00 - 18:30
Thursday
14:00 - 18:30
Friday
14:00 - 18:30
Saturday
Closed
Sunday
14:00 - 18:30
Monday
10:00 - 19:00
Tuesday
10:00 - 19:00
Wednesday
10:00 - 19:00
Thursday
10:00 - 19:00
Friday
10:00 - 19:00
Saturday
10:00 - 19:00
Sunday
10:00 - 19:00
Monday
14:00 - 18:30
Tuesday
14:00 - 18:30
Wednesday
14:00 - 18:30
Thursday
14:00 - 18:30
Friday
14:00 - 18:30
Saturday
Closed
Sunday
14:00 - 18:30
Monday
14:00 - 18:30
Tuesday
14:00 - 18:30
Wednesday
14:00 - 18:30
Thursday
14:00 - 18:30
Friday
14:00 - 18:30
Saturday
Closed
Sunday
Closed
Monday
14:00 - 18:30
Tuesday
14:00 - 18:30
Wednesday
14:00 - 18:30
Thursday
14:00 - 18:30
Friday
14:00 - 18:30
Saturday
Closed
Sunday
14:00 - 18:30
Medias
Medias
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