Historic site and monument
Benedictine Abbey of Ambronay
Pet Friendly
We speak English
Mental disability adaptation
Visually impaired adaptation
Reduced mobility adaptation
More than 1000 years of history await you at the abbey. Discover its Gothic cloister, its defense towers, its abbey church, and uncover its secrets. On a free and self-guided tour, guided tour or accompanied by a tablet, immerse yourself in the heart of History.
An astonishing trajectory to discover during a visit to the site, independently or on a guided tour, organized by the Cultural Meeting Center (CCR). Every year, the Abbey hosts the very vibrant Ambronay ancient and baroque music festival within its walls.
Around the early music festival, created in 1980, an emblematic activity of the Cultural Meeting Center (CCR), Ambronay is developing an ambitious professional integration program for young artists and creators. It gives an important place to amateur practice and cultural action.
The CCR also offers a rich and varied heritage offering, and engages in in-depth reflection on the relationships between culture, tourism and economy, with the establishment of a seminar center and a business club.
All of these activities benefit from international distribution via the record label Ambronay Éditions (more than 70 references).
Audio guide tablet self-guided visit: paying
Public toilets near the town hall, behind the steps leading to the abbey
Themes
- Historical patrimony
- Religious Heritage
- Tour
- Sundial
- Fresco / Painting
- Well
- Abbey
- Chapel
- Cloister
- Convent
- Monastery
- Religious site
- Bell tower
Types
- Historic site and monument
Adapted tourism
- Adapted benefits for mental impairment
- Adapted services for visual impairment
- Wheelchair accessible with assistance
- Reserved place for people with reduced mobility
- WC + grab bar + circulation space
- Possibility to drop someone off in front of the site
Proposed activities
- Manual workshops
- Temporary exhibitions
- Show
- Animation
- Children's entertainment
- Concert
Comfort
Spoken languages
- English
Services
- Pet Friendly
- Educational visits
- Coach access
- Motorhomes allowed
- Room rentals
- Theme visit
- Shop
- Drop off on site for groups
- Wifi Internet access
- Tourist routes
- Tourist Documentation
- Tourist information
- Reservation of services
- Free visits
- Guided tours
- Online Shop
- Numerous ticketing
- Privatizable
Equipments
- Parking
- Free parking
- Coach parking
- Parking nearby
- Public toilets
- Screening Room
- defibrillator
- Playground
- Picnic area.
- Show room
- Meeting room
- Entertainment room
- Toilets
Customer base
Maximum age: 99
Minimum age: 5
Maximum group size: 105
Prices
Free and free access to the church and the Gothic cloister all year round.
Digital visit: €5
Guided tours, concerts, workshops, conferences: find out more on the website of the Center Culturel de Rencontre d’Ambronay
With the Pass'Découvertes de l'Ain: 1 free visit with digital tablet of the Abbey of Ambronay
Payment method
- Bank / credit card
- Cheque
- Classic Holiday Vouchers
- Cash
- Bank transfer
- Online payment
- Contactless payment
Opening
In winter, daily from 9 a.m. to 16 p.m.
In summer, daily from 9 a.m. to 18 p.m.
Exceptional closure on December 25 and January 1.
Advice from the Office
In case of rain
Do not panic ! Here are all our sheltered activities.
On the way back
To bring back a souvenir or something to treat yourself, stock up on local products from Pérouges in Bugey.