Chauvet 2 Cave
Step back in time, just 45 minutes from the holiday cottages!
You simply mustn’t miss this first masterpiece of humanity, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. 36,000 years ago, artists created their masterpieces on the walls of a cave in the Ardèche! Let’s go back to the origins of art.
Wander in the footsteps of our ancestors, amidst an extraordinary bestiary featuring 14 species of dangerous animals: lions and cave bears, panthers, mammoths, woolly rhinoceroses… Painted in red ochre, engraved in flint, traced with a finger or charcoal, this masterpiece comes to life through the play of light and shadow.
The Aurignacian gallery completes the tour of the cave, and activities are offered during school holidays and at weekends from March to October. Educational tools, hands-on activities, immersion in a prehistoric setting, workshops to learn how to light a fire without a lighter or matches, to make tattoo designs or jewellery, drawing on the walls… as well as storytelling evenings or hologram projections… Young and old alike will all leave with stars in their eyes!
Open every day; opening hours vary depending on the season. Check the website for opening times.
