Practical information

Open every day
From 1 October to 31 March
10am- 5pm
From 1 April to 30 September
10am- 6pm

Please note: last access to the monument 45 minutes before closing time. Evacuation 15 minutes before closing time.

Closed on¹ January,¹ May and 25 December.

The ticket gives you access to the entire monument and its grounds.

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Conference visit

Prices applicable from 1 January 2024

• cash
• credit cards
• cheque
• Culture cheque
• holiday vouchers (ANCV) - change not returned
• Lire cheque (only in shops)

By car

From Paris, Lyon or Bourg-en-Bresse: A40, exit 10 "Bellegarde Pays-de-Gex"; RN206 towards Pays-de-Gex; D984 then D35 towards Ferney-Voltaire; From Lausanne and Geneva: A1, exit Ferney( vignette required on Swiss motorways).

Parking : Château de Voltaire car park (5-minute walk), Calas municipal car park (5-minute walk) or Bijou municipal car park (10-minute walk).All car parks are zoned blue (maximum parking time 4 hours).

By public transport

From Geneva Cornavin station: bus 60(TPG company) to Ferney-Mairie stop, then 5-minute walk. 

From Geneva international airport: bus 66(TPG company) to Ferney-Mairie then 5 minutes on foot. Regular bus no. 33 Divonne-Ferney-Bellegarde (Station) to Ferney-Mairie then 5 minutes on foot.

By train

Geneve-cormattin station or Bellegarde station

Find us

• Duration of the visit: 1h30
• Please note that the monument has no lockers or luggage lockers. Please note: the monument has no lockers or luggage lockers, so large bags and suitcases will not be accepted inside the estate.
• Dogs are allowed on a lead in the park and in a carrier bag or in their arms in the château.
• Pushchairs must be left at the entrance to the château (sensitive wooden floors). A baby carrier may be required.
• No smoking and vaping on the entire site, both inside and outside the monument (pursuant to Decree No. 2025-582 of 27 June 2025 on smoke-free spaces, outdoor collective places where children and adolescents can be present or exposed, notably parks and public gardens, become smoke-free spaces).
• Food is prohibited in the castle rooms
• The estate is not accessible to under-16s unless accompanied by a responsible adult.
• No flash photography permitted inside the château.

• Visit documents available in Arabic, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Romanian, Ukrainian, Russian, Spanish, Serbian, Portuguese, Polish, Albanian, Turkish.
• A bookshop is located at the reception: it offers among other things books on the history of the monument, biographies, works by Voltaire, youth books, jewelry, stationery and toys. Some cold drinks are also on sale.
• Picnic facilities in the park (alcohol not permitted) : garden tables are arranged in the regular garden, towards the Orangery and under the veranda.
• Toilets (accessible to disabled visitors) with baby-changing facilities
• Cycle parking at the entrance to the monument

• Guide and/or assistance dogs are allowed in the castle.

Motor disability :

• Reserved parking spaces 100 meters from the site entrance (indicated from the municipal parking below).
• Ramp at the entrance of the ticket office allowing access to the estate.
• Outdoor flooring (gravel) poorly adapted to wheelchair traffic.
• A lift allows access to the garden level, ground floor and first floor of the monument: its access is carried out with the help of an agent.

Hearing disability :

• Interactive terminals are present in the eight rooms on the ground floor.

Visually impaired :

• Visit book of the castle and the park in large print available on request at the reception.
• Tactile model with Braille legend of the castle in the 18^th century.
• Slight relief plan of the estate in the 18^th century.

For a personalized welcome or to obtain more information, consult the dedicated page contact the monument at the address chateau-de-voltaire@monuments-nationaux.fr or at 04 50 40 53 21.

To ensure the safety of visitors, the monument applies the preventive measures decided by the government for public administrations. To find out more