Opening times, admission and getting here

• From Verdun (10 minutes): Follow signs for “Champ de bataille” (battlefield)
• From Paris (3 hours) and Reims (1 hour 15 minutes): Take the A4 motorway and leave at exit 30, “Voie Sacrée”
• From Strasbourg (2 hours 30 minutes) and Metz (1 hour): Take the A4 motorway and leave at exit 31, “Verdun”

The nearest TGV station is Meuse TGV, which is 25km from Verdun. Meuse TGV can be reached in 1 hour from Paris, 1 hour 30 minutes from Strasbourg, 2 hours from Lille and 5 hours 15 minutes from Bordeaux.

• From Meuse TGV: hire a car, take a taxi or catch a shuttle bus to Verdun station
• From Verdun station: hire a car, take a taxi or rent an electric bike from the Tourist Office

Cash, credit or debit card (Visa or Eurocard-Mastercard), cheque, ANCV holiday voucher, and online payment via our website ticket office. There are no ATMs inside the sites or on the Verdun Battlefield.

To take advantage of discounts or free entry, please show a current document proving your entitlement.cier des tarifs réduits ou de la gratuité, un justificatif en cours de validité vous sera demandé à l'accueil des sites.

Museums-PASS-musées holders enjoy free entry to the Memorial, Fort Douaumont and Fort Vaux, as well as 360 other museums, stately homes and gardens in France, Germany and Switzerland, and over 1000 temporary exhibitions.

Visit the Verdun Memorial and enjoy reduced entry to 17 other First World War museums and sites. The €4 discount is valid at Verdun Memorial only.