Visit to Maillezais Abbey

Discounts

Adult : €8.00 €4.00 Teenagers (12 to 17 years old) : €6.00 €4.00

Discover Maillezais Abbey, a thousand-year-old site in the heart of the Marais Poitevin and a treasure trove of Romanesque, Gothic and Renaissance architecture. Take an interactive tour using virtual reality to relive the golden age of the monastery and the life of the Benedictine monks.

Additional information

Access to current reduced fares on presentation of your valid and activated La Rochelle Océan Pass.

A fortress, a Romanesque abbey and then a Gothic cathedral, Maillezais has been a centre of religious, economic and artistic activity for centuries. Overlooking the canals of the Marais Poitevin, its majestic remains emerge in an original reconstruction that plunges you into the heart of a thousand-year-old history.

Opening hours
April, May: every day 10am-12.30pm and 2pm-6pm.
June: every day 10am-6pm.
July: 1st to 10th July: every day 10am-6pm. Then 10am-7pm.
August: 10am-7pm. 24 to 31 August: 10am to 6pm.
September: every day from 10am to 12.30pm and 2pm to 6pm. 19 and 20 September: 10am to 6pm.
October: every day from 10am to 12.30pm and 2pm to 6pm. Closed on Tuesdays outside school holidays.
November: 1st: 10am to 12.30pm and 2pm to 6pm.
December: open only for the Christmas Fair: 4th, 5th, 6th, 11th, 12th and 13th December.

Access conditions

  • Access by car

    ADVANTAGE INCLUDED in your La Rochelle Océan Pass (adult rate only): get €10 off the hire of a Yélomobile car.
    Reach the sites included in your pass around La Rochelle with the yellow-topped Yélomobile car-sharing service: book in advance for 1 hour or several days and Yélomobile cars will help you get around near La Rochelle. 

    Details of fares and conditions of access to the Yélomobile service