Opening hours

Online bookings now open

• 1st booking phase: Tickets from 8th February to 30th June,
• For tickets from 1st July to 30th September: available from 21th May,
• For tickets from 1 st October to 04th January 2026: available from 05th September.

Opening Hours for the Grand Éléphant

From 09/02 to 21/03 (weekends only, no weekday travel)
2.15pm*, 3pm, 3.45pm*, 4.30pm, 5.15pm*, 6pm*

22/03 to 04/04
From Tuesday to Friday: 15:00, 15:45, 16:30
From Saturdays and Sundays: 2.15pm*, 3.00pm*, 3.45pm, 4.30pm, 5.15pm*, 6.00pm*.

05/04 to 18/04 (Holidays, travel 7 days a week)
10.15am*, 11.00am*, 11.45am, 2.15pm, 3.00pm*, 3.45pm, 4.30pm, 5.15pm*, 6.00pm

19/04 to 21/04 (Easter)
10:15am*, 11:00am*, 11:45am, 12:30pm, 1:15pm*, 2.00 pm, 3.00 pm, 3.45 pm*, 4.30 pm, 5.15 pm, 6.00 pm*, 6.45 pm*.

22/04 to 30/04 (Holidays, travel 7 days a week)
10.15am*, 11.00am*, 11.45am, 14h15, 15h00*, 15h45, 16h30, 17h15*, 18h00*
27/04: Nantes Marathon, no Voyage en Éléphant in the morning.

02/05 to 04/05 (1st May bank holiday)
10.15am*, 11.00am*, 11.45am, 12.30pm, 1.15pm*, 14h00, 15h00, 15h45*, 16h30, 17h15, 18h00*, 18h45*

06/05 to 07/05
11.00am, 11.45am, 12.30pm, 3.00pm, 3.45pm, 4.30pm

08/05 to 11/05 (8 May bank holiday)
10.15am*, 11.00am*, 11.45am, 12.30pm, 1.15pm*, 2.00pm, 3.00pm, 3.45pm*, 4.30pm, 5.15pm, 6.00pm*, 6.45pm*.

13/05 to 28/05
From Tuesday to Friday: 11.00am, 11.45am, 12.30pm, 3.00pm, 3.45pm, 4.30pm
Saturdays and Sundays: 10.15am*, 11.00am*, 11.45am, 2.15pm, 3.00pm*, 3.45pm, 4.30pm, 5.15pm*, 6.00pm*.

29/05 to 01/06 (Ascension)
10.15am*, 11.00am*, 11.45am, 12.30pm, 1.15pm*, 2.00 pm, 3.00 pm, 3.45 pm*, 4.30 pm, 5.15 pm, 6.00 pm*, 6.45 pm*.

03/06 to 06/06
11.00am, 11.45am, 12.30pm, 3.00pm, 3.45pm, 4.30pm

07/06 to 09/06 (Whitsun)
10.15am*, 11.00am*, 11.45am, 12.30pm, 1.15pm*. 2.00pm, 3.00pm, 3.45pm*, 4.30pm, 5.15pm, 6.00pm*, 6.45pm*.

10/06 to 29/06
From Tuesday to Friday: 11.00am, 11.45am, 12.30pm, 3.00pm, 3.45pm, 4.30pm
Saturdays and Sundays: 10.15am*, 11.00am*, 11.45am, 2.15pm, 3.00pm*, 3.45pm, 4.30pm, 5.15pm*, 6.00pm*.

01/07 to 31/08 (Summer holidays)
10.15am*, 11.00am*, 11.45am, 12.30pm, 1.15pm*, 2.00 pm, 3.00 pm, 3.45 pm*, 4.30 pm, 5.15 pm, 6.00 pm*, 6.45 pm*.

02/09 to 17/10
From Tuesday to Friday: 11.00am, 11.45am, 12.30pm, 3.00pm, 3.45pm, 4.30pm
Saturdays and Sundays: 10.15am*, 11.00am*, 11.45am, 2.15pm, 3.00pm*, 3.45pm, 4.30pm, 5.15pm*, 6.00pm*.
No Great Elephant Journeys from 8 to 12 September 2025.

18/10 to 02/11 (All Saints’ Day holidays)
10.15am*, 11.00am*, 11.45am, 12.30pm, 1.15pm*, 2.00 pm, 3.00 pm, 3.45 pm*, 4.30 pm, 5.15 pm, 6.00 pm*, 6.45 pm*.

04/11 to 19/12
From Tuesday to Friday: 15:00, 15:45, 16:30
Saturdays and Sundays: 2.15pm*, 3.00pm*, 3.45pm, 4.30pm, 5.15pm*, 6.00pm*.
10 & 11 November: 2.15pm*, 3.00pm*, 3.45pm, 4.30pm, 5.15pm*, 6.00pm*
Nocturne on 06 December 2025: 7:30pm*, 8:15pm*, 9pm*.

20/12 to 04/01 (Christmas holidays)
10.15am*, 11.00am*, 11.45am, 2.15pm, 3.00pm*, 3.45pm, 4.30pm, 5.15pm*, 6.00pm**
No travel on 25 December 2025 and 1 January 2026.
**No travel at 6pm on 24 and 31 December.

*tickets bookable online

The visitor areas are neither air-conditioned nor heated.
Operation is subject to weather conditions.