THE BASILICA SAINTE-MADELEINE is open all year round. Free entrance. No visits during church services.

 

CHURCH SERVICES :

- Laudes at 7.am from tuesday to friday and at 8.am on saturday and sunday.

- Midday service at 12. 30 pm from tuesday to friday

- Vespers at 6. pm from tuesday to sunday (5.30 pm on saturday in winter)

- Mass at 6.30 pm from monday to friday and 12.30 on saturday

- Sunday Mass on saturday at 7. pm (6.30 pm in winter) and on sunday at 11 am

Church services are sung (polyphony in four voices) by the Monastic brotherhood of Jerusalem

The Saint Madeleine pilgrimage takes place annually on 22nd July.


* Guided visits of the BASILICA for groups (from 10 persons) In french, english, german and japanese

Duration 1 h : 3,20 € /person (free for accompanist and driver) - 2 &euro for students

Réservation : Service des visites de la Basilique (9.30 am to 12.am- 14.45.pm to 16.45 .pm - closed on sunday and monday)
Presbytère - 89450 VEZELAY
Phone : 03 86 33 39 50 -Fax : 03 86 33 36 93
basilique@vezelay.cef.fr  - http://vezelay.cef.fr
 


* Guided visits of the VILLAGE for groups in French, english.

Discover Vézelay through its lanes, it history,its anecdotes and finish the visit in an old cellar of XIIth

Duration 1 h 30 : 4 € /pers (from 15 pers)- less than 15 persons lump sum 60 €

Duration 1 h : 3 € /pers (from 20 pers) - less than 20 persons lump sum 60 €

Discover the village, the wine's history and finish your visit by a wine tasting of Vézelay's wine in a cellar dated from XIIth century.

Duration 1 h 30 : 5 €/pers (from 16 pers) - less than 16 persons lump sum 80 €

Informations and réservation : Association des Guides de Pays des Collines
Phone : 03 86 33 23 69 - Fax : 03 86 33 34 00
http://guidesdepays.free.fr

 

* Guided visits of the BASILICA and the VILLAGE for groups

In french, english, german,dutch, italian. Pedagogic visit for school.

Duration 2 h (Basilica 1 h + village 1h) : Group less than 30 pers : 115 € (contract) - from 31 pers till 50 pers: 2 € /person in addtion

Possibity visits half-day : 150 € - or a day : 260 € (group less than 30 p) + 2€/pers in addition
Extra charge on sunday and holiday.


Réservation : Association Guides de l'Yonne en Bourgogne
Phone : 03 86 41 50 30 Fax : 03 86 41 98 28
suivezleguide@wanadoo.fr  - www.guides89.org


* Guided visits of the BASILICA, VILLAGE , guided tour through surroundings (in french) All day or half day - Special theme visits: art, history, symbolism, writers from Vézelay…

Réservation : M. Lorant HECQUET (conférencier professionnel)
Phone : 03 86 33 30 06 - Fax : 03 86 33 34 54
librairie.ordesetoiles@wanadoo.fr  - www.or-des-etoiles.com
* A prelude before discovering the Basilica (duration 1 h 15)

La Maison du visiteur will give you the keys to understanding the basilica : big screen slide show, the symbols room with scale models and play upon lights with a guide. All public. Pedagogic visit for school.


Réservation : Maison du Visiteur – place Guillon - 89450 Vézelay
Phone : 03 86 32 35 65 - Fax : 03 86 33 20 70
maison-du-visiteur@wanadoo.fr  -
www.vezelay-visiteur.com

* VEZELAY OTHERWISE (For groups only in French) the time of a visit, let be guided by the subject of plants for a historic discovery of the basilica and the village

Duration 2 h……………3,20 €/pers

Réservation : Dominique Verrier-Compain (guide professionnelle régional et de Pays)

Tel/fax: 03 86 33 05 93

www.balades-malicieuses.comdoby-verrier.compain@wanadoo.fr

in july and august :

On friday 25th july and 8th august

on saturday 12th, 19th, 26th july and 2nd,9thand 16th august

guided visit of the village at 6. pm

(duration 1 h30 )

Discover Vézelay throught its houses and its anecdotes,

finish your visit by a wine tasting of Vézelay's wine in a cellar dated from XIIth century.

meeting-point : Porte du Barle (down the village) - rate 5 € /person

Informations and reservation at the Tourism Office of Vézelay

For guided visit of the Basilica in july and august for individual persons

by a monk or a sister

- every day at 2. 30 pm (except on monday)

by cultural guides CASA

- from 10.am to 12.am and from 3.pm to 5. pm

(except on thursday)

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During the remain of the year, please contact the secretariat : 03 86 33 39 50

basilique@vezelay.cef.fr - http://vezelay.cef.fr

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