Public rates

Group tour : 13,50 €/adult - 9,50 €/child (-18years)
1 tour guide for 15/20 ppl.

Fixed departure (individuals) : 15,50 €/adult - 10,50 €/child (-18years)
1 tour guide for 1/20 ppl.

Private tour (individuals) : 215,00 €/gp + 15,50 €/adult - 10,50 €/child (-18years)
1 dedicated tour guide.

Enter the backstage of this legendary Parisian theatre, with a guided tour both on and behind the stage. Learn about the architecture of the place, composed of a ground floor and balconies to see and be seen, typical of Italian theatres. Guided by a professional, you will take the stage door; discover the set and its surroundings, as well as the rehearsal rooms and the foyer. The artiste’s emotion, the technicians’ excitement, the anguish of the curtain call will win you over. The atmosphere of this mythical theatre will captivate you!

Located in the heart of Paris, on the Place du Chatelet, the theater was inaugurated in 1862 in the presence of the Empress Eugenie. Built at the request of Baron Haussmann, it then had 2,500 seats, making it the largest theater in the city. Its extraordinary acoustics and pyrotechnic machinery enables it to host large spectacles. "Dance, opera, extravaganza, music, drama, tragedy, comedy, vaudeville and pantomime": each of these words appear on the ceiling, as if like a promise to the diversity of the arts that Chatelet hosts since its creation.

Renovation work of the theatre's facade will take place only in the morning from 24 October 2011 until 31 March 2012 included (except weekends).

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Go behind the scenes of this legendary Parisian theatre with this guided tour.

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