Tour de France VIP Hospitality: What You Get, and How It Compares to General Admission

Most people watch the Tour de France from the roadside. It is free, it is loud, and for a few seconds the whole peloton is close enough to touch. VIP hospitality is the other way to watch: a set place, food and drink, the race on a big screen, and a view of the moments the roadside never sees.

Mummu Cycling is an official Tour de France operator, licensed through ASO. This guide covers what each hospitality area gives you, how it compares to general admission, and what is available for 2027.

VIP hospitality or general admission?

General admission costs nothing and asks a lot of you. You pick a spot, arrive early and hold it, often for hours, and the race passes in seconds. Hospitality gives you a guaranteed place at the start or the finish, food and drink through the day, the race on big screens, and a way in and out without fighting the crowd. You trade money for time, comfort and a better view of the moments that decide the stage.

General admission

• Free, and you choose your spot on the road
• The noise and colour of the roadside crowd
• No seat, no catering and no screen, so you rarely know what is happening until the race reaches you
• Long waits, especially on mountain stages where the roads close early

VIP hospitality

• A guaranteed place at the start village or close to the finish line
• Food and drink through the day
• The race on big screens, so you follow the whole stage, not just the moment it passes
• People around you who know the race, and access behind the barriers

Inclusions differ from one product to the next, so check each page for exactly what is included.

The hospitality areas at the Tour

Departure Village

The start is where the race comes alive. Teams prepare, riders sign on, and the Village Départ fills with food, coffee and the people who run the race. It is the closest most fans ever get to the riders before a stage. For 2027: VIP Departure Village.

Finish line hospitality

The finish is where stages are won. Finish line hospitality puts you metres from the line for the sprint or the summit finish, with the podium and the interviews happening right in front of you. For 2027: VIP Izoard Finish-Line Hospitality, in ASO's marquee with champagne and expert hosts.

The Paris grandstands

The final day is a procession until it suddenly is not, and a grandstand seat is the way to see the last laps and the sprint. There are two ways in: Champs-Élysées Grandstand Access and the Grand Palais Grandstand.

Hospitality inside a hosted journey

Hospitality days can be booked on their own, or as part of a hosted Race Journey, where the hotels, transfers, rides on the race route and hospitality days are all planned around the stages. Our journeys are hosted by the people who own the business, including Stuart O'Grady and Cadel Evans.

The 2027 Tour starts in Edinburgh on Friday 2 July, with three stages in the UK before the race crosses to France. Read the 2027 route. Our 2027 journeys are released with the route announcement in late October.

Join Priority Access to hear first, or see what's available for 2027.