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Paris: Notre-Dame Small-Group Tour

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Enter Notre-Dame with your guide, no ticket needed. 70 minutes, max 7 people, with a licensed Paris guide: the fire, the restoration and the West Façade outside, then the cathedral itself.

  • Free cancellation
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  • Live guiding
    English, French, German, Spanish (depends on selected option)
  • Duration
    70 minutes
  • Includes
    • 70-minute small-group tour of Notre-Dame Cathedral and Île de la Cité
    • Licensed guide-conférencier, the only credential permitted to guide inside French national monuments
    • Maximum 7 guests
    • Accompanied entry into the cathedral via the general admission lane for silent guided reflection
    • Ticketed entry
    • Spoken tour inside Notre Dame
    • Skip-the-line entry into Notre Dame (there is no special entry into Notre Dame)
    • Guide gratuity
Highlights & Description

Highlights

  • Explore Notre-Dame in a group capped at 7 guests, never in a crowd
  • Discover 7 outdoor stops, from the Gallery of Kings to the flying buttresses
  • Enter the restored cathedral with your guide, no ticket needed
  • Spend 70 minutes with a licensed guide, then stay inside as long as you like

Description

You'll enter Notre-Dame with your guide. There's no ticket to buy or entry to pre-reserve; entry to the cathedral is free, and we time the tour so the queue works for you rather than against you.

First, the hour that changes what you see inside. Your guide is a licensed guide-conférencier, the only credential France permits to lead tours inside its national monuments, and they'll take you to 7 points around Île de la Cité worth standing at. The West Façade reads like a book once someone shows you where to start: the Gallery of Kings, the portals that taught scripture to a city that couldn't read. You'll see the flying buttresses that made the height possible, the Emmanuel bell, the towers that held through the night of the fire, and the spot where firefighters made the call that saved the building. Victor Hugo gets his due, since without his novel there might have been nothing left to restore.

Then you go in together. Notre-Dame is a working cathedral: people kneel in the side chapels while you visit, candles are lit for the dead, mass is said. So once you cross the threshold, we let it be what it is. Your guide walks through the nave with your group while you take in the vaults, the rose windows and the restored stonework with an hour of history already in your head. You hear the organ and the quiet of the space, not a headset.

Guests tell us the interior is the part they remember, and it's the part we built the tour around.

The practical side: 70 minutes, groups capped at 7, meeting point two minutes from the cathedral. Your guide takes questions at the exit, and you're welcome to stay inside as long as you like afterwards.

Good to know before you go
  • Your guide's storytelling takes place outside, before you enter. Inside Notre-Dame your guide accompanies your group without speaking, as the cathedral is an active place of worship
  • Entry to Notre-Dame is free for all visitors and we don't sell admission tickets or hold priority access. Queues run from 15 minutes to over an hour between April and October, and we time the tour around the line
  • Shoulders and knees covered for entry to the cathedral
  • Runs in all weather. Bring an umbrella if the forecast turns
  • Not wheelchair accessible due to the historic nature of the site
  • Exceptional closures can happen without notice. Check the official Notre-Dame website before travelling. Refunds aren't available for cathedral closures
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Notre Dame Tour - English

Notre Dame Tour in French

Notre Dame Tour in German

Notre Dame Tour in Spanish

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Frequently Asked Questions

1. What is the cancellation policy for this activity?
Cancel up to 24 hours in advance for a full refund.
2. When will I receive the confirmation of my booking?
You will receive an email notification right after your successful payment. If you don't see it in your inbox, check your spam or junk mail folder. When the payment is completed you have the option to download your ticket directly.
3. Are mobile tickets enough or do I have to print them?
Tickets don't need to be printed. You can show your ticket from your smartphone as a PDF.
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  • Children
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