Paris: Inside The Reopened Notre-Dame Cathedral Guided Tour Paris: Notre-Dame Cathedral Reopened - Guided Interior Tour
ID: GYG1199243-O-1843312
Category:
Country: France
Duration:
01:15 hours
Description
Step inside the reopened Notre-Dame Cathedral on a guided visit. Discover its restored interior, Gothic architecture, and powerful history with a professional licensed guide.
Notre-Dame Cathedral has reopened. This is your chance to walk through one of the most ambitious restoration projects in modern history.
Your licensed guide meets you steps from the cathedral. Before entering, discover why this building changed architecture forever. Stand before the west façade where three monumental portals tell stories in stone - 28 kings watch from above, and hidden details reveal medieval secrets that most visitors walk past without noticing.
Your guide points out what makes Notre-Dame revolutionary: the flying buttresses that allowed builders to replace solid walls with vast windows, creating a cage of light that still astonishes engineers today. See where the spire once stood, and where the new one now rises.
Enter through the general admission line with your guide providing commentary throughout. Inside, the transformation is striking. The cleaned limestone glows for the first time in generations. Sunlight pours through rose windows that survived the fire - 10 meters of 13th-century glass depicting kings, prophets, and saints.
Walk the 130-meter nave where Napoleon crowned himself Emperor. Stand in the choir where French kings were married. Your guide shares the stories behind each chapel, each sculpture, each window - eight centuries of events witnessed by these walls.
Small group tours are limited to 5 guests, allowing questions and personal attention. Private tours offer flexibility for families or groups with specific interests.
Highlights
- Enter the reopened Notre-Dame with a licensed local guide
- Walk where Napoleon was crowned and French kings were married
- Choose between small group of 5 people maximum or a private tour
Guiding languages
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Access to Notre-Dame is via the general admission line. Waiting times vary depending on crowd levels and security checks. Your guide remains with you throughout.
Admission to Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris is free of charge. The services offered are independent of entry to the cathedral.
We do not distribute entry tickets to Notre-Dame Cathedral.
Your guide will be waiting for you in front of Cité metro station at Place Louis Lépine, 75004 Paris. The guide will be holding a yellow sign with “Smart City Tour” written on it.
INCLUDED
- Qualified tour guide
- Entry into Notre-Dame Cathedral (free)
- Interior and exterior Guided tour
- Intimate small-group option (up to 5 people)
- Private tour (depending on option)
NOT INCLUDED
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Skip-the-line access
- Gratuites
When should I book?
To guarantee availability book as soon as possible. Early booking is worth consideration especially if you planning the trip during high season like public holidays or weekends.
Cancellations
This excursion you can cancel with no cost up to 24 hours before the start of the trip. If you cancel it after 24 hours or not show up on the excursion you will still be charged the full price of the activity. Being late on pick-up or departure will be considered as not showing up.