Notre Dame Guided Tour with Scheduled Group Access in option
Description
Discover one of the world’s most legendary landmarks with our guided Notre-Dame experience, offering two ways to explore this iconic cathedral. Choose a reserved interior visit to step inside the newly restored Notre-Dame and admire its soaring Gothic vaults, radiant rose windows, and beautifully renewed nave, choir, and chapels. Led by a passionate expert guide, you’ll uncover over 850 years of history, sacred relics, and the remarkable craftsmanship behind its five-year restoration. Prefer to stay outside? Join our exterior guided tour to explore the magnificent façade, towers, sculptures, and hidden details of Notre-Dame while learning the story of its construction, legends, and dramatic rebirth. Your guide will bring the cathedral’s rich past to life from the parvis and surrounding streets. Whether you choose to go inside or discover Notre-Dame from the outside, this guided experience offers a deeper understanding of one of Paris’s most treasured monuments
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Itinerary
During the Notre-Dame Cathedral interior guided visit, travelers begin outside with their guide, who explains the history and symbolism of the cathedral’s Gothic architecture, including the sculpted portals and flying buttresses. With reserved access, they skip the general lines and enter the cathedral directly. Inside, they discover the grand central nave with its soaring ribbed vaults and restored limestone, now brighter after the fire. The tour includes the choir and side chapels, where travelers admire religious artworks, sculptures, and altars. Visitors will see the magnificent rose windows, particularly the 13th-century stained glass masterpieces that survived the fire. Guests learn about the cathedral’s spiritual and cultural role through the centuries, view relics, and experience the renewed ambiance of this world-famous monument..
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Important Information
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- The entrance to Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris is free and open to all. The services offered are independent of access to the interior of the building.
Reviews(31)
More than half the group thought this included access to cathedral bypassing the long lines. It did not. There was no tour, just a 30 minute description of the front facade and sides at the meeting point. Buy a book on Notre Dame and save your money.
The guide never showed up and when I called the guides number it said “Your tour to Eifel Tower has been changed. Our tour was for NOTRE DAME. Disappointing doesn’t express the magnitude of our feelings.
We experienced a disappointing situation where the tour group failed to appear at the scheduled meeting point. Despite arriving 30 minutes early at the statue, we did not see a pink flag or any indication of the tour group. We made multiple attempts to contact them via phone and email, but received no response. After waiting for 30 minutes, we decided to visit the cathedral independently and later contacted the company to request a refund. However, the operator refused our request, which we found to be unprofessional.
Dear customer, Each feedback is very important to us so we thank you for sharing your experience with us. The tour guide always sends us by Whatsapp a picture of the meeting point (the statue) and the location in direct. We also have an online access to follow the check-in. We are sorry if you could not find the guide but please be assured that we provide all of the tours booked. Kind regards
Megan’s a fantastic guide. Loved that we had headphones and Megan explained throughout interior of cathedral. Very informative
Liars. They advertised cathedral access, but failed to mention that it wasn’t available during the holy weekend. They refused to issue a refund for their error. If I could give this zero stars, I would.
Dear customer, We thank you for your feedback. This product has two options for the guided tours. One option is for the interior and the other one for exterior. During the holy week, we only offered the exterior one since the cathedral was not accessible. The product mentions this option and also the voucher. We are sorry if it was not clear enough during your reservation but we confirm that we have provided the tour booked. We remain at your disposal if you have any questions. Kind regards
Anaise was a wonderful guide. Extremely knowledgeable and interesting. I highly recommend this tour
The tour guide (Gabriel) was excellent, he gave us excellent insights into both the history of Notre Dame and the refurb both inside & outside the building. It was crowded but he managed to manoeuvre the crowds very well. Booking the tour also meant no queuing to enter which worked very well as the line was long
The tour guide was great, and the experience was very good, especially because we did not have to wait to get in on a very busy day. My only concern is that the price is to high.
Our guide was clear and concise and had wonderful pictures on her tablet to share with the group. I would highly recommend this tour to others.
Excellent tour with an entertaining guide. He knew a lot of history. Of course the interior is clean and beautiful - wonderful tour❤️
