Paris: Notre-Dame Cathedral Interior and Exterior Guided Tour
- Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts.
- Expert certified guide
- Insights into Notre-Dame’s architecture, history, and restoration
- Intimate small group experience (max 7 guests)
- Stories of key figures like Victor Hugo and Napoleon
- Views of the Rose Window, flying buttresses, and sculpted façades
- Access to the cathedral towers
- Access to the crypt beneath Notre-Dame
- Gratuities for your guide (optional)
- Reserved tickets – Entry to Notre Dame is free for everyone, so no reserved ticket is needed to join this tour. You'll enter with your guide
- Skip-the-line entry – We don't provide ticketed or skip-the-line access. You'll queue in the general entry line alongside your guide
- Expert certified guide
- Insights into Notre-Dame’s architecture, history, and restoration
- Intimate small group experience (max 7 guests)
- Stories of key figures like Victor Hugo and Napoleon
- Views of the Rose Window, flying buttresses, and sculpted façades
- Access to the cathedral towers
- Access to the crypt beneath Notre-Dame
- Gratuities for your guide (optional)
- Reserved tickets – Entry to Notre Dame is free for everyone, so no reserved ticket is needed to join this tour. You'll enter with your guide
- Skip-the-line entry – We don't provide ticketed or skip-the-line access. You'll queue in the general entry line alongside your guide
Discover the magic of Paris’s most famous cathedral on a one-hour guided tour of Notre-Dame Cathedral, combining its breathtaking exterior and newly reopened interior.
Begin outside on the Parvis, where your certified guide brings to life the cathedral’s iconic façade, explaining the stories carved into the three great portals, the drama behind the Gallery of Kings, and how the flying buttresses transformed Gothic architecture.
Then step inside the Notre-Dame interior, reopened after the 2019 fire. Beneath soaring ribbed vaults and dazzling stained glass windows, learn how this cathedral became the heart of Parisian faith and culture. Hear stories of Napoleon’s coronation, the relics once kept here—including the Crown of Thorns—and Victor Hugo’s role in saving the cathedral.
When you sign up for this tour, you become a student again for the day—joining an unforgettable lesson in Parisian history. This Notre-Dame interior and exterior workshop blends teaching, storytelling, and discovery, guided by a passionate licensed professional.
This is a non–skip-the-line experience. Your guide will accompany you inside via the general admission line. We do not provide entry tickets or offer skip-the-line access. Guide commentary is limited in the interior as Notre Dame is a place of worship.
- Please note: Exceptional closures of Notre Dame can occur last minute, we urge you to plan ahead and visit the official Notre Dame website in order to verify if your date may be affected by a closure at https://www.notredamedeparis.fr/en/. Refunds will not be given due to closures of the Cathedral. If the interior is closed an enhanced exterior tour will be given for 1 hour. *
- Explore the cathedral exterior with your guide
- Explore the cathedral interior with your guide
- Learn Gothic secrets and Notre-Dame’s dramatic history
- Learn from a certified Parisian guide
- See the Rose Window, flying buttresses, and sculpted portals
The meeting point may vary. Always check the tickets we sent you to confirm the final details before the activity.
Not suitable for
- Children under 10 years
- Wheelchair users
Not allowed
- Baby carriages
- Baby strollers
- Electric wheelchairs
- Mobility scooters
Know before you go
- Closures and refunds: Refunds will not be issued for last-minute cathedral closures. If the interior is closed, we'll provide an enhanced 1-hour exterior tour instead.
- Dress code – legs: Shorts and skirts must be knee-length or longer. Please note: if the dress code is not followed, you may not be allowed in.
- Dress code – shoulders: Shoulders must be covered (no sleeveless tops).
- Free cathedral entry: Entry to Notre Dame Cathedral is free, and is separate from the guided services we provide. There's no need to reserve a ticket in advance, as you enter with your guide.
- Group size: Groups are limited to 7 people. We reserve the right to split groups of any size.
- Guides are not allowed to speak loudly inside the cathedral - small questions can only be asked.
- No advance ticket reservation is needed to enter
- No skip-the-line access: You'll queue in the general entry line alongside your guide
- Wait times: Expect to wait 10–20 minutes in line
