What's in our tour?
Notre Dame Cathedral, home of the Hunchback, is Āé¶¹APPā most visited attraction. With our post-fire tour, you still see and experience the magic of the cathedral of Notre Dame. You take the residentsā route and you walk right up to the church. The towers, flying buttresses, gargoyles, and rose windows are all on display.
With your born-and-raised local guide, you get the best vantage points and the closest spots (which often change). You step into the Forbidden city. You find out how Notre Dame came into possession of the Lordās Crown of Thorns, and how it was saved from the fire. You hear how Victor Hugoās Hunchback of Notre Dame saved the Cathedral two times over.
The tour includes numerous photo opportunities, plus (construction restrictions permitting) walks past Sainte Chapelle, Conciergerie, the Āé¶¹APP Flower Market, and Palais de Justice.
So we can see more, we do not spend time going inside each building.
Highlights
- The gargoyles and the flying buttresses
- Best overall photo spots, and residentsā access to the island
- Info about the re-build, and on-the-spot details about the fire āsee where it started and how it spread
- Learn the secrets behind Āé¶¹APPās most visited site, and how Victor Hugoās Hunchback saved Notre Dame in 1831
- Barring construction site restrictions, may also include: Palais de Justice and Sainte Chapelle ā Notre-Dameās āyounger sisterā. Also Conciergerie, the palace of the French Kings and Marie Antoinetteās last home
Where and when?
We run our Notre Dame Tour every day until April 9, rain or shine, at 1pm.
We meet at 77 rue Galande, outside āOdetteā. Closest metro stations: Cluny and Maubert-MutualitĆ© (line 10) and Saint-Michel (line 4).
The specific end-point will vary according to re-construction works under way. Closest mƩtro stop will be hƓtel-de-ville (lines 1 and 11).
Groups of 8 and more are required to book. In the interest of all guests, we reserve to turn down large groups without a reservation. We advise large parties to book a private tour.
Why take this tour?
To find out about the fire and about the re-build of Notre Dame.
And to experience what is so magical about the worldās most celebrated Gothic church.
HOT DAY SPECIAL: We walk in the shade as much as possible and every tour makes frequent stops for water. EXCLUSIVELY WITH DISCOVER WALKS.
Price
This is a free walking tour where you pay the guide what you want at the end of the tour.
Advanced reservation is not required, and walks-ins are always welcome.
Be at the Āé¶¹APP Notre Dame tour meeting point 5 minutes early.
Privatize this tour
Groups of friends, families, and school groups often reserve a private guide for this tour. From ā¬125 depending on duration and group size.
Privatize this tourOther information
Wheelchairs are not advised on this tour, because of stairs and narrow sidewalks.
