Notre Dame Cathedral tickets and tours
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3 hours 30 minutes
Experience the world-renowned monuments of Paris along with all the unusual and lesser-known charms of the city: all in 4 hours. With the co...
4 hours
Paris's beloved Notre-Dame cathedral has been one of the French capital's most famous landmarks since it was built 850 years ago. Notre-Dame...
1 hour 30 minutes
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2 hours
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Flexible
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1 hour
Learn more about Paris' history and French culture while walking past the Seine and along the Champs Elysees, discovering facts and anecdote...
Flexible
Discover in a day the most iconic sights of Paris including the Louvre Museum, the Eiffel Tower, Notre-Dame Cathedral from the outside and t...
7 hours 30 minutes
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24 hours
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1 hour 30 minutes
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24 hours
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The inside story
Unfortunately, due to the recent fire that damaged its iconic spire, the 850-year-old Cathédrale de Notre Dame de Paris, simply known as Notre-Dame, has been forced to temporarily close. There’s speculation it will take at least five years before it can be restored to its former splendour.
Located on a small island called the Ile de la Cite in the middle of river Seine, the cathedral is among the most significant cultural treasures of Paris and a prime example of French Gothic architecture. Started in 1163 during the reign of King Louis VII, the construction of the cathedral went on for more than 2 centuries. Throughout its history, Notre-Dame has lived through moments of both glory and decay; once coming close to being demolished, it was later saved by Napoleon, who was crowned Emperor in 1804 inside the cathedral. A great historical artefact in itself, the building of Notre-Dame serves also as a museum, where drawings, plans and engravings show the old and hidden mysteries of the church development and how the city of Paris changed through the centuries.
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