Notre-Dame is Back!

Tragedies and Triumphs – small-group free walking tour

90 min / FREE TOUR - TIP-SUPPORTED
at 10am, rain or shine. Check schedules.

booking is required

New tour

What's in our tour?

Five years after the great fire, Notre-Dame is back! On this small-group walking tour, expose yourself to the spiritual power of the world’s greatest Gothic church.

Fire, politics, revolutions and even fads – Notre-Dame was maimed and put in danger many times. Yet, ever since 1163 and the laying of its first stone, Notre-Dame has also never stopped to guide humans and to re-invent itself. Feel the force of the church.

On this guided tour, see the spire, and the rose windows, the towers, the flying buttresses, and some of the record-breaking 37 representations of the Virgin Mary – aka “notre dame” – our lady.

Retrace the steps of the Hunchback, Napoleon, De Gaulle and Victor Hugo in and around Notre-Dame.

Appreciate the spiritual meaning of Notre-Dame – which has now entered the Seven Wonders of the Modern World.

After the fire, no one believed that we would see notre dame again in our lifetime. Yet she is now here for you to see, with an engaging, and knowledgeable professional guide, and on a guided tour where you pay only what you want after the tour. Do not miss Paris’ great landmark now.

FYI, your guide will not go with you inside, as guiding is not allowed inside Notre-Dame.

HOT DAY SPECIAL: guide has fans for each guest, walk in the shade, and we make frequent stops for water.

In English, small group, rain or shine, every day.

Notre-Dame walking tour highlights

  • All the highlights of notre dame – The façade. The great stained-glass window. The “forbidden city.” The statues. Last Judgment. And the Spire.
  • The fire – what caused it, what burned down and what survived, what was that fateful decision that saved notre dame in the end?
  • The legends –and the truth in them. The Hunchback. The head-less Christian bishop. The martyr of saint Lawrence.
  • In English, small group, rain or shine, every day.
  • Engaging, knowledgeable guide, who experienced the fire and who witnessed every step of the reconstruction.

Spots are limited—book now to secure your place on this exclusive small-group tour of Notre Dame

Where and when?

Our free walking tour of Notre-Dame/Tragedies and Triumphs runs every day, rain or shine, at 10 a.m. Please check the schedule for updates.

Meet your guide at 73, quai de la tournelle, rain or shine (closest metro stops are Cité on line 4 and Maubert-Mutualité on line 10). Your guide is wearing a pink vest.

Our Notre-Dame walking tour ends outside the entrance to Notre-Dame, 5 minutes away from Cité (line 4) and Hotel-de-ville (line 1 and 11) metro stations.

Booking is required and capped at 6 people. Parties of 7 and more must book a private tour. In the interest of all guests, we reserve the right to turn away large parties.

Why take this tour?

Notre-Dame is finally re-opening, after the tragic fire that nearly obliterated it in April 2019.

Notre-Dame is the most spiritual edifice ever built by man. Experience its power.

Our guides love Notre-Dame. And it shows.

HOT DAY SPECIAL: We walk in the shade as much as possible and every tour makes frequent stops for water.

Price

This is our free walking tour of Notre Dame. You pay the guide what you want at the end of your tour.
Booking is required. Parties of 7 and more must book a private tour.

Turn up at the free tour Notre-Dame meeting point 5 minutes early.

To book this tour, use the “Book Now” button.

Privatize this tour

Groups of friends, families, and school groups often reserve a private guide for their walking tour of Notre-Dame. The 90 min Private Tour of Notre-Dame/Tragedies and Triumphs starts at €179.

The guide can tailor your walking tour to your interests, skip what you do not want to visit, and help you into Notre-Dame.

We insist that for the time being, group-guiding inside Notre-Dame is not allowed. Our tour focuses on the outside of Notre-Dame.

Privatize this tour

Other information

Group tours inside the church are not authorized yet. Our tour looks at Notre Dame from different angles outside the church.

For entrance tickets, go to www.notredamedeparis.fr/en : if you want to go inside notre dame right after our tour ends, book your Notre Dame for noon onwards.

Starts

Meet your guide at 73, quai de la tournelle, rain or shine.

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When

at 10am, rain or shine. Click on Book Now to check schedules.

Metro station

Closest metro stations: Maubert-Mutualité (line 10) and Cité (line 4)

Additional information

Wheelchairs not advised on this walking tour, because of some stairs and cobblestones.
Average tip on this tour: €14
Average duration: 1 hour and 40 minutes

Ends near metro Hôtel-de-ville and Cité

Look for our distinct pink vests

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