We tell you all about the reopening of Notre-Dame!
Free admission, reservation strongly recommended
RESERVATION STRONGLY RECOMMENDED
How to visit Notre-Dame?
- From December 16, 2024, the cathedral will return to its normal life after the intense moments of festivities the week of its reopening
- Opening hours from 16 December:
- Every day: open from 7:45 am to 7 pm
- Monday to Saturday: Visits from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
- Sunday: 1 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
- Registration and reservation:
- It is a matter of connecting to the Notre Dame de Paris website or to the mobile applications to book a slot the day before, the day before or the day of your visit.
- A confirmation with a digital ticket will be sent to you by email.
- Access is still possible without reservation, but with a risk of a longer queue
- Booking guarantees access to the cathedral in the chosen time slot
- Treasure tour: on site at the reception desk
- Monday to Saturday: 9:30 am – 6 pm
- Sunday: 1 pm – 5:30 pm
- Price: €10 / €6
Discover the Notre-Dame district and the Île de la Cité with your child
- Paris in cartoons (guided tour for 5-10 year olds)
- Paris, mysteries and legends (guided tour from 8 years old)
- The Paris of crime (guided tour from 10 years old)
- The Last Secret of Arsène Lupin (a cultural treasure hunt, from 10 years old)
- Riddle Ride Treasure Hunt on the Ile de la Cité (low budget)
- And celebrate your birthday 🎈with the Treasure Hunt The Treasure of the Knights Templar
- Discover the Sainte-Chapelle and the Conciergerie
- The Archaeological Crypt of the Île de la Cité
- Visit the Monnaie de Paris Museum
- Eat a good ice cream from Berthillon (the most famous ice creams in Paris, don’t panic, if it’s crowded, you’ll find several shops in the area)
A gradual reopening in 2025
With more than 15 million visitors from all over the world expected this year, it was necessary to organize the visits in stages…
- December 8 to 16, 2024 – “Reopening Octave”: masses are open to the public every evening and at night until 10 p.m. (SOLD OUT)
- From 1 February 2025 – groups of pilgrims and schoolchildren will be able to access the cathedral
- From 9 June 2025 (booking opens in March 2025) – It will be the turn of cultural groups with a lecturer or on their own, the day after Pentecost.
Notre-Dame de Paris restored!
- The restored spire : the emblematic spire designed by Viollet-le-Duc, destroyed in the 2019 fire, has been rebuilt identically. It culminates with a golden rooster and contains sacred relics
- The eight bells of the north tower, recently installed, offer an impressive spectacle
- The interior magnificently restored : a new visitor route has been redesigned to admire the walls, the large stained glass rose windows, and the vaults cleaned to regain their Gothic splendour.
- During your visit, you may be lucky enough to hear the famous organ composed of 8,000 pipes
- To see the Treasury, you will have to go to the reception desk, where you will discover: The Relics of the Passion, the goldsmith’s work, but also magnificent liturgical books and many other treasures
- Under the forecourt, the Maison du Chantier offers an immersion behind the scenes of the restoration, the trades and know-how, the technical and human challenges of the project carried out to save the cathedral
- A virtual tour is also possible thanks to 3D, and it is also under the forecourt – Eternal Notre-Dame: Virtual Experience
What the archaeological excavations have revealed
- Following the fire, archaeological excavations have shed new light on the history of the cathedral and its decorations from the Middle Ages to the nineteenth century
- In the middle of hundreds of burials, lead sarcophagi have been unearthed and possibly that of the poet Joachim du Bellay buried in 1560
- Exceptional fragments of sculptures that made up the thirteenth-century rood screen (a gallery that separated the choir from the nave)
- Currently on display at the Musée de Cluny, we discover the finesse and colour of the sculptures of the rood screen that were previously unknown to everyone
- Finally, archaeologists have unearthed remains from the Carolingian era and antiquity that are very important for understanding the history of this site in the heart of Paris
Notre-Dame de Paris: the minute of history
- It is a masterpiece of medieval architecture, emblematic of the early Gothic period
- Built in the 12th century, Notre-Dame de Paris is one of the most visited monuments in Paris.
- Located in the heart of the capital, on the Île de la Cité, it is as emblematic as the Eiffel Tower
- Built over two centuries, Notre-Dame is remarkable for its architecture but also his sculpture. These are important milestones in the history of medieval construction
- Even if it is not the largest cathedral in France, it is still very imposing with: 130 m long and 48 m wide! It reaches 96 m in height at the level of the spire
- Since 1806, the “relics of the Passion” brought back from Jerusalem by St. Louis have been kept in the “Treasury” of the cathedral
- The cathedral was also destroyed during the French Revolution, but the sculptures that were saved are fortunately visible at the Musée de Cluny !
- The architect Viollet-le-Duc restored to the nineteenth century the famous neo-Gothic style spire that overlooks the building and that we can admire again, as well as the large rose window and numerous sculptures
- Finally, let us not forget Victor Hugo and his novel Notre-Dame de Paris which, even today, contributes to the fame of Notre-Dame all over the world
