Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
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Service animals allowed
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Public transportation options are available nearby
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All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
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Suitable for all physical fitness levels
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The entrance to Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris is free and open to all. The services offered are independent of access to the interior of the building.
Cancellation policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
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Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
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If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
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This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
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Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
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The tour is a product of a very long and detailed research, conducted by a PhD scholar, that was done for the purposes of mobile app Notre Dame Fiat Lux. This research will also be published in the form of a book. Therefore, our guides who partook in this research (most of them) or have prepared the tour from it, are arguably and very likely the foremost experts on Notre Dame in Paris, France, and indeed the world. The tour is a comprehensive view on the cathedral and its many different aspects. We offer a rare synthesis of research, over ten years of guiding experience, and most importantly, honest, deep and ever expanding love for this jewel of Gothic architecture. We feel that Notre Dame ...
Highlights
1 hour and 30 minutes
Offered in English & French
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
1 hour and 30 minutes
Offered in English & French
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Private tour
Professional art historian guide
Notre-Dame Cathedral access
Food and drinks
Meeting Points
Departure
7 Parvis Notre-Dame - Pl. Jean-Paul II
The meeting point is in front of the Charlemagne statue, a large bronze horse rider on the right hand side of the church. Your guide will be carrying a red canvas tote bag.
Return
Itinerary
1
Archeological Crypt of the Parvis of Notre-Dame
The underground of the cathedral and its importance not only for Notre Dame, but for history of Paris and France as well. We discuss the crypt without entering it, as it is a separate visit in its own right.
10 minutes
2
Point Zero
The historic, cultural, symbolical and overall relevance of this often overlooked yet immensely important site.
15 minutes
3
Equestrian Statue of Charlemagne
History of how France came to be and the significant role Notre Dame Cathedral had in it.
15 minutes
4
Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Paris
A detailed description of the Western Portal of the cathedral and the meaning of its statues and reliefs. The detailed explanation of their history and relevance. In this case in particular, art is never just ornamental, but deeply symbolical and instrumental.
20 minutes
5
Rue du Cloitre Notre-Dame
The view of the cathedral from the side, as a chance to discuss its architecture, windows, gargoyles, and how it comes together both symbolically and functionally.
15 minutes
6
Fontaine de la Vierge
A view of the cathedral from the back, and the detailed account of the immense and breathtaking complexity of Gothic architecture.
10 minutes
7
Petit-Pont-Cardinal-Lustiger
An overview of the entire cathedral and the story of its beauty, connected to dogma, creation of Marian Catholicism, French identity and politics.
The tour is a product of a very long and detailed research, conducted by a PhD scholar, that was done for the purposes of mobile app Notre Dame Fiat Lux. This research will also be published in the form of a book. Therefore, our guides who partook in this research (most of them) or have prepared the tour from it, are arguably and very likely the foremost experts on Notre Dame in Paris, France, and indeed the world. The tour is a comprehensive view on the cathedral and its many different aspects. We offer a rare synthesis of research, over ten years of guiding experience, and most importantly, honest, deep and ever expanding love for this jewel of Gothic architecture. We feel that Notre Dame ...
Highlights
1 hour and 30 minutes
Offered in English & French
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
1 hour and 30 minutes
Offered in English & French
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Private tour
Professional art historian guide
Notre-Dame Cathedral access
Food and drinks
Meeting Points
Departure
7 Parvis Notre-Dame - Pl. Jean-Paul II
The meeting point is in front of the Charlemagne statue, a large bronze horse rider on the right hand side of the church. Your guide will be carrying a red canvas tote bag.
