Notre-Dame de Paris

Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris

Back, bright and free, five years after the fire

⚠ Free · booking advised

Hours

Mon–Fri 07:50–19:00 (Thursday until 22:00), Sat–Sun 08:15–19:30; visits limited during services

Tickets

Cathedral free (optional free timed booking). Bell towers €16 (under 18 free, online only), Treasury €12, Archaeological Crypt under the square €9

Address

6 Parvis Notre-Dame – Place Jean-Paul II, east end of the Île de la Cité

The spire and roof fell in the 2019 fire, and the cathedral reopened in December 2024. Visitors keep remarking that the cleaned stone columns and vaults are far brighter than before. The north rose window survived the fire with its 13th-century glass. The route inside is one-way, so you just follow the flow, passing people at prayer. The bell towers need a separate ticket and a climb, and from among the gargoyles you look down on the Île de la Cité and the Seine.