Notre Dame Exterior Professional Guided Tour

Paris, France

1 hour 30 minutes to 2 hours (approx.)
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

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Overview

From its medieval origins to its devastating fire in 2019, Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris has witnessed centuries of history—but it takes an expert guide to unpack it all. Get an in-depth overview of one of France’s most distinctive monuments on this guided tour around the exterior. Then, visit the interior at your own pace during a self-guided visit.

Learn how author Victor Hugo helped save the Gothic monument
Explore the cathedral from the outside during a guided visit
Understand the significance of sacred relics like the Crown of Thorns
After the tour, choose to visit inside on your own

What's Included

Guided Visit to Notre Dame’s Exterior
All About Notre Dame’s Architecture and Interior Artworks
The Best Professional and Knowledgeable Guides

Lunch
Bottled water
Private transportation
Guided Tour inside of Notre Dame. This part of the tour is self-guided.
Scheduled Entry Ticket
Notre-Dame Cathedral access and reserved time slot

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

Statue de Charlemagne et ses leudes
75004 Île de la Cité, France
Meet at the statue of Charlemagne, Place Jean-Paul II, Parvis Notre-Dame, 75004 Paris, France. Please arrive at least 15 minutes before the start of your tour. Your guide will be waiting with a purple sign that says "Discover."

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Operating hours
.11:00 am

Itinerary

Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Paris

1 hour 30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Wheelchair accessible
Stroller accessible
Near public transportation
Transportation is wheelchair accessible

Surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Most travelers can participate
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.
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 954 travelers

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Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

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Reviews

3.7

based on 12 reviews

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Horrible

Susan_E, Apr 2026

Guide never showed up. Now I will be fighting for a refund. We stood exactly as instructed, arrived 30 minutes early and looked for the guide for half an hour.

Ok, so on the day of the...

Thomas_W, Dec 2025

Ok, so on the day of the tour everything went wrong for me. Consequently, I was as about 5 minutes late. The tour was nowhere to be seen.

Very poor service

Mary_W, Sep 2025

Don’t book either them they got the day wrong for booking and then cancel 1/2 hour before tour due to start

Notre Dame Exterior Walking Tour

MargaretLynn_O, Aug 2025

Perkins was very informative + we learned a lot. We enjoyed his knowledge + persobality. Very pleasant.

Don’t book with Discover Tours. They no showed

Kevin_F, Jun 2025

NO SHOW - we arrived early and at the correct place and waited a long time and no guide ever arrived. Texted and chated with operator and never got a response. Called Discover Tours after contacting Viator and they didn’t not answer the call. Very frustrating and so unprofessional of them to treat customers on holiday so poorly.