Is Notre-Dame Cathedral worth it in a day?
Worth itIn a day
Short trip or not, keep Notre-Dame Cathedral.
Allow 1–1.5 hrs.
Reopened December 2024 after the restoration, and the cleaned interior is luminous in a way older visitors never saw. Free entry means a long queue snakes across the parvis; the timed-slot reservation is worth it.
- Price
- Free (timed reservation recommended; tower €16)
- Time
- 1–1.5 hrs
- Last verified
- 2026-06-17
Is Notre-Dame Cathedral worth it…
How we verified
- Reopened to the public on 7 December 2024 after the April 2019 fire, following five years of restoration · nationalgeographic.com
- Entry is free; a free timed-slot reservation can be booked a few days ahead, or you wait in line (up to 2–3 hrs at peak) · parisjetaime.com
- Supporting source · weau.com
- Supporting source · parisaccess.com
- Supporting source · afar.com
- Supporting source · contexttravel.com