Renovation, Restoration and Rebirth: A Notre-Dame Audio Tour

Duration1h 30m - 2h

Free cancellationFull refund up to 24 hours before

Instant confirmationYour booking is confirmed right away

TicketMobile or paper ticket accepted

LanguagesEnglish

Private tourOnly your group will participate

Overview

Notre-Dame de Paris has watched over generations of changing artistic tastes, political upheaval, and religious practices.

On this self-guided audio tour, you’ll find out how the UNESCO World Heritage site has evolved through nearly nine centuries of construction, destruction, and rebirth. Your guide on this audio tour is Lindsey Hansen, a Context Travel expert and art historian specializing in medieval French Gothic architecture.

The tour takes you through Notre-Dame's most significant spaces, including the central nave and the ambulatory chapels with their funerary monuments for France’s elite. During the tour, you’ll learn to spot the difference between original medieval elements, later additions, and recent restorations. You’ll be taught to ”read” the cathedral’s complex history through its architecture.

This tour offers a rare opportunity to trace Notre-Dame’s 900-year evolution, from its medieval origins to its post-fire restoration.

What's included

Lifetime access to this tour in English before your booking date and after it
Offline access to audio, maps, and geodata
App for Android and iOS
Flexibility to explore at your own pace with a self-guided GPS tour
Directions to the starting point so that when you’re in the right place, the tour will start

Smartphone and headphones
Personal expenses for attractions not included during the tour
Food and drink
Transportation

What to expect

Place Jean Paul II
Pass by

This self-guided audio tour of Notre Dame starts outside the cathedral on Place Jean Paul II. The tour starts in the square in front of the cathedral and takes you through its most significant spaces, including the central nave and the ambulatory chapels with their funerary monuments for France’s elite.
Notre-Dame
Pass by

On this self-guided tour, you’ll find out how the restored UNESCO World Heritage site has evolved through nearly nine centuries of construction, destruction, and rebirth – including its remarkable recovery from the devastating 2019 fire.
Pass by

On this tour, you’ll learn to spot the difference between original medieval elements, later additions, and recent restorations.

Meeting and pickup

Meeting point

This tour starts on the square in front of the cathedral. Before arrival, please install the mobile app and use the code provided on your confirmation ticket. Detailed starting point instructions are available after downloading.

End point

This tour starts on the square in front of the cathedral. Before arrival, please install the mobile app and use the code provided on your confirmation ticket. Detailed starting point instructions are available after downloading.

Additional information

Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Cancellation policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.