adapted offer for visually impaired and blind visitors

Tours and prices

Self-guided tours, book in advance

Free admission for disabled visitors and their carers, on presentation of valid proof (Mobility and Inclusion card for French visitors), or organisation certificate (groups). Disabled visitors have priority access.

Booking is compulsory.

Book your ticket

Groups (8 people or more)

Booking is compulsory and guided by one of the monument's mediators. All requests must be made at least 3 weeks in advance.

Single price: €60 for a group of 20 people or less.

Things to know for your visit

IMPORTANT: THE TOUR OF THE TOWERS IS DIFFICULT TO ACCESS:

Climbing the 424 steps up the towers of Notre-Dame can be strenuous. The tour is not recommended for people in poor health or those prone to vertigo.
There is no rest area on the tour. Seats are available on request in the lower hall and in the soundscape hall.
The tour has very narrow spaces (45cm wide) and uneven steps.
Details of the steps:
- Ascent: 8 steps - 76 steps wide staircase - 100 steps wide staircase - 90 steps wide wooden staircase - 4 and 119 steps narrow vertiginous staircase (Return journey, possibility of continuing the tour without this ascent) - 27 steps wide wooden staircase
- Descent: 113 steps wide wooden staircase - 6 access steps (uphill) - 35 steps wide wooden staircase - 162 steps wide stone staircase.
All the staircases have handrails. Rumble strips indicate the start and end of each staircase.
Assistance dogs are permitted.
The sound in the north tower can be loud when the bells are ringing.

accessible mediations

The texts of the route labels are available to download in Txt format below.
Tactile, contrasted and Braille boards, as well as a scale model of a chimera, are available on request from the lower hall reception desk:
- Presentation of the circuit
- Stages in the construction of the cathedral
- Stages in the construction of the towers
- Tactile model of a chimera
A tactile model of Notre-Dame is available for group visits.
A room with a soundscape is presented during the tour (quadrilobe room).
The descent of the last staircase of 162 steps is accompanied by a contemporary sound creation.