Notre-Dame de Paris

Cathedral Paris, Ile-de-France, France

What to expect

Notre-Dame de Paris is a medieval Catholic cathedral and one of the finest examples of French Gothic architecture, featuring pioneering use of the rib vault and flying buttress, enormous and colourful rose windows, and naturalism and abundance of its sculptural decoration

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This family's experience:

Activities: We visited the Notre-Dame Cathedral and admired its stunning architecture and history

Highlights: The kids were fascinated by the cathedral's gargoyles and the story of its restoration ✨

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This family's experience:

Activities: We visited the cathedral and walked under its great arches

Highlights: The kids were fascinated by the Gargoyles and the story of the hunchback of Notre Dame ✨

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This family's experience:

Activities: We visited Notre Dame and climbed its towers to see the Gargoyles and bells

Highlights: The kids loved seeing the Gargoyles and the view from the top was amazing ✨

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This family's experience:

Activities: We visited the cathedral and admired its beautiful architecture

Highlights: The kids were fascinated by the gargoyles and we enjoyed the beautiful atmosphere ✨

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This family's experience:

Activities: We visited the famous Notre-Dame Cathedral

Highlights: Our kids were fascinated by the story of Quasimodo, and we all enjoyed the stunning architecture ✨

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This family's experience:

Activities: We visited the Notre-Dame Cathedral

Highlights: We enjoyed the cathedral's beauty, but our daughter was not very interested ✨

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This family's experience:

Activities: We met in front of the Cathedral of Notre-Dame and looked for the bronze star set into the cobblestones, right in front of the Cathedral’s main entrance

Highlights: The kids recognized that the Cathedral is The Hunchback of Notre Dame Disney’s movie’s set and had a look to the famous gargoyles, Quasimodo’s friends! ✨

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This family's experience:

Activities: We visited the cathedral and took a picture with our family. The cathedral was still under scaffolding and we could not enter

Highlights: We enjoyed the impressive structure of the cathedral. It was fun to snap a picture with our family ✨