Catacombs of Paris
Guide
Photo: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
≈ A$53MuseumAllow 1–1.5 hoursPut together by AI from open data
What you'll see
A long, cool walk through old quarry tunnels 20 metres underground, where the bones of millions of Parisians are stacked into walls and patterns. There are over 200 steps down and back up.
A brief history
From the 1780s, the city's overflowing cemeteries were emptied into these disused limestone quarries over several decades.
Tips
- Best time
- First slot of the day
- Cost
- ≈ €30 (check)
- Allow
- 1–1.5 hours
- Hours
- Usually 9:45–20:30, closed Mondays (check)
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Good to know
- Area
- The islands and the Left Bank: Notre-Dame and Sainte-Chapelle on the Île de la Cité, then the Latin Quarter, Saint-Germain and the Luxembourg Gardens across the river.
- Access
- Not step-free (stairs)
- Indoors or out
- Indoors: good on a hot or rainy day
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