Catacombs of Paris

The catacombs of Paris are great for history buffs, people who love architecture, people who love morbid or creepy stuff, people who are are spiritual or religious, and anyone interested in learning about the truth behind Paris history. Definitely worth the trip to see, it’s amazing to see how such a dense city grapples with the limited space and demands of a large population. Absolutely reminds you of how human you are. Definitely worth booking a private tour. Audioguides are only €6 and you can reserve on site, but I booked a tour guide. Awesome trip. Loved seeing the altar and Christian artworks and crosses. May all of the souls in the Catacombs rest in peace.
Holly P - a month ago

The labyrinth of limestone is fascinating, everyone buried together without hierarchy is humbling and to walk through and experience this is very unique. A must do when you’re in Paris. The process of finding and creating the catacombs is also incredible. Great self-guided tour, the audio guide is detailed enough to give you plenty of info without being boring or too lengthy. The queue system for the different time slots works well. Staff were helpful. I would highly recommend this, it’s not too far away from the centre, if you like walking you could walk there or just take a quick ride on the metro. We booked tickets in advance and they were rather limited as it’s so popular.
Jamie Higgs-Dey - 3 weeks ago

Excellent place to visit, on the day of visting, I noticed at 11am all the tickets for the day were sold out for the Friday, so it's worth getting a ticket in advance. It's organised well from the way the scheduled times are filtered to the quick security checks. The audio machines are high quality and easy to use, they are available in different languages. Security is tight and there are frequent visits by security within the catacombs as the greatest damage is actually done by people touching the bones. There were over 6 million people's bones here and here there was no hierarchy so poor people could have been next to the rich. It is sad that this catacomb was discovered as houses caved in due to the underground void leading to the discovery. The tickets can be booked directly from the place and in this instance there is no need for a guide as the guide cannot jump the queue and its a one way system, full price with an audio guide is 31 euros, 25 euros for reduced price, and 12 for people aged 5 to 17 years, it is expensive in comparison to other sites like the Eiffel Tower or the Lourve. Note the catacombs will shut from 03 Nov 2025 to spring 2026. Tickets can be booked 7 days in advance. The visitor entrance is located at the following address: 1, Avenue du Colonel Henri Rol-Tanguy (place Denfert-Rochereau) 75014 Paris. There is a limit on the size of bag that can be taken (40×30cm), no strollers tripods etc are allowed. Flash photography is allowed so long as it doesn't cause issues to other guests. The place is limited to 200 per day and it is not encouraged to visit if you have mobility issues, there are 131 steps going down and 112 to ascend, some places are slippery so care must be taken, the walk is 1.5km and can take an hour to negotiate.
B S - a month ago

One of those fascination all human has with dead thing and to see it in such a volume is fascinating! I visited the Catacombs of Paris in my first time to Paris in 2018 and this place was the most standout from that time so when I had a chance to come back to Paris again this was the only place I wanted to revisit. (And the cheese fondue restaurant) I think they might have lower a cap number of people in each time slot now since when I tried to book tickets most of the time slots are all sold out and only a couple left for the 2 days I was in Paris. It was also very quiet and not many people down there. It was super nice to be able to take your time to walked around and look at things slowly! I really enjoyed that 💀 I didn't see the skull coin souvenir last time so I was so glad to get some magnet and coin this time! 🪙☠️ The staff was very friendly and professional! Great gift shop at the finish of the tunnel! Somehow I blocked out information about the 300 spirel stairs to go down into the tunnel and come back up from last time, got a bit dizzy 🥴 going down too fast 😂 Definitely a recommendation of thing to do in Paris.
Penny Gaffney - 2 weeks ago

as someone who loves horror (hello as above so below) I adored the catacombs. it’s located in a random little square in the middle of the streets, and upon entering you climb down 10m of stairs, where the vistable portion of the catacombs starts and is laid out like a museum. I loved this format, it made the visit so much more immersive. note that floors can be slippery though. In each area of the catacombs there’s a free audio guide piece and an information board on the history of the catacombs, and also certain engravings on the walls that are highlighted including dates and words from more than a hundred years ago. I also liked that the place wasn’t absolutely teeming with people and that there were still areas where you could be alone with the ambiance. honestly walking silently, 20m below ground, through the mountains of bones and remains is so cool and unique and memorable?? there was also a guide there who was absolutely stellar at her work, and who provided detailed information of the catacombs and current restoration works. my dumb ahh also bumped straight into a skull and promptly gave myself a heart attack so there’s THAT gift shop is also super fun!
Ariel Jewel - a week ago