Catacombs of Paris: Entry Ticket + Audio Guide

Name: Catacombs of Paris: Entry Ticket + Audio Guide
Start: 2026-10-09T10:46:00+0200
End: 2026-10-09T21:59:59+0200
Location: Catacombs of Paris

Catacombs of Paris

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Opens Daily

09:45 a.m. to 08:30 p.m.

Get subterranean in this macabre tour of what lies beneath the City of Lights.

Take an underground tour of Paris's grisly mass graveyard, where the bones of a staggering six million human remains are on macabre display. Wandering these corridors is a fantastically eerie experience, and you'll learn all about life (and death) in 18th-century Paris with the multilingual audio guide. Discover the dark side of Paris!

World’s Largest Ossuary: Houses the remains of several million Parisians within a massive underground labyrinth of former quarry galleries.
Subterranean Scale: Features a 1,500-meter-long visitor circuit located 20 meters deep beneath the city streets.
Historic Origins: Established in the late 18th century for public health and officially opened to the public in 1809.
Unique Architecture: Famous for its "hagues," which are ornamental walls crafted from carefully arranged bones and skulls.
Site Preservation: Currently undergoing major conservation work (following projects in 2024 and 2025) to protect its fragile structural heritage.

Access to the Catacombs
Audio guide

Headphones
Pick-up & drop-off

Due to high demand, online booking of a timed entry ticket is strongly recommended.
Duration of the visit: Allow approximately 1 hour for the 1.5 km route.
The Catacombs of Paris consist of 131 steps to descend and 112 steps to ascend.
The Catacombs of Paris are not accessible to people in wheelchairs or using a walker due to the underground constraints of the site.
For reasons of site conservation, it is forbidden to eat or drink on the tour route, and it is strictly forbidden to access the site in possession of alcoholic beverages (cans, bottles and any other container).
It is forbidden to touch the bones, which are the fragile remains of millions of Parisians.
For safety reasons and to preserve the ossuary, it is forbidden to enter the Catacombs with a suitcase, a large bag, or a motorcycle helmet . Only bags measuring 40x30x20 cm are permitted. They must be carried in front or by hand.
Strollers are not allowed either. Please bring a baby carrier .
Children under 14 years of age must be accompanied by an adult.

This experience/attraction has a non-cancellable / non-changeable cancellation policy: Once booked, the ticket cannot be cancelled or modified.

Metro: Take Line 4 or Line 6 to the Denfert-Rochereau station.

RER: Take RER B to the Denfert-Rochereau station.

Bus: Lines 38, 68, 88, and 216 all stop near the entrance.