Press is now reporting information on another element of the re-opening of Notre Dame: the towers !
Here's something I didn’t know . While the State hands back operating of most of the church itself to church authorities (even for tourist visits), the French State (through its Centre des Monuments Nationaux, National Monuments Center) retains for itself the operating and tourist visits of the north and south towers.
The work to finish the towers is still ongoing, so they won't re-open to paying visitors until summer 2025.
They haven't yet set the price — before the fire, a ticket to climb the towers was 11€. They will increase the prices but haven't yet decided by how much.
Before the fire, about 400,000 people each year visited the towers.
They are also slightly modifying the visit, although it will still include the 422 steps up a narrow spiral staircase, but there will be additional intermediate landings. There will be a new staircase that will allow visitors to get closer to the huge Marie and Emmanuel bells. And visitors will be able to walk on the gallery between the north and south towers — and see the huge wood frame of the roof , thanks to new windows opening back that way.
And the view of the gargoyles and of Paris from 226 feet in the air will remain !
Information taken from an article in Le Parisien of December 22.