https://www.eternellenotredame.com/en/
Greetings! We want to buy "Eternelle Notre-Dame" tickets in advance for the Notre-Dame location (NOT the La Defense location). While the website describes both locations, it appears to sell tickets only to the La Defense location.
Is the Notre-Dame location still open? And, if yes, how does one purchase advance tickets to the Notre-Dame location?
On that link, click on BOOK YOUR TICKETS. The next screen should give you a choice of Notre Dame or La Défense. At least it does when I tried it.
The website explains that due to work at square in front of Notre Dame, the location there is no longer available for the exhibit. The Défense location remains open.
Now that the Cathedral of Notre Dame has reopened you can see it live and in person.
For the virtual reality experience you would have to visit the La Defense location.
Your link is for the English version of the website which hasn't been updated. Note that is still referenced the 2024 Olympics.
And that would explain why the website was going to let me purchase tickets to the ND version. Sorry about that, OP.
It's too bad too, because it was really well done. Even though you can see Notre Dame in person, the VR experience starts in the Middle Ages with the beginning stages of the cathedral, continuing on to the present day rebuilding after the fire. I especially liked it for young people as a learning experience made fun for them.
It is well worth doing -- you visit Notre Dame as it is being build in the 13th century -- it is a marvelous experience thqt has little to do with seeing the 'real thing' now. Worth the trip to La Defense IMHO. I have done it both places, once on my own and once with a Paris friend at the ND location.
I agree with Janet that it's a wonderful experience and very different from seeing the Cathedral today.
And I agree with Janet and Elizabeth - The Éternelle Notre Dame 3D visit is absolutely exquisite and such a great learning experience. In addition to seeing the actual cathedral.
Do you know if it is only open certain days, or if the days I am in Paris it has sold out? We really wanted to do this, but alas it seems nothing is available Sunday - Wednesday.
I echo the previous comments that it's a great experience! (And it's a very different experience from visiting the cathedral itself!). The location at Notre Dame closed December 31, 2025 due to the redevelopment of the parvis/square and the new underground promenade that's being built.
We really wanted to do this, but alas it seems nothing is available Sunday - Wednesday.
Hi sarahalida!
As of now, it's currently only available on Thursday, Friday, Saturday and the occasional Sunday.
