We will be in Paris June 20, 21 and 22.
We booked A Get your Guide tour to Versailles at 10:40 am on June 21.
Do we need to get tickets ahead of time for the War Museum and Napoleon’s tomb?
Also for Notre Dame and Chappell Cathedral?
Thank you so much
Posted by
Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, USA
16201 posts
I agree with ORD traveler....went 2 years ago and no need for timed entry tickets.
Since you have an interest in the Army Museum, if you have time you might also consider the Museum to the Liberation and Resistance. It does not need booking ahead, free entry, closed Mondays.
https://www.museeliberation-leclerc-moulin.paris.fr/en
Sainte-Chappelle (it's a deconsecrated church so no services here)- yes you do need timed entries.
Notre Dame - haven't been since it reopened. Some RS forum members report being able to stand in line to get in without tickets. There are several recent threads on how to get advance tickets.
Posted by
San Francisco
15740 posts
Another war museum in Paris is the French Naval museum in Palais du Trocadero.
Posted by
Upstate NY, USA
1052 posts
FYI if you're a Veteran of any kind, bring something that shows this, you'll get free admission to the Musee de l'Armee.
Posted by
USA
294 posts
My daughter and I visited musée de l'Armée in early April this year and had no wait for tickets purchased on site on Tuesday afternoon. Liberation museum was not busy on Saturday morning when we visited, either.
Carnavalet museum also had quite a bit of war elements to it, too, though it's, I believe, more of a Paris history museum. No wait for us there on a weekday.
Posted by
Philadelphia
125 posts
Just to second the other posts...I got into the War Museum without an advance ticket. I was one of the first people in line when it opened that day but a small crowd was building behind me. I believe it was a Saturday.
I couldn't get advance tickets to Notre Dame despite making multiple attempts to do so. It was continually sold out every time I went online. I believe the tickets weren't for sale too far in advance either, and when they DID go on sale, it was instantly sold out. Chappelle Cathedral was also sold out. I don't know how one gets tickets for these.
I saw massive lines of people waiting to get into Notre Dame and I'm not sure if they were tour groups or people with tickets.
Posted by
Long Beach, Ca, usa
2620 posts
No group tours are being allowed or sold yet for Notre Dame. Here on the forum you will see many entries about getting ND tickets. Put Notre Dame tickets in the search bar above and filter for "forum" and 6 months or newer". You are probably too early to get them for your dates. When it is too soon, it will probably show as sold out.