Sainte-Chapelle Tickets: Entry, Combo Tickets and Guided Tours

Buy the timed ticket from the monument itself. The practical page on sainte-chapelle.fr is the official source for hours, prices and the ticket office. Rates on that page apply from January 12, 2026.

• The chapel only: an individual timed ticket. You go upstairs for the stained glass and back down on your own.
• Chapel plus Conciergerie: the combined ticket on the same page. The Conciergerie is the medieval hall and the cells, a short walk away on the same island.
• A guide: one of the three tours below. Open the option title. If it does not say Sainte-Chapelle, you have not bought the chapel.

The upper chapel is why people come. The monument does not publish a best hour for the light, so this page will not invent one. In winter the building closes earlier, which is the practical limit on when you can be inside.

The chapel is at 10 boulevard du Palais, inside the law courts. From April 1 to September 30 the hours are 9am to 7pm. From October 1 to March 31 they are 9am to 5pm. Last access is 30 minutes before closing. It is closed on January 1, May 1 and December 25.

Arrive at the time on the ticket. The monument asks you not to come early. Security can include an identity check, because this is the Palais de Justice. The Palais de Justice bus stop is sometimes not served. Closest rail: Cité on métro line 4, Châtelet on lines 1, 7, 11 and 14, and Saint-Michel on RER B and C. Buses 21, 24, 27, 38, 58, 81, 85 and 96 stop nearby when they are running.

Helmets, aerosols, sharp objects, scissors, glass bottles, bulky bags, scooters, skateboards and rollerblades are prohibited. Confiscated items are not returned. Strollers have to be small enough to fold through the X-ray, and they are not allowed in the upper chapel. The visit is described as accessible for people with reduced mobility; the monument’s accessibility page has the step-free detail.

The lower individual rate is for nationals and residents of more than four months in the European Economic Area. Everyone else pays the higher individual rate in the table. Under-18s are free except in a group. Ages 18 to 25 are free for EU nationals and for regular non-European residents in France, again except in groups. That is a narrower rule than the Louvre’s under-26 EEA rate, so do not assume one free ticket covers the other.

Notre-Dame’s interior is free. A tour that “includes Notre-Dame” is selling the guide or the escort, not a cathedral ticket. Sainte-Chapelle is the paid monument. Read the option before you compare from-prices.

Each of the three listings refunds in full if you cancel at least 24 hours before the start. None of them is skip-the-security. Walks In Europe says the security line still applies, and that a guided visit inside Notre-Dame may be refused on the day.

The Conciergerie tour is the one that matches a combo: pre-reserved tickets for Sainte-Chapelle and the Conciergerie, a walk on the island, and Notre-Dame from the outside. Meet at Les Deux Palais on boulevard du Palais, 15 minutes early. The tickets are timed and expire within a few minutes, and you cannot join after the start. The product’s shared-group field says eight people. One option on the same listing says a maximum of 12. Check which one is in the basket. The from-price is the lowest listed option. Large bags are banned. The operator says a sudden closure of either monument is not refunded.

City Wonders meets at 15 place du Pont-Neuf and walks the island, then splits by option. “Sainte Chapelle Access” is reserved entry to the chapel. The other three options are Notre-Dame: an escorted group entrance you then visit alone, a semi-private escort capped at five, or a guided visit inside with a certified guide. Shared groups run up to 25. The listing says Notre-Dame’s own entrance is free, and that worship can limit access without notice. Knees and shoulders must be covered for the religious sites. The from-price is the cheapest of those endings, so it is not proof that the chapel ticket is included.

The semi-private Walks In Europe tour is capped at eight, meets at Les Deux Palais, and includes pre-reserved Sainte-Chapelle tickets on a two-hour walk. Its own exclusions say a guided visit inside Notre-Dame may not be guaranteed. If the cathedral blocks groups, the guide explains it from outside. There is no fast-track at the cathedral door. Ages start at six. This is the smaller group, and it is the one to skip if you were counting on standing inside Notre-Dame with the guide.

The chapel and the Conciergerie fill a morning if you use the combined ticket, or a little less if you only climb to the upper chapel. Notre-Dame is across the parvis and does not need one of these tours for the interior. Book its own time slot on the cathedral’s site if you want to go in.

For a different kind of timed entry, the Catacombs are the underground counterpart. Eiffel Tower tickets are the other official-price page. On the river, Seine cruises leave a short walk from the island. More planning notes live in the guides.