Likely to sell out1,024 reviews
2 hParis: Catacombs Special Access Tour
★ 4.7 · 1,024 reviews
- 2h, Special access to restricted areas
- Guided tour
- Likely to sell out
- Free cancellation
$155$77.50 / hour
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Catacombs of Paris tickets: two guided tours, both two hours
There are two Catacombs of Paris tickets listings on this site, and both are small-group guided tours rather than plain entry. The Special Access Tour is $155 for two hours: it skips the long lines and opens restricted areas, with 1,024 reviews at 4.7 and a likely-to-sell-out flag on the listing. The Restricted Access Tour is $212 for two hours: it unlocks gates to hidden rooms on a small-group VIP tour and holds 4.9 across 533 reviews. Both listings carry free cancellation. That is the whole choice; the rest of this page is how to make it.
Quick answer
The short answer. Catacombs of Paris tickets come in two forms here, both guided. Take the $155 Special Access Tour if you want the most reviewed option and a fifty-seven-dollar saving; take the $212 Restricted Access Tour if the hidden rooms and the higher rating matter more. Both are two hours, both skip the lines, both are small groups.
Catacombs of Paris tickets at a glance
- Listings here
- 2both guided, both small group
- Cheaper
- $155Special Access Tour
- Pricier
- $212Restricted Access Tour
- Length
- 2 hourson both listings
- Most reviewed
- 1,024 reviewsrated 4.7
- Highest rated
- 4.9on 533 reviews
- Queue
- Skippedboth listings say so
- Sells out
- The $155 tourflagged on the listing
- Cancellation
- Free cancellationon both listings
- Plain entry ticket
- Not listedguided only here
What you are buying
Why the tickets here come with a guide
Two listings, one ossuary, and the difference is which doors open.
Catacombs in Paris tickets without a guide are not something this site lists, and the two listings it does carry are honest about why they cost more than a door ticket: both skip the long lines, and both take you past the public route. The Paris catacombs tickets sold as part of these tours are for a two-hour, small-group visit to what the second listing calls the world’s largest ossuary.
Paris catacombs tour tickets at $155 buy special access to restricted areas and a guide who, in the listing’s words, teaches the past of the place in a small group. Tickets to Paris catacombs rooms behind locked gates are what the $212 listing sells: it calls itself a VIP tour and promises the secrets of underground Paris.
Neither is a catacombs Paris audio tour. Both listings describe a small-group tour led in person, and both are two hours.
Every trip, current fare
Catacombs of Paris tickets side by side
Both listings with cost per hour. The gap is fifty-seven dollars for the hidden rooms and a rating two tenths higher on a third of the reviews.
| Tour | Length | Price | What you get | Cost per hour | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paris: Catacombs Special Access Tour | 2 h | $155 | Special access to restricted areas | $77.50 | 4.7 · 1,024 |
| Paris: Catacombs Restricted Access Tour | 2 h | $212 | Hidden rooms, small group | $106.00 | 4.9 · 533 |
Which one, honestly
Which Catacombs of Paris tickets to take if…
Four situations, matched to the Catacombs of Paris tickets whose listing fits them.
- …you are deciding on reviews
The $155 Special Access Tour, with 1,024 reviews at 4.7. The $212 tour is rated higher at 4.9, on 533 reviews.
- …you want the rooms most people never see
The $212 Restricted Access Tour is the one whose listing talks about unlocking gates to hidden rooms. The $155 tour describes special access to restricted areas, so both go beyond the public route; only the pricier one uses the word gates.
- …you are booking late
Paris catacombs last minute tickets are the risk here: the $155 tour carries a likely-to-sell-out flag on its listing. If it is gone for your date, the $212 tour is the same length and does not show the flag.
- …you want to keep the budget under $200
Only the $155 tour fits. A Paris catacombs guided tour on this site does not go cheaper than that, and there is no plain entry ticket listed to undercut it.
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Rated 4.9533 reviews
2 hParis: Catacombs Restricted Access Tour
★ 4.9 · 533 reviews
- 2h, Hidden rooms, small group
- Small group
- Skip the line
- Free cancellation
$212$106.00 / hour
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Are guided Catacombs of Paris tickets worth it?
On the numbers: 1,024 people have reviewed the $155 tour and rated it 4.7; 533 have reviewed the $212 tour and rated it 4.9. Together that is 1,557 reviews for a Catacombs of Paris tour that costs at least $155, which says people who pay for the guide and the locked doors mostly think it was worth it.
What the money buys over a plain ticket is written into both listings: skipping the long lines, a small group, and access past the public route. What it does not buy is more time; both tours are two hours. Tickets for catacombs Paris visits on this site come only in this guided form, so the comparison to a cheaper door ticket is one the listings do not let you make.
Between the two, the $212 tour is thirty-seven percent more expensive for hidden rooms and a rating two tenths higher. If that reads as a lot of money for two tenths, the $155 tour is the one.
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What both Catacombs of Paris tickets have in common
A Paris France catacombs tour on either listing is two hours, in a small group, with the lines skipped. Both listings offer free cancellation. Both describe the ossuary and the areas off the public route as the point of the visit; neither listing mentions a shorter or self-guided option.
Tickets for catacombs in Paris on this page are booked by date on the live listing. Of the two Catacombs of Paris tickets, the $155 tour is the one flagged likely to sell out, so if your dates are fixed, book that one first and keep the $212 tour as the fallback.
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Catacombs of Paris tickets, answered
Can you tour the catacombs of Paris?
Yes, on either of the two listings here: the $155 Special Access Tour or the $212 Restricted Access Tour. Both are two-hour, small-group guided visits that skip the long lines.
How long is the catacombs tour in Paris?
Two hours on both listings. Neither offers a shorter version, and neither is a self-guided visit.
Where to get tickets for the catacombs in Paris?
Catacombs of Paris tickets on this page are booked from the cards above, which open the live listing where you choose a date and pay. The $155 tour has 1,024 reviews; the $212 tour has 533.
Is there a cheaper ticket without a guide?
Not on this site. Both Catacombs of Paris tickets listings are guided small-group tours, and the cheaper of them is $155. The museum’s own door price is not quoted here because the listings do not state it.
Do the catacombs tours sell out?
The $155 Special Access Tour carries a likely-to-sell-out flag on its listing. The $212 tour does not show one at the time of reading.
What is the difference between the two tours?
Fifty-seven dollars, the words used for the access and the rating. The $155 tour opens restricted areas and is rated 4.7 on 1,024 reviews; the $212 tour unlocks gates to hidden rooms and is rated 4.9 on 533.
Can I cancel?
Both listings carry free cancellation. The terms, including the cut-off, are on the live listing when you book.
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