Cathedral Towers of Notre-Dame, Paris

The twin towers of Notre-Dame Cathedral rise 69 metres above the Île de la Cité, offering one of the finest panoramic views of central Paris. The tower tour route reopened in September 2025 after the cathedral's restoration following the 2019 fire, and now includes areas previously closed to the public, including a newly built double-revolution oak staircase passing through the bell tower framework. Visitors climb 424 steps along a one-way circuit that leads past the Gallery of Chimeras — the terrace lined with 56 decorative stone sculptures added during the 19th-century restoration by Viollet-le-Duc — and up to the South Tower, home to the Emmanuel bell, a 13-tonne bronze bell cast in 1683.