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[Plan this experience]() [Explore the story]() Cost **Admission** Time to allow **Allow 1–1½ hours, plus security** Place **Île de la Cité, Paris** 01 / The experience ### From royal household to Revolutionary prison. The riverside towers give the Conciergerie a fortress-like face, but its great medieval halls reveal the household behind the royal palace. Rows of columns and low ribbed vaults spread across the Salle des Gens d’Armes, a space built for the people who served the king. Its scale is the first surprise: this was infrastructure for a working palace, rather than a small private royal chamber. #### A Gothic palace and its medieval halls The surviving rooms belong to the medieval Palais de la Cité. The Salle des Gardes and royal kitchens add other parts of that practical world. An architectural visit can follow how the vaults, supporting columns and service spaces fit together, with the river frontage remaining an important part of the palace’s position on the island. After the kings left, judicial activity and imprisonment took a larger role. During the Revolution, the Conciergerie held prisoners awaiting the Revolutionary Tribunal. The prison displays give that change a human scale through confinement, procedure and the conditions that separated one prisoner’s experience from another’s. #### The prison and Marie-Antoinette memorial Marie-Antoinette is the best-known prisoner associated with the site. The Expiatory Chapel commemorates her imprisonment on the site of her cell; it is a later memorial, rather than an untouched room preserved exactly as she knew it. Seeing it beside the older palace rooms makes the building’s different historical layers particularly clear. A Histopad can add reconstructions to the visit, helping explain spaces whose original uses are no longer visible. The physical rooms remain the reason to come: medieval vaults, prison routes and memorial spaces held within a building still tied to the island’s judicial precinct. [Sainte-Chapelle]() is close by, but its stained-glass interior offers a very different encounter with the same former royal palace. ![Conciergerie, Paris]() Culture & landmarks **Conciergerie** Paris In pictures ### The full gallery. 02 / The essentials ### Conciergerie: visit essentials 1. 01 Île de la Cité 2. 02 Allow 1–1½ hours, plus security 3. 03 Paid admission; eligibility and combined Sainte-Chapelle products have separate conditions. 04 / Before you go ### Plan your visit Medieval palace halls and the history of the Revolutionary prison beside the Seine. #### Admission Paid admission; eligibility and combined Sainte-Chapelle products have separate conditions. #### Opening & visit Normally daily 09:30–18:00, last entry 17:30; closed 1 May and 25 December. #### Arrival Use the visitor entrance at 2 boulevard du Palais. Allow time for security within the Palais de Justice precinct. 2 boulevard du Palais, 75001 Paris [Get directions]() #### Plan your visit Choose the Conciergerie admission product or the intended combined ticket. Sainte-Chapelle uses its own timed-entry arrangements; a saved itinerary is not an admission reservation. [Choose official admission]() #### Accessibility The historic visit spans stairs and levels and is not wheelchair accessible; consult the monument for adapted options. 05 / Where it is ### Find it and what’s nearby. Explore around Conciergerie The map will load when you reach it. Continue exploring ### More of Paris, around your visit. #### Continue your Paris day - [Île de la Cité]() - [Sainte-Chapelle]() - [Île Saint-Louis]() - [All Paris sights and neighbourhoods]() - [Paris cafés, restaurants and food stops]() #### Plan your Paris visit - [Paris city guide]() - [Choose a Paris city day]() - [Find a Paris hotel]() - [Plan Métro and walking journeys]() - [Build your saved itinerary]() 06 / Good to know ### Conciergerie: frequently asked questions 01 What can I see inside the Conciergerie? The medieval palace halls, prison-history displays and Marie-Antoinette memorial chapel form the main visitor route. Room access can change. 02 Is Marie-Antoinette’s cell preserved at the Conciergerie? The Expiatory Chapel commemorates her imprisonment on the site of the cell. It is a later memorial rather than an untouched original cell. 03 Does a Conciergerie ticket include Sainte-Chapelle? Only a product explicitly sold as a combined ticket includes both. [Sainte-Chapelle]() has its own timed-entry and security arrangements. 04 How long does a Conciergerie visit take? Allow one to one and a half hours inside, plus security. The Histopad and a slower reading of the prison displays can extend the visit. 05 Is the Conciergerie wheelchair accessible? The historic route has stairs and levels and is not wheelchair accessible. Ask the monument about adapted resources before arranging a visit. 06 Where do I enter the Conciergerie? The visitor entrance is at 2 boulevard du Palais on [Île de la Cité]() . The riverside towers are a useful landmark, but do not mark the visitor door. Continue exploring ### Make Paris your own. [Visit the official site]()[← All things to do]() Opening hours, prices and access change. Confirm details on the official site before visiting. ## Venue visitor information | Detail | Information | | --- | --- | | Country Code | FR | | Description | The riverside towers give the Conciergerie a fortress-like face, but its great medieval halls reveal the household behind the royal palace. Rows of columns and low ribbed vaults spread across the Salle des Gens d’Armes, a space built for the people who served the king. Its scale is the first surprise: this was infrastructure for a working palace, rather than a small private royal chamber. The surviving rooms belong to the medieval Palais de la Cité. The Salle des Gardes and royal kitchens add other parts of that practical world. An architectural visit can follow how the vaults, supporting columns and service spaces fit together, with the river frontage remaining an important part of the palace’s position on the island. After the kings left, judicial activity and imprisonment took a larger role. During the Revolution, the Conciergerie held prisoners awaiting the Revolutionary Tribunal. The prison displays give that change a human scale through confinement, procedure and the conditions that separated one prisoner’s experience from another’s. Marie-Antoinette is the best-known prisoner associated with the site. The Expiatory Chapel commemorates her imprisonment on the site of her cell; it is a later memorial, rather than an untouched room preserved exactly as she knew it. Seeing it beside the older palace rooms makes the building’s different historical layers particularly clear. A Histopad can add reconstructions to the visit, helping explain spaces whose original uses are no longer visible. The physical rooms remain the reason to come: medieval vaults, prison routes and memorial spaces held within a building still tied to the island’s judicial precinct. Sainte-Chapelle is close by, but its stained-glass interior offers a very different encounter with the same former royal palace. | | Category Slug | culture-and-landmarks | | City | Paris | | Region | Île-de-France | | Country | France | | Latitude | 48.8562 | | Longitude | 2.3458 | | Price Currency | EUR | | Cost Label | Admission | ### Place Overviews #### Sainte-Chapelle | Detail | Information | | --- | --- | | Title | Sainte-Chapelle | | Short Description | Stained glass, painted vaults and two contrasting chapel interiors. | | Location | Île de la Cité, Paris | | Duration Text | Allow 1–1½ hours including security | | Category Slug | culture-and-landmarks | ##### Mention Aliases - Sainte-Chapelle - Sainte-Chapelle #### Île de la Cité | Detail | Information | | --- | --- | | Title | Île de la Cité | | Short Description | Paris’s historic island, with cathedral views, palace architecture and quieter corners near Pont Neuf. | | Location | Île de la Cité, Paris | | Duration Text | Allow 2–4 hours, longer with more than one booked interior | | Category Slug | neighbourhoods-and-districts | ##### Mention Aliases - Île de la Cité #### Île Saint-Louis | Detail | Information | | --- | --- | | Title | Île Saint-Louis | | Short Description | Quays, river light and intimate streets on the quieter of central Paris’s two islands. | | Location | Île Saint-Louis, Paris | | Duration Text | Allow 1½–3 hours, longer with lunch | | Category Slug | neighbourhoods-and-districts | ##### Mention Aliases - Île Saint-Louis #### Boulangerie BO – rue de Charenton | Detail | Information | | --- | --- | | Title | Boulangerie BO – rue de Charenton | | Short Description | Sourdough bread and inventive pâtisserie in a historic bakery close to the Aligre market. | | Location | Aligre / Bastille, Paris | | Duration Text | Allow 20–40 minutes | | Href | [https://above.guide/paris/things-to-do/boulangerie-bo-charenton]() | | Category Slug | cafes | ##### Mention Aliases - Boulangerie BO – rue de Charenton - BO’s bakery - BO ### Scheduling | Detail | Information | | --- | --- | | Time Zone | Europe/Paris | | Holiday Hours Confirmed | No | | Race Week Availability Confirmed | No | ### Schema Facts | Detail | Information | | --- | --- | | Is Accessible For Free | No | | Public Access | Yes | #### Schema Types - TouristAttraction ### Article Structure | Detail | Information | | --- | --- | | Connections Heading | More of Paris, around your visit. | | Related Heading | Continue your Paris day | | All Places Label | All Paris sights and neighbourhoods | | Food And Drink Label | Paris cafés, restaurants and food stops | | Event Heading | Plan your Paris visit | #### Sections | Start Paragraph | Heading | | --- | --- | | 1 | A Gothic palace and its medieval halls | | 3 | The prison and Marie-Antoinette memorial | #### Contextual Links | Text | To | Label | | --- | --- | --- | | Sainte-Chapelle | [https://above.guide/paris/things-to-do/sainte-chapelle]() | Sainte-Chapelle | #### Related Links | To | Label | | --- | --- | | [https://above.guide/paris/things-to-do/ile-de-la-cite]() | Île de la Cité | | [https://above.guide/paris/things-to-do/sainte-chapelle]() | Sainte-Chapelle | | [https://above.guide/paris/things-to-do/ile-saint-louis]() | Île Saint-Louis | #### Event Links | To | Label | | --- | --- | | [https://above.guide/paris]() | Paris city guide | | [https://above.guide/paris/city-days]() | Choose a Paris city day | | [https://above.guide/paris/where-to-stay]() | Find a Paris hotel | | [https://above.guide/paris/getting-there]() | Plan Métro and walking journeys | | [https://above.guide/paris/my-itinerary]() | Build your saved itinerary | ### Related Place Slugs - ile-de-la-cite - sainte-chapelle - ile-saint-louis ### Key Facts - Île de la Cité - Allow 1–1½ hours, plus security ### Frequently asked questions #### Does a Conciergerie ticket include Sainte-Chapelle? Only a product explicitly sold as a combined ticket includes both. Sainte-Chapelle has its own timed-entry and security arrangements. #### Where do I enter the Conciergerie? The visitor entrance is at 2 boulevard du Palais on Île de la Cité. The riverside towers are a useful landmark, but do not mark the visitor door. ### Visit Plan #### Prices | Detail | Information | | --- | --- | | Title | Admission | #### Hours | Detail | Information | | --- | --- | | Title | Opening & visit | #### Arrival | Detail | Information | | --- | --- | | Title | Arrival | | Address | 2 boulevard du Palais, 75001 Paris | | Directions | Yes | #### Booking | Detail | Information | | --- | --- | | Title | Plan your visit | ##### Action | Detail | Information | | --- | --- | | Label | Choose official admission | ## Detailed data The linked page JSON retains map geometry, transport network data, image assets, identifiers and schema alongside all public facts. ## Sources and editorial notes - Venue visitor information — Updated At: 2026-10-25 ## Guide and hub links - [Paris City Guide: Sights, Food & Neighbourhoods | Above Guide](https://above.guide/paris/index.md): [Web page](https://above.guide/paris) - [Things to Do in Paris: Museums, Landmarks & Gardens](https://above.guide/paris/things-to-do.md): [Web page](https://above.guide/paris/things-to-do) ### Related pages linked from this page - [Place Dauphine, Paris: Visitor Guide | Above Guide](https://above.guide/paris/things-to-do/place-dauphine.md): [Web page](https://above.guide/paris/things-to-do/place-dauphine) - [Sainte-Chapelle, Paris: Visitor Guide | Above Guide](https://above.guide/paris/things-to-do/sainte-chapelle.md): [Web page](https://above.guide/paris/things-to-do/sainte-chapelle) - [Île de la Cité, Paris: Visitor Guide | Above Guide](https://above.guide/paris/things-to-do/ile-de-la-cite.md): [Web page](https://above.guide/paris/things-to-do/ile-de-la-cite) ## Related machine-readable resources - [All Above Guide destinations](https://above.guide/llms.txt) - [Guide index](https://above.guide/paris/llms.txt) - [Complete guide bundle](https://above.guide/paris/llms-full.txt) - [Manifest](https://above.guide/paris/ai/manifest.json)