Sainte-Chapelle
Royal chapel · Île de la Cité, Paris

Sainte-Chapelle

Photo: Didier B (Sam67fr) · CC BY-SA 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons

A 13th-century royal chapel tucked inside the Palais de Justice, built to hold holy relics. The upper chapel is almost all stained glass, and on a sunny day the light inside is unlike anywhere else in Paris.

On day 1 of Paris in a week

Good to know

Time to spend
45 minutes–1 hour
Tickets
Paid entry with timed tickets; book ahead.
Best time
Sunny late morning or early afternoon, when the glass glows
Getting there
Metro Cité (line 4)

Itineraries with Sainte-Chapelle

Day 1 of Paris in a week

The islands and the Left Bank

How Sainte-Chapelle fits into a day.
  1. 9:00Notre-Dame CathedralÎle de la Cité
  2. 10:45Sainte-ChapelleÎle de la Cité
  3. 14:00Shakespeare and CompanyLatin Quarter
  4. 15:30Luxembourg GardensSaint-Germain
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Sainte-Chapelle questions

Is Sainte-Chapelle worth it if I've seen Notre-Dame?

Yes. It is much smaller, but its walls of stained glass make it a very different experience.

Why is there a security check at Sainte-Chapelle?

The chapel sits inside the Paris courthouse complex, so everyone goes through airport-style screening first.

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