Sainte-Chapelle Tickets: Time Slot, Security and the Conciergerie Combo

The Sainte-Chapelle runs on a booked hour and on courthouse security, so arriving late costs more than the ticket does. Outside the EEA it costs €22 and inside it €16, and the combined ticket with the Conciergerie next door works out cheaper than buying the two apart.

Which Sainte-Chapelle ticket, and whether to add the Conciergerie

You book a time slot for the chapel, and the prices apply from 12 January 2026. Decide on the Conciergerie before you buy, because the slot is fixed to the chapel and the combined ticket is cheaper only if you go through both doors. The ticket is €22 outside the EEA and €16 for EEA visitors. The Conciergerie alone costs €13 for everyone, and the Conciergerie asks for no slot on the same day.

The combined ticket costs €30 outside the EEA and €23 inside it. Added up from the single prices, that is cheaper by a few euros in both cases. So the combo is worth buying only if you really intend to see the Conciergerie. If you are visiting for the glass alone, buy the chapel ticket and walk on. The Conciergerie is a heavy, historical stop, and it is a poor use of money for anyone who wants only the colour.

Bought separately, the two tickets cost more than the combined one, for EEA and non-EEA visitors alike. Prices apply from 12 January 2026.

When to come, security and the entrance

Opening hours: 1 Apr–30 Sep 9 am–7 pm; 1 Oct–31 Mar 9 am–5 pm. Closed: 1 January, 1 May, 25 December. The last entry is thirty minutes before closing, so a slot near the end of the day leaves little room for anything but the chapel itself. A morning slot also leaves you the rest of the day for the Conciergerie or the island.

The entrance runs through the Palais de Justice, where the screening works like an airport, with a ticket or with a Paris Museum Pass. Glass bottles and scissors go. They are taken away and not returned, so leave them at the hotel. The first slot is at nine, and arriving twenty to thirty minutes early is the usual advice. For the rose window, one guide recommends the afternoon, when the sun falls on it.

The lower and upper chapel

Louis IX had the chapel built between 1242 and 1248 to house the relics of the Passion. It is two chapels stacked on top of each other. The lower chapel was for the household staff, with a lower ceiling painted with gold fleurs-de-lis. Walk through it at an easy pace, since it sets up the contrast with the room above.

A narrow spiral staircase leads up to the chapel of the king and the court, where fifteen windows rise fifteen metres and hold 1,113 scenes. The rose window at the west end dates from the fifteenth century and tells the Apocalypse. Stand still. The colours move across the floor.

The Conciergerie next door

The Conciergerie was a royal palace and later a prison, and Marie Antoinette was held there. It is the grim half of the combined ticket, and the chapel is the bright half. Visit it after the chapel, so that the day ends in the heavier rooms.

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When you only have an hour

In an hour the chapel is possible and the Conciergerie is not. The order is simple: queue early, go up, look and leave.

• Go to the upper chapel and do not try to see everything.
• Take the first slot, or the afternoon if the rose window is the aim.
• Add the Conciergerie only if you really intend to see it.
• Carry a small bag with no glass in it.

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