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| The entrance to Catacombes de Paris |
The Catacombs of Paris or Catacombes de Paris are a famous underground ossuary in Paris, France. Organized in a renovated section of the city's vast network of subterranean tunnels and caverns towards the end of the 18th century, it became a tourist attraction on a small scale from the early 19th century and was open to the public on a regular basis from 1867. The actual name for the catacombs are l'Ossuaire Municipal.
Amanda wasn't feeling well this day so we left her at the apartment with a key, a cellphone and food. We got to the Catacombes around 11:00 am and saw a long line. The line only took 1/2 hour and went rather quickly. It cost about 7 euros for adults, 3,50 for students/teachers.
They only allow 200 people at a time, so as people were leaving the catacombes, they were letting people in. From the entrance you walk down 133 steps. There's pictures of the tunnel, the people, and the history, and then you walk (for what it seems like) miles until you finally reach the area before the catacombs (see 2nd photo). Then as you decend down, you'll see signs asking you not to touch anything and to refrain from flash photography. You're entering the catacombes!
There were miles of wall to wall bones, each section with dates of which era it belonged to. Eventually the wall of bones ends and you're leaded up 88 steps to the top, back into civilization and on the opposite block of where you started.
After exiting the catacombes, if you turn right and then right at the boulevard, you'll get back to the entrance.
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| heading down! |
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| Not as creepy as you think |
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