Paris · Île de la Cité · France

Square Jean XXIII

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easy

9/10

best: morning, afternoon

peaceful, romantic, contemplative

A local would say...

Walk behind Notre Dame and discover the secret garden where you can look directly up at the famous flying buttresses — the view that most tourists never find.

A small hidden park tucked behind Notre Dame Cathedral, Square Jean XXIII offers one of the finest views of the cathedral's extraordinary forest of flying buttresses — an angle that most tourists miss entirely. The quiet garden along the riverside provides a peaceful escape from the crowds on the cathedral's forecourt, with benches looking directly up at the medieval stone tracery.