Paris has a thousand tours. These are the ones.
Which Louvre ticket actually skips the queue, which Seine cruise is worth the fare, whether the Versailles day trip beats going alone. Every Paris tour, read and rated so you book the right one.
The Paris you already have a picture of.
The Louvre, the Tower, a cruise down the Seine, the palace at Versailles, the hill at Montmartre. The handful of sights every first trip is built around — and the smartest way to book each one.
The Seine decides how you see Paris.
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A one-hour sightseeing loop past the Tower and Notre-Dame, a long dinner cruise with the city lit up, or an after-dark run when the monuments switch on. Three very different evenings — here is which fare earns it.
Sightseeing cruise, Tower to Notre-Dame
The cheapest way to see half of Paris. Open-top boats leave every twenty minutes from the foot of the Eiffel Tower; the commentary points out the bridges you would otherwise walk straight past.
Dinner cruise with the city lit
Three courses while the Louvre, the Conciergerie and the Tower slide past the glass. Book a window table and the later departure so the monuments come on over dessert.
Evening cruise when the Tower sparkles
The Eiffel Tower breaks into five minutes of sparkle at the top of every hour after dusk, and the best seat for it is mid-river. Short, cheap, and the photo everyone comes home with.
The Paris bookings that never sit empty.
Every review →The tours more travellers take than anything else in the city — the tower climbs, the museum passes, the river cruises — and what makes each one worth its slot.
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Louvre Museum Timed-Entrance Ticket
Skip the Louvre ticket line with timed entry, guaranteed within 30 minutes. Explore at your pace with access to the Mona Lisa and more.
From · $26
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Disneyland® Paris 1-Day Ticket
from $61
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Versailles Palace and Gardens Full Access Ticket
from $17
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Evening River Cruise with Music
from $27
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Eiffel Tower Entry Ticket with Optional Summit Access
from $29
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Eiffel Tower Summit or Second Floor Access
from $59
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Louvre Guided Tour with Reserved Access & Boat Cruise
from $81
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Moulin Rouge Cabaret Show Ticket with Champagne
from $115
Paris was made for the evening.
The monuments light up, the cabarets open their doors, and the river becomes the best seat in the city. Book the nights that book out — the Moulin Rouge, the late cruises, the illuminated drives — before you leave home.
Montmartre is the village Paris kept.
The last working vineyard in the city, the painters’ square, the white domes of Sacré-Cœur floating over the rooftops. Come before the funicular fills and let a guide find the lanes the crowds walk straight past.
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The best of France is a day trip from Paris.
A fast train and a good guide put Versailles, Monet’s garden, the Normandy beaches and the Champagne cellars all within a single day. Leave the logistics to the tour and keep the window seat for the daydreaming.
- 1Normandy D-Day Sites & Cemetery Day Trip from Paris with Lunchfrom $120
- 2Versailles Palace & Gardens with Transportationfrom $53
- 3Day Trip to Mont-Saint-Michel from Parisfrom $153
What a day in Paris costs.
Every tour on the site, sorted by what it actually costs. A brilliant Paris afternoon can start at the price of two café crèmes.
Walking tours, market mornings, a Seine sightseeing loop and skip-the-line tickets — the everyday best of the city.
The classic days out: guided museum tours, cooking and pastry classes, small-group day trips with lunch thrown in.
Private guides, the long dinner cruises, Champagne cellars and the once-a-trip Versailles-and-Giverny days.
Things you can only do in Paris.
Museums and river cruises you can find in a dozen cities. The catacombs, the cabaret and a top-down spin in a 1960s Citroën belong to Paris alone.
The Catacombs
Beneath the 14th arrondissement, the bones of six million Parisians line two kilometres of tunnel, stacked into walls of skulls and femurs in the 1780s when the old graveyards overflowed. Only a fraction is open, entry is timed, and the daily cap is small — a reserved slot is the difference between walking in and being turned away at the door.
- 1Catacombs Entry & Seine River Cruise with Audio Guide★★★★★★★★★★ 4.4 · 1,150 reviews
- 2Catacombs, Audio Guide, and River Cruise Option★★★★★★★★★★ 4.6 · 966 reviews
- 3Catacombs Ticket and Seine River Cruise★★★★★★★★★★ 4.1 · 853 reviews
The Vintage 2CV
Nothing else looks so Parisian as bouncing past the Arc de Triomphe in a canvas-topped Citroën 2CV with a driver in a striped shirt at the wheel. The little cars were designed for French farmers in the 1940s; today they run private one- and two-hour spins through Montmartre, along the Seine and out to the Tower, usually with a glass of something on board.
- 1Discover Paris by Night in a Vintage Car with a Local★★★★★★★★★★ 4.6 · 1,058 reviews
- 2Paris Private Flexible Duration Guided Tour on a Vintage Sidecar★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 · 776 reviews
- 3Vintage 2CV Adventure: 2 -Hour Paris Secrets Tour★★★★★★★★★★ 4.5 · 488 reviews
The Moulin Rouge
The red windmill in Pigalle has run the same formula for more than a century: feathers, sequins, the French cancan and a great deal of Champagne. Tables sell by tier, and the earlier show is the one to book — the late seating fills months ahead, and the front tables put you close enough to feel the kick line.
- 1Moulin Rouge Cabaret Show Ticket with Champagne★★★★★★★★★★ 4.7 · 16,088 reviews
- 2Dinner Show at the Moulin Rouge★★★★★★★★★★ 4.8 · 3,333 reviews
- 3Crazy Horse Cabaret Show★★★★★★★★★★ 4.7 · 2,726 reviews
Paris keeps more art than it can hang.
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Read our review →Some of Paris sells out before you land.
Most of Paris you can arrange from the hotel the night before. Not these. They run on timed tickets, daily caps and shows that sell out weeks ahead — walk-ups get turned away at the door.
- 01Louvre Museum Timed-Entrance TicketThe Louvre’s timed-entry slots sell out days ahead in season, and the walk-up queue can run past two hours — a reserved time is the whole game.
- 02Moulin Rouge Cabaret Show Ticket with ChampagneThe good tables at the Moulin Rouge go weeks in advance and the early show sells first. There is no last-minute door price worth having.
- 03Catacombs Entry & Seine River Cruise with Audio GuideOnly a few hundred people go underground each day and the timed tickets vanish fast — arrive without one and you will not get in.
- 04Eiffel Tower Summit or Second Floor AccessSummit lifts run on a fixed daily quota; once they are gone you climb only to the second floor. Reserve the summit slot before you leave home.
Paris saves its best rooms for rainy days.
Paris does grey skies for weeks at a stretch, and the city is built for it. A cooking class with a chef, a macaron workshop, a wine-and-cheese cellar, a guided hour in the Louvre — not one of them cares what the sky is doing.
By landmark and quarter
The Louvre78 tours
Eiffel Tower95 tours
The Seine97 tours
Montmartre51 tours
Le Marais29 tours
Latin Quarter15 tours
Versailles67 tours- All Paris tours →
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