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What's Included
Includes
- TOUR GUIDE EXCLUSIVELY FOR YOU (Does NOT apply if you choose "SAVE! BOOK SEMI-PRIVATE" option)
- WHEELCHAIR FRIENDLY (Does NOT apply if you choose "SAVE! BOOK SEMI-PRIVATE" option)
- €44 entrance ticket to the Louvre / Orsay museums for adults
- DURATION 5 - 5.5 HOURS INCLUDING A BREAK
- GUIDED COMBO MUSEUM TOUR WITH RESERVED ENTRY TICKETS INCLUDED
Excludes
- Tour Price Does NOT Include Hotel Pickup or Drop-Off (We Recommend UBER or Taxi)
- Tour Does NOT Include Gratuities (OPTIONAL)
- Temporary exhibitions NOT included
Departure & Return
Departure Point
- Meet by the LOUIS XIV statue in front of the pyramid of the Louvre Museum. Meet your guide outside of the museum by the statue of the king Louis XIV riding his horse. The statue is the only statue situated in front of the main entrance pyramid of the Louvre museum.
Itinerary
Meet your guide at the Louvre’s famous glass pyramid in the morning. Enter the museum for your private 2-hour tour. One of the largest palaces in the world, the Louvre's five floors and endless corridors are packed with fascinating world heritage, including Egyptian kings and queens, Roman conquerors, Eastern antiquities, and modern Western works. Tackling the Louvre solo can be daunting, but you’ll navigate with ease alongside your expert guide, who’ll take you to the museum’s most famous pieces and lesser-known gems. Admire works by luminaries such as Raphael, Delacroix, and da Vinci, and marvel at the Mona Lisa, The Raft of the Medusa, Venus de Milo, and other legendary pieces throughout the centuries.
After a break and 10-minute stroll over the Seine River to the Musée d’Orsay. Housed inside a stunning 19th-century Beaux-Arts building, the Musée d’Orsay houses the finest collection of Impressionist and post–Impressionist masterpieces in the world, with more than 4,000 works on display throughout the hallowed galleries. Masters van Gogh, Monet, Renoir, Degas and Rodin are particularly well-represented. Bypass the lines and head inside for your 2-hour private tour. Begin with bold French painters such as Manet, Renoir, Cézanne and Gauguin, who bucked tradition to pave the way for the modern Impressionist movement. Discover their styles and techniques, then move on to explore famous works by Eugène, Boudin and Monet, some of the first artists to embrace modern paint technologies and take their easels out into the open air and capture the light sur scène. Listen as your guide explains the intricacies of the works on display, and gain insight into the skills employed by these masters. At the end of your tour, you can continue perusing the museum at your leisure.
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Reviews
Florent did a wonderful job with our tour of the Louvre. He was very knowledgeable and I felt packed a ton of good information into the 2.5 hours of time we had with him. It was the perfect highlight of the Louvre tour and we will be back to see more soon. When we come we will use Florent. Thank you!
Our guide Daniel was excellent - very knowledgeable and passionate about the art and architecture. He was very good at focusing on key museum highlights so we could get the most out of two very large, crowded museums.
This is the perfect way to see both museums in a reasonable amount of time. Our guide was incredible! There were only six us but she did a great job and ensuring she hit on what everyone was interested in seeing. Super personable and extremely knowledgeable. She majored in art history and it showed, she made it fun too with some of the more interesting highlights so it didn’t feel like we were in class. Would highly recommend!
Adrien did a great job presenting with enthusiasm and excellent communication skills. We would highly recommend him and Viator!
Joe was fabulous so knowledgeable!
Annaiis was our guide for the day and we enjoyed her knowledge and guidance throughout the two museums. She was very personable and the best guide we had during our time in Paris.
Annaiis was an exceptional tour guide. Very knowledgeable and friendly. The tour was geared for everyone and our guide made sure we were comfortable throughout the day.
Pierre was the best guide-very well informed. Had the knowledge of a historian. He was friendly and funny, and was even nice enough to help my wife and i get to our next tour on time. The company is lucky to hav him
Manu was our guide for the Louvre and Orsay. He was very knowledgeable and made us think about what we were seeing. With him as our guide we were able to see and learn more than being by ourselves. It was great tour.
Manu did very good for an out trip to the louvre. He helped us understand the art and the history.
A great guide can completely change an experience—and Manu did exactly that. We’ve visited before, but this was by far the most enjoyable experience yet. His knowledge, storytelling, and ability to keep everyone engaged brought the history and exhibits to life in a whole new way. Thank you, Manu, for making familiar places feel brand new again.
Julian was very passionate about the paintings and the history. He was excellent and highly recommend the guided tour.
Our guide was very knowledgeable and considerate, we ticked all the must sees and some more. Very much worth it!
Great tour and a good way to see both museums. The tour made all the difference if you want to navigate these rather large museums. Th guide we used, Julien, was awesome and was able to get us in and out of the major areas with ease and plenty of time to see the highlights as well as educate us on the art. It is a long tour if you do both but worth the time.
Lili was an xcellent guide, Lots of knowledge and energy.
Paloma was extraordinary. We were on a 23 day tour of France including a 14 day small group bus tour from Marseilles to Paris. We also made a tour to Normandy and Mt. St. Michael. We retained a number of guides at various locations. Paloma was absolutely top shelf for her tour of the Louvre and Musee d'Orsay. There were two couples on our tour with Paloma. She was very knowledgeable, energetic, interested in us and what we wanted to see. (we were prepared!) She was able to navigate the crowds with ease and made sure we saw everything we wanted to see and much more that she thought we should see. When we return to Paris, Paloma will be our first choice of a guide for any of the arts. On a side note, I have some hearing impairment and wear hearing aids. Paloma had small radios equipped with an ear piece that we could fit over our ear. Her equipment was superior to any that we experienced on our entire trip. I could hear every word in a noisy and crowded environment.
This is my second tour of the Louvre with Eduardo…HE IS FANTASTIC! His knowledge and experience are amazing. His enthusiasm and love of the art and history is evident in the explanations and details he communicates. Wonderful experience!
Hugo was such a fun and amazing tour guide. So knowledgeable and energetic. He made the art come to life. Thank you Hugo Loyon!!
Adrien was great. Very knowledgeable with a good attitude. Had a great time.
“Emily in Paris “ was one of the finest guides we have ever had ! She was knowledgeable and graciously maneuvered us through the Louvre in the amount of time we had with her!
Sergio was excellent and was very informative and brought so much more to the art and sculpture we saw at the Louvre.
Fabian was very knowledgeable and made it very interesting.
Our guide made the Louvre come alive!
Although I’ve been to the Louvre several times over the past 50 years, Daniel our guide made it a far more enriching experience
Nancy was 5 Star fabulous! We enjoyed our tour so much with her!
Andy was more than a guide She was a superb teacher who both taught and inspired us with the knowledge she imparted to us.
Great museum tour with Ivana.
Manu was the best tour guide we have ever had. Funny, knowledgeable and very considerate. Would recommend this tour only with Manu.
Great experience with Dasha on a private Louvre tour. She was very knowledgeable and kept the kids engaged the entire time. Highly recommend
Sunday was amazing - very knowledgeable and fun! My wife and I greatly enjoyed our tour of Musee d’Orsay with her and would highly recommend it to others…
Our guide was great! She shared so much knowledge.
Dunya was an excellent guide. She was passionate in sharing her love of art and art history. She was thoughtful and had amazing knowledge to share with us.
Our guide was excellent: very passionate about art and history, highly knowledgeable, and friendly.
Anais L was a briliant tour guide, she showed us the some of most important sights in the museum without rushing, giving us insight about the things we’re looking at, the simbolism, the details, interesting facts etc which I really appreciate since I’m not very knowledgeable about art and I like to find out a bit about what I’m looking at. Thank you, Anais!
Manu was the best! Very knowledgable, and brought up interesting points throughout the tour. His passion for art was evident.
This was the perfect way to see both museums and see the highlights without it taking your entire day. Andrea, our guide, was absolutely incredible! You can tell her background is in art history and she knows everything! What she did really well in particular was provide you with a baseline to understand what was going on in the world at that time, in Paris and within art community itself. It helped put everything in perspective as we would visit the different pieces. It was like going to school but with your favorite teacher who kept everything light, engaging and humorous. She was also great in that if there was anything in particular you wanted to see, she would make sure to include it. We, unfortunately, spent our last day in Paris with Andrea, otherwise we would have signed up for more tours with her. She was awesome!
We had a wonderful time with Florent
Perfect tour with perfect guide. I loved every minute with Anastasia. She made all forms of art accessible and enjoyable. She such a wonderful expert and amplified my experience at both museums. I could recommend her enough!!! absolutely fabulous experience
Wonderful experience! Tour guide very knowledgeable in the subject matters! He also was very helpful and accommodating to us! I shared the day with my neice and nephew. It was a very special day and Manu contributed to that experience.
Daniel was excellent. Very knowledgeable and down to earth. A wealth of knowledge. Highly recommend touring with him
Excellent, knowledgeable, warm and funny Ms. Nancy. Spend the day wrapped up in history and art. So much to see, so little time. I could spend a week with Ms. Nancy and her stories of Art, color, line and Beautiful Paris.
Andie, our tour guide, was amazing! She was so knowledgeable and pleasant, and made the day wonderful. I highly recommend Babylon tours as professional with the BEST guide. Thank you!!
Our tour guide Miriam was amazing. She was very knowledgeable, kind, patient, and friendly. She made us feel very welcome and explained everything in great detail. The tour was worth every penny because of her. Thank you Miriam!
Daniel was an excellent guide and I thoroughly enjoyed the experience. He was very knowledgeable and personable .His presentation was so interesting. This was by far one of my favorite tours I have ever taken . I will definitely recommend him to friends and family! Steve M
Best ever! The guide was extraordinarily, intelligent, wonderful, engaging and interactive. It was the best tour I've had being that I graduated from Columbia University and I was educated on a lot of what she was talking about. She was spot on and could not be better.!
Ivana P was an excellent guide, very informative and knowledgeable. Having been before I saw things I hadn’t seen on my last tour. I would highly recommend.
Anais was a great guide! She had so much knowledge of art and art history. The way we progressed through the art movements was beautiful.
Pierre was a wonderful tour guide! He was kind, funny and extremely knowledgeable! We took this tour with our two daughters and he was able to explain everything on their level and keep them engaged. He was able to answer every question we had and seem to everything about ever piece we passed. Thanks for a memorable afternoon Pierre!
My family went on a tour with Paloma and it was fantastic! She was amazing, lots of energy, enthusiasm and even more knowledge. She was even able to keep my younger siblings fully engaged which is something not every guide can do, I would highly recommend.
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