I thought getting my tickets through Viator was a sure guarantee of getting in to the Louvre and palace of Versailles. This did not happen. When we arrived at bot attractions our tickets were NO GOOD and could NOT be used to gain entrance. We were disappointed and never got to go inside the Louvre. The nice folks at Palace of Versailles felt sorry for us a allowed us to purchase tickets on site. Viator failed I will not trust them again. Viator did refund some of my money, but for trip of a lifetime I would have wanted to see inside the Louvre. Do not trust that your ticket from Viator will work.
About Activity
What's Included
Includes
- €22 entrance ticket to the museum
- Premium macaron tasting (Macaron tier only)
- Complimentary e-gift: “101 Paris Secrets and Treasures”
- Reserved Louvre Museum entry ticket
- English-speaking professional guide
- Guided walking tour of Louvre surroundings (Exterior tiers only)
Excludes
- Hotel pickup and drop-off not included
- Food and drinks, souvenirs or extra activities
Departure & Return
Departure Point
- Meet your guide at Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel, the table-like structure across the roundabout from the Louvre Pyramid. Look for bluish-green caps and umbrellas. If you don’t spot the guide, move around the statue near the coordinates (48.86175, 2.332942).
Return
- This tour ends at the entrance of the Louvre Museum where we hand you your Louvre Museum tickets, and you can spend as much time as you please inside the museum.
Itinerary
Meet-up and orientation point. Depending on option selected, guests either enter for a self-guided visit, join a guided group tour, or begin the guided walk around the Louvre area.
Main experience. Options vary: (1) Ticket-only for self-guided exploration inside the museum, (2) Guided group highlights tour, or (3) Exclusive guided tour for up to 8 guests. Highlights may include the Mona Lisa, Venus de Milo, Winged Victory of Samothrace, and major galleries.
MEETING POINT: a Napoleonic triumphal arch beside the Louvre, with quick history, symbolism, and photo viewpoints along the palace grounds.
Seen on the Walking Tour route: a short stroll through the historic royal gardens next to the Louvre, with city-history context and great photo stops.
Seen on the Walking Tour route: the famous “love locks” bridge near the Louvre area, offering classic Seine views and landmark spotting.
Language Offered
Additional Info
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Reviews
Probably the best ‘bang for your buck’ deal. The food at the Hyatt restaurant across the Louve was immaculate. Everyone treated us with kindness and was eager to help us with our breakfast choices. We thought that because we were 🤎, we would get treated differently, but the complete opposite. We tried our best to speak French and I believe the effort made a difference.
Interesting walk and history of main area and bridges. Guide Yemisi was engaging and very knowledgeable. Kept us moving and pointed out interesting side points. It was great that she guided us to entrance and made sure we had tickets to get into louvre.
Really good tour, would highly recommend taking if you'd like to have some background information for the Louvre and the surrounding area before heading inside. Our tour guide Yemisi was excellent. Her knowledge about the city, architecture and history was fantastic and really made the tour special.
Yemisi was very lovely and kind and told us a lotos of information. It is a nice program to do in Paris. I recommend this program.
Good views and tour helped us to understand louvre very well We can go inside quickly with this ticket
This was a very good experience. The communication and support from the company was good. Friendly and knowledgable guide.
Arnie was our tour guide and he was a great speaker and we were great listeners. He was very clear and respectful and I wish him the best.
We were late for the guided tour. But the tour guide gave us the Louvre entrance tickets the day before the visit so that we could simply enter the palace with the ticket. The guide was very kind that she reminded us to enter the palace on time.
Pointed out interesting features and the Louvre museum building and surrounding bridges and buildings. Our guide spoke English very well, was funny, and engaged us as guests.
We loved our tour guide! She was very enthusiastic and gave us lots of good tips for both the Louvre and Paris.
This experience was the best!! We had a great time; it was just amazing. You have to experience this if you go!!!
Obinna was amazing! We loved the quick tour with jokes and straight to the main points! He also made sure we had any photos we needed at each spot. It was just my husband and I and we throughly enjoyed our tour before heading into the louvre! Highly recommend!
Obinna was our tour guide, very friendly and happy to give us all the history and information we needed.
The guide simply did not appear, even though we were at the meeting point at the agreed time. We paid for the ride and we just lost . In short: we came to Paris and did not know the Louvre. Contact phones didn't work, no customer service. Pure descaso
A beautiful experience. With a guide, Bless, who literally picked us up to take us to the most extraordinary part of Paris. Even though we didn't speak English, Benedicta managed to immerse us in the enchanted world of Paris. It wasn't easy to talk to us, but she was impeccable.
Très chouette mais un peu trop long par rapport à ce qui était annoncé. La visite a duré une heure alors qu'il était annoncé 40 minutes. Sous la pluie et dans le froid, cela a fatigué ma fille. J'aurais aimé plus d' infos historiques sur la Joconde. Par exemple qu'elle est exposée au Louvre car elle a été achetée par le Roi François I ( j'ai trouvé cette info moi même). Sinon, le guide était très jovial et avait beaucoup d'humour.
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