PARIS
The best of Paris, reviewed.
The 15 most popular self-guided tours in Paris, with prices, running times and who you book through. The ones worth giving a morning or an evening to, and what each one actually gets you.
1-hour Paris Illuminations cruise from the Eiffel Tower with audio in many languages and big photo views from the Seine at night.
Most Popular“Beautiful views and a great route! Quite a line for the evening hour ride even now! Timed perfectly withe the tower sparkles when leaving and returning!”
Flexible Orsay Museum entry plus a downloadable digital audio guide app, designed for self-paced runs through Impressionist highlights.
“Better than the Louvre. However, you should still go to both, not just one.”
Half-day coach trip from Paris to Monet’s Giverny gardens with live or audio guide, skip-the-line entry, and time to roam the lily pond.
“Loosen the schedule a bit perhaps or offer a longer option to explore more, but overall I’m very satisfied given that I wanted more. The guide was very informed and personable. We enjoyed everything about it.”
Timed Catacombs entry with audio in your language, then a 1-hour Seine cruise by Bateaux Mouches for landmark views.
“Seeing the catacombs was fascinating. I highly recommend going.”
Air-conditioned bus from Paris, skip-the-line Versailles entry, audio guide in 11 languages, and gardens with a show.
“Nice time frame but you will need full day to see everything”
Timed Catacombs entry with audio guide, then optional Seine cruise with commentary. Beat the heat underground and see Paris by water.
“Very interesting walk through the catacombs. Incredible to see how many bones and skulls down there! Definitely worth a visit”
Air-conditioned double-decker bus tour with multilingual audio and quick views of Paris icons in 90 minutes, starting at Place de Sydney.
“Trip was great. Good way if seeing paris within a very short period of time.”
Skip the Louvre line with timed entry and a multilingual audio guide. See Mona Lisa, Venus de Milo, and 8 departments in 3 hours.
“Once booked we received tickets via what’s app on the day from Aman ( thankyou ) joined timed queue and were in within 20mins. Can’t fault the pre book option as the “ on the day “ queue was huge and I mean huuuuge so would totally recommend the way we booked via gyg as…”
Hosted entry to the Louvre plus a phone-based Masterpieces audio guide covering the Mona Lisa and major icons, with practical planning tips.
“De gids is niet komen opdagen. ik heb ter plekke moeten bellen naar een noodnummer (dus internationaal gesprek) en dan kreeg ik de tickets door via whatsapp. We mochten dan zelf zoeken waar aan te schuiven, op goed geluk. Het betere TUP: trekt uwen plan.”
A 3-hour Paris coach loop plus a 1-hour Seine cruise, with narrated audio and great views of Eiffel Tower and major boulevards.
“Thankfully we had a closed bus for the ride around the city as it was raining and snowing a little. The audio guide skipped a few times and you couldn’t get back to the right section but that was ok. We chose not to do the river cruise yesterday due to the freezing wet weather…”
90-minute night coach tour of Paris highlights with open-top views and recorded audio in up to 10 languages. See Eiffel and more.
“The audio guide didn’t flow you had to select each recording when you got to that area but the guide got off the bus half way through the tour so you had no idea where you were and no1 to tell you which recording to listen to. Nothing against the driver or the guide but…”
From Paris to Giverny: audio-guided Monet’s house and gardens, Japanese bridge and Clos Normand, plus the Museum of Impressionism.
“This was such a worthwhile tour!! I did the full day tour with audio guide on my phone. A whole day in Giverny was lovely, the half day tour would not have been enough for me. The bus was comfortable and it was such a relief to have transportation. The audio guide app was very…”
Skip-the-line entry to the Rodin Museum in Hôtel Biron, plus an English audio guide app. See The Thinker and The Gates of Hell.
“Rodin museum is gorgeous. Byung the tickets ahead of time is convenient but skip the audio guide. It's an audio guide that you have to download to tour phone through an app. We couldn't even download it. Might as well get the audio guide form the museum.”
Priority Louvre entry plus a phone audio guide with offline mode. See Mona Lisa, Raft of the Medusa, and 7 themed tours at your pace.
“Bad, I couldn't get in, they didn't validate my ticket.”
Louvre entry with a multilingual audioguide app plus a Seine cruise with priority access, so you can move at your pace in Paris.
“Cheap price for what we saw but there was too much queue at the cruise”
From the Eiffel Tower to the Louvre, the Seine to Versailles, and every table, cruise and cabaret in between.
