Paris · GUIDED

The 15 Best Guided Tours in Paris

260 tours  ·  from $10 a head

Paris has more to book than a week can hold. These 15 guided tours earn their slot, priced and timed so you can choose fast and get back out onto the street.

Paris: Louvre Guided Tour with Reserved Access & Boat Cruise - Reserved access helps, but it is not a magic door
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Paris: Louvre Guided Tour with Reserved Access & Boat Cruise

1.Louvre Guided Tour with Reserved Access & Boat Cruise

★★★★★★★★★★4.3 · 16,353 reviews · 1 day · from $81Our pick

Meet your English-speaking guide by the Arc du Carrousel for a one- or two-hour Louvre tour, with reserved entry and headsets. See the Mona Lisa, Venus de Milo, and Winged Victory, then use your flexible Seine cruise ticket on a day that suits you. Standard groups have up to 20 people; a six-person upgrade is available.

“Excellent Driver, great narration from the prerecorded data played through the headset. I would prefer an actual person ( not the driver) providing the narration. But I learned a lot. I prefer a real reason with real interaction. Not just a recording which saves the company money. But a good tour!”

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Louvre Museum Masterpieces Guided Tour with Access - Reserved entry helps, but the Louvre is still busy
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Louvre Museum Masterpieces Guided Tour with Access

2.Louvre Museum Masterpieces Guided Tour with Access

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 12,023 reviews · 3 hours (approx.) · from $86

Meet your English-speaking guide at the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel for a roughly three-hour Louvre highlights tour. With reserved admission and audio headsets, you’ll see works such as the Mona Lisa, Venus de Milo and Winged Victory, then stay inside after the tour to explore on your own. Small-group and private options are available.

“Guide was very knowledgeable and was a joy to tour with. 3 hours flew by. Wear comfortable shoes and be sure to take advantage of the restaurants”

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Louvre Museum - Exclusive Guided Tour (Entry Included) - A Short Tour That Continues on Your Own
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Louvre Museum – Exclusive Guided Tour (Entry Included)

3.Louvre Museum – Exclusive Guided Tour (Entry Included)

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 6,296 reviews · 2 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $181Top rated

Meet your English-speaking guide outside the Louvre’s glass pyramid for a 2.5-hour tour of major works, including the Mona Lisa and Venus de Milo, plus other art you might miss alone. Choose a private or small-group option. Your timed museum ticket lets you continue exploring after the guide-led visit.

“Our guide was very friendly and knowledgeable, answered all our questions with great insight, and delivered an immersive experience that felt well-paced.”

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Versailles: Skip-the-Line Guided Palace Tour and Full Access - Meeting at the Sun King’s statue
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Versailles: Skip-the-Line Guided Palace Tour and Full Access

4.Versailles: Skip-the-Line Guided Palace Tour and Full Access

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 5,214 reviews · 1h 30m · from $88

Meet your guide at the Louis XIV statue for a 90-minute palace tour, with headsets, skip-the-line entry and access to the gardens, Trianon and Marie Antoinette’s estate. Guides such as Bo, Rose and Olivia have brought the palace’s art and royal stories to life. After the tour, explore the grounds at your own pace.

“Rose did a phenomenal job, would refund going in this tour, very informative and interesting!”

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Louvre Priority Access with Mona Lisa Escort or Guided Option - Inside the Louvre: a focused route, not a museum marathon
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Louvre Priority Access with Mona Lisa Escort or Guided Option

5.Louvre Priority Access with Mona Lisa Escort or Guided Option

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 4,420 reviews · from $74

Choose a live-guided Louvre highlights tour or a host who escorts you to the Mona Lisa before you explore alone. Both options include museum admission and a timed-entry slot, start near the Louvre Pyramid, and take about two and a half hours. Expect major works, busy rooms, and time to stay on afterward.

“Definitely recommend this experience, especially if you want an expert overview of the museum - the Louvre is the largest museum in the world, so having expert guidance was appreciated!”

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Louvre Museum: Skip-the-Line Small Group Guided Tour - Starting with the Venus de Milo
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Louvre Museum: Skip-the-Line Small Group Guided Tour

6.Louvre Museum: Skip-the-Line Small Group Guided Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 3,960 reviews · from $114

Spend two hours with a licensed guide on a focused Louvre tour that includes priority access, a headset, the Venus de Milo, the Mona Lisa, Egyptian antiquities, and the palace’s former foundations. Napoleon’s apartments are part of the advertised highlights, though the route can vary. Check your meeting point carefully, as it depends on the option you book.

“Fun and interesting tour with a very knowledgeable guide”

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Paris: Haunted Père Lachaise Cemetery Guided Tour - Famous names, with room for the lesser-known
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Paris: Haunted Père Lachaise Cemetery Guided Tour

7.Haunted Père Lachaise Cemetery Guided Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 3,591 reviews · 2 hours · from $25

Spend two hours walking Père-Lachaise with a French or English speaking guide. Find the graves of Jim Morrison, Oscar Wilde, Edith Piaf, and others while hearing cemetery history and ghost stories about Allan Kardec, Marcel Proust, and more. Guides such as Jade, Philippe, Josephine, and Morgan have led tours, but names vary.

“A great walking with Joris to discover all the stories about the life of referents in French and international legends in history, art, writers, music and science… he is a great storyteller, very much recommended !”

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Paris: Orsay Museum Entry Ticket and Digital Audio Guide App - Enter through C1, but plan for security
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Paris: Orsay Museum Entry Ticket and Digital Audio Guide App

8.Orsay Museum Entry Ticket and Digital Audio Guide App

★★★★★★★★★★4.4 · 3,170 reviews · 1 day · from $31

Enter the Musée d’Orsay on your chosen day with a flexible-time ticket, then explore at your own pace. The downloadable audio guide offers commentary on more than 300 works, including art by Monet, Degas, Renoir and Cézanne. There is no live guide, and the app guide may not cover every artwork.

“The Musee D'Orsay is an incredible museum. Having the audio guide made it even more interesting to learn about the artists & their works. It was easy to install the necessary app & download the guide.”

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Paris: Louvre Museum Guided Tour - Two hours for the Louvre’s greatest hits
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Paris: Louvre Museum Guided Tour

9.Louvre Museum Guided Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.2 · 3,084 reviews · from $101

Walk through the Tuileries Gardens before a 2.5-hour Louvre tour, with about two hours inside to see major works including the Mona Lisa, Venus de Milo, and Winged Victory. A licensed English- or Spanish-speaking guide leads the route and provides earphones. Check your booked option for skip-the-line access.

“I enjoyed my tour. Worth having a guide as the louvre is huge and can easily get lost in there”

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Eiffel Tower Guided Tour by Stairs with Optional Summit by Lift - The second floor: Paris laid out below
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Eiffel Tower Guided Tour by Stairs with Optional Summit by Lift

10.Eiffel Tower Guided Tour by Stairs with Optional Summit by Lift

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 2,970 reviews · 1 hour 30 minutes (approx.) · from $54

Take a guided stair climb to the Eiffel Tower’s second floor, pausing at the first floor’s glass floor and salvaged staircase. You’ll hear stories about the tower’s design and history, then look out over Paris. A summit upgrade adds a lift ride to the top. Guides have included James, Ana, Fortune, Nihad, and Joanna.

“Very good tour! Learned a lot of fun facts from Charles, our guide. He was kind, patient and very thorough! Tour was longer than expected because of holiday crowds. Summit was windy and cold but well worth the effort walking to the second floor and proceeding in elevator to the top!”

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Paris Top Sights Half Day Walking Tour with a Fun Guide - Inside Sacré-Cœur, where the architecture earns your time
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Paris Top Sights Half Day Walking Tour with a Fun Guide

11.Paris Top Sights Half Day Walking Tour with a Fun Guide

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 2,893 reviews · 4 to 5 hours (approx.) · from $76

Start in Montmartre with an English-speaking guide, visit Sacré-Cœur, then use the Metro and walk between Paris landmarks, including the Louvre, Eiffel Tower, and Notre-Dame. The 4-to-5-hour tour keeps to a group of no more than 15. Guides who have led it include Chiara, Adva, and Rami. Most landmarks are viewed from outside.

“Excellent way to begin your visit to Paris. Chiara was warm and friendly. Her knowledge of Paris and history gave us a wonderful overview of the city as our trip began. She was very friendly and quickly engaged with us in conversation. Highly recommend this tour.”

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Mont Saint Michel Day Trip from Paris with English Speaking Guide - Getting from the coach to the island
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Mont Saint Michel Day Trip from Paris with English Speaking Guide

12.Mont Saint Michel Day Trip from Paris with English Speaking Guide

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 2,750 reviews · 14 hours (approx.) · from $131

Ride from central Paris to Mont-Saint-Michel with an English-speaking guide, a restroom stop and roughly four hours for the island. Your abbey ticket and offline audio app are included, so you can climb the medieval lanes at your own pace. Guides on past departures have included Maja, Asma, Ash, Lawrence and Onome.

“Good trip, long bus ride (4 hrs) from Paris, pretty comfortable ride, nothing too fancy, the tour guides (Lawrence and Maja) do a great job in keeping the group entertained with stories/facts. The bus driver tried to steal my Airpods, thankfully with tracking I was able to recover them.”

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Eiffel Tower Guided Climbing Experience & Optional Summit Upgrade - Meeting near Avenue Elisée Reclus
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Eiffel Tower Guided Climbing Experience & Optional Summit Upgrade

13.Eiffel Tower Guided Climbing Experience & Optional Summit Upgrade

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 2,696 reviews · 3 hours (approx.) · from $43

Meet near the Eiffel Tower for a guided stair climb to the second floor, with commentary on the tower’s engineering and Paris views from the platforms. The group is limited to 20. You can add an elevator ride to the summit, subject to availability, or choose an optional Seine cruise.

“Easy walk up the tower with great commentary from the guide. Highly recommended for anyone of reasonable fitness level”

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Paris: Seine River Cruise with a Live Guide - A river route through Paris’s great landmarks
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Paris: Seine River Cruise with a Live Guide

14.Seine River Cruise with a Live Guide

★★★★★★★★★★4.3 · 2,629 reviews · from $24

Board an electric boat near the Eiffel Tower for a one-hour Seine cruise past the Louvre, Musée d’Orsay, Notre-Dame, and historic bridges. A local guide speaks in French and English, with a multilingual audio app as backup. The boat returns to its starting dock, and drinks or snacks are available to buy or may be included with a selected option.

“The view on the summit was nice but not worth the extra money.. second level is offers you also nice views.”

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From Paris: Versailles Guided Tour with Skip-the-Line Entry - Entering the State Apartments
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From Paris: Versailles Guided Tour with Skip-the-Line Entry

15.Versailles Guided Tour with Skip-the-Line Entry

★★★★★★★★★★4.2 · 2,422 reviews · 270 minutes - 7 hours · from $115

Travel from Paris to Versailles by air-conditioned coach for a guided visit to the State Apartments, Hall of Mirrors and royal rooms, followed by free time in the gardens. Tours run in English or Spanish, with options lasting about four hours or up to seven. The Fountain Show is included from April to October.

“It was a great tour Maria explained very well , loved it , I would do it agin”

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