Experience an exhilarating guided tour of the Eiffel Tower with lift access, historical insights, and the option for a scenic Seine River cruise. Discover the iconic landmark and its surroundings from an elevated perspective.
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Eiffel Tower - Elevator Ride
Take a smooth glass-elevator ride straight to the second floor, as your guide points out what to look at out the windows as you zip up the tower.
Second floor of the Eiffel Tower
On the second floor, you’ll get views of Paris you can’t get anywhere else, starring some of the city’s other greatest landmarks: Notre Dame, the Louvre, Sacré-Cœur in Montmartre, the Grand Palais, Les Invalides, and more. Stay as long as you like enjoying the views, shopping, and dining at one of the many restaurants. Ask your guide for recommendations.
Upgrade: Eiffel Tower Summit
Reach the highest level at 905 feet to peek inside Gustave Eiffel’s office and finish your climb with a glass of champagne.
Upgrade: Seine River Boat Cruise
Your flexible ticket is good any time during your trip, so you can see the most famous sites of Paris as you take a scenic cruise.
- Panoramic views of famous Paris landmarks other than the Eiffel Tower
- Take our Paris shuttle for convenient transportation, included with your tour
- Time to explore on your own
- Optional upgrade for a River Seine boat cruise
- Plenty of dining and shopping options
- An elevator ride to the second floor
- A fun, entertaining, and knowledgeable guide
- Optional upgrade to visit the summit
- Gratuities
- Food and drinks
- Skip-the-Line entry
Skip the steps on this guided tour of the Eiffel Tower and zip right to the second floor to spend more time enjoying what the inside of the tower has to offer.
On the second level, your guide can help you find Notre Dame, the Louvre, the Sacré-Cœur in Montmartre, the Grand Palais, Les Invalides, and other popular landmarks, as well as recommendations for what to eat while you’re there.
When your tour is done, you can stay as long as you like and take the elevator to the very top if you’ve paid for the summit upgrade. On your way down, you can check out the first level to view Paris through a glass floor, visit the exhibits, and more.
If you’ve opted for the Seine River cruise upgrade, you will also receive a ticket for a one-hour boat cruise. This is a physical ticket that will be handed to you when you check in for your Eiffel Tower tour. You can head straight to the boat landing to take your cruise after your tour or go on another day.
- This tour doesn’t include skipping the line. Your guide will purchase the tickets for you after you arrive. The wait time to purchase tickets can be up to two hours or more, but rest assured that your guide will keep you entertained and provide insightful information about the Eiffel Tower while you wait in line together.
- If you choose the option for the 7-hour Full Day tour, you will have a guided tour to the summit by elevator, a narrated bus ride to Notre Dame (which includes a 24-hour ticket that you can continue to use after the tour), a guided tour of the exterior of Notre Dame, entry to the Archeological Crypt, and a guided tour of the Latin Quarter ending in the Luxembourg Gardens. There will be a break for lunch (lunch is not included but your guide can show you where to buy food).
- Luggage may not be permitted by discretion of Eiffel Tower staff
- Per Eiffel Tower rules, if you upgrade your tour to see the summit, you’ll need to visit the summit right after the guided tour ends. Afterward, feel free to explore the other two floors on your way down. The first level of the Eiffel Tower has more exhibits, a glass floor, and occasional pop-ups.
- Summit access included only if chosen at checkout. If the summit closes at discretion of Eiffel staff at the time you receive your tickets, you will receive a partial refund for the summit portion of the ticket.
- Seine river cruise tickets included ONLY IF Cruise option chosen at checkout. Tickets are valid for a year and can be used at any time following your Eiffel Tower tour. You MUST arrive on time for your tour in order to receive your boat tickets as they are distributed during check in.
- The company charters a shuttle to provide convenient transportation to the Eiffel Tower. You can take the shuttle if you’re registered for this tour. The shuttle runs daily.
- Please arrive promptly at the meeting point 30 minutes before the departure of the tour.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
