Louvre Museum Guided Tour Option

Skip the line and uncover the secrets of the Louvre Museum’s greatest works on a guided tour. See the iconic Mona Lisa and more. Choose the hosted option for a quick visit to the Mona Lisa room.

Duration: 2 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel - Start your tour in the center of Paris where your guide awaits, eager to impart their extensive art history knowledge. Your tour strats at the meeting point, Arc de Triomphe du Carroussel, facing the Louvre Pyramid, it commemorates the victory of Napoleon I at the Battle of Austerlitz.
What's Included
  • Skip-the-line access to the Louvre Museum
  • Entry/Admission - Louvre Museum
  • Guided tour with live guide (If option selected)
  • Accompaniment to Mona Lisa with host (if option selected)
  • Explore the collection to see the Venus de Milo or the Coronation of Napoleon among many others
  • Discover the pyramid of Ieoh Ming Pei
What's Not Included
  • Lunch
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Access to temporary exhibitions
Additional Information

Paris’s Louvre Museum is no less than the world’s biggest museum, visited by 10.5 million in 2018 alone. Learn the secrets of three of its biggest crowd-pleasers, including the mysterious Mona Lisa, on your two-and-a-half-hour guided tour. No need to stand in line! This guided tour offers the perfect opportunity to learn about the museum’s huge collection and its greatest works of art, such as the Mona Lisa, the Venus de Milo, and the Coronation of Napoleon.

The Mona Lisa Hosted option has no guide but will take you in front of Mona Lisa room in no time, leaving you then all the leasure to discover the museum on your own.

After your tour, why not take advantage of your ticket and stay longer in the museum to eat or enjoy shopping for souvenirs such as posters, books, etc.

  • Cloakroom compulsory for umbrellas, luggage, pushchairs that are not to be taken in the exhibition rooms.
  • No elevators available during the visit
  • This tour does not include the access to temporary exhibitions
  • Some works are likely to be temporarily inaccessible due to renovations or work loans
  • At the end of the tour, possibility to stay longer after the visit
  • You have the choice to select an accompaniment to the Mona Lisa with an host or to take part in the guided tour with a live guide. With both options, you will then have the opportunity to enjoy freely the museum at your own pace.
  • Please arrive at the meeting point 20 minutes before the departure of the tour.
Location
Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel
Place du Carrousel
Meet our ParisCityVision staff holding a sign. They will be on the right side facing the Louvre Pyramid by the Arc du Carrousel not to be confused with the Arc du Triumph 20 minutes before departure time.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Jai_n
Jul 31, 2024
Great tour, great guide! - Directions on how to find our tour guide were incorrect. If standing at the Arc Carousel with the Pyramid behind you, the tour group is on the right side with a small red flag with the name of the company on it. It took about 20 minutes for us to figure this out, so I hope this tip helps the next person. Now, on to my review of the tour itself. Yes..... you can tour the Louvre on your own, but having a guide is so much better. You could spend days at the museum trying to see every single painting, sculpture, and exhibit. But we did not have days.... only 4 hours. Our guide was Monica, and she was great! She conducted our tour in English, but she is fluent in French and Chinese! Our tour lasted about 2.5 hours. She made sure to show us a significant amount of the museum and all major highlights in that 2.5 time frame. Honestly, I was so tired from walking all day in Paris. So I could appreciate someone being able to show me the condensed version. Monica has been doing tours at the Louvre for 6 years and she knows her history! Her passion for art, culture, and history comes is very apparent because she is enthusiastic and just lights up when she talks about the exhibits. Monica took the time to go over the map and planned route that we would take before the tour started. Overall, great narrator. Thank you for a wonderful time Monica! Air conditioning at the Louvre seems to not exists so you may want to bring a battery powered fan or something to fan yourself with during warm months.
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Germaine_w
Jul 31, 2024
Great experience with the tour company - Everything worked out flawlessly. The tour guide was great. The only drawback was the crowds and disorganization of the museum staff regarding the Mona Lisa but that’s not the tours fault. Highly recommend.
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Marcus_j
Jul 30, 2024
You go see the Mona Lisa for the picture on the other side of the room - Really good tour guy. There is so much to do there it was nice having a tour guide for the first few areas
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Pamela_j
Jul 30, 2024
Great tour to see the highlights - This tour was perfect if you are short on time and want to see the highlights. Our guide was very knowledgeable.
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James_t
Jul 29, 2024
Amazing - The magnificent of the palace ! Can’t believe how opulent and beautiful, it was , We viewed the gardens by renting a golf cart, best decision I made !
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Page_d
Jul 30, 2024
Lovely tour - Easy access and nice to have direction of where to go in the museum. We were able to access our tour an hour earlier, which was very convenient
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Ellis_c
Jul 29, 2024
Knowledgable but a rushed tour! - Struggled to find tour guide, once we did although very knowledgable the tour was extremely rushed. Kept mentioning we could leave early, and hurried through all rooms.
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Mark_m
Aug 2, 2024
It was NUTS (but needed). - My tour guide was engaged, informed, and personable; I believe his name was Stephan. Things not under his control -- the madhouse/excessive crowds & the completely awful and terribly inept/confusing Viator "check-in" process (of MANY tours for the exact same time) made me provide this "POOR" grade/assessment. That said, I will gladly acknowledge that WITHOUT this guided tour, I most likely would have NEVER been able to see/experience the major masterpieces of The Louvre. For that, and Stephane's dedication, I am most grateful.
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Mathen_t
Aug 3, 2024
Terrible - The audio gadgets were not working and the guide was very difficult to understand and the content was not relevant . Total waste of time .
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Jenna_e
Aug 1, 2024
SCAM!!! - This is a scam. The tour guide was not at the meeting place at the designated time to meet. Also, the Louvre closed at 1800 and our tickets for our guide was at 1930. I am waiting for my refund now. Hopefully I get my money back.
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