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Visit of the Louvre Museum and cruise ticket
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Visit of the Louvre Museum and cruise ticket

Get your ticket to the Louvre Museum and a 1-hour cruise on the Seine river.

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Louvre Museum fast-track ticket with audio tour on mobile app
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Louvre Museum fast-track ticket with audio tour on mobile app

Explore the Louvre Museum at your own pace with fast-track tickets and an audio-guided tour available on your smartphone!

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Louvre Museum Masterpieces Guided Tour with Reserved Access
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Louvre Museum Masterpieces Guided Tour with Reserved Access

Make sure you don't miss anything at the Louvre with this guided tour of the greatest masterpieces and an express ticket to save you time.

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Alone with Mona Lisa, Last Entry Louvre Tour
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Alone with Mona Lisa, Last Entry Louvre Tour

Book a guided tour of the Louvre's treasures, following an inverted itinerary so that you save the Mona Lisa for last, just as the museum is closing when most visitors have left.

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Louvre Museum guided tour with skip-the-line tickets
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Louvre Museum guided tour with skip-the-line tickets

Get all the best information for your guided visit of the Louvre Museum in Paris and book your tickets, skipping the line, at official rates. Get informed, plan and book your tour in Paris.

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Highlights of the Louvre Group Tour
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Highlights of the Louvre Group Tour

Get the most out of the Louvre Museum by booking this guided tour of its highlights in groups of 20 people or fewer.

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Louvre Museum Private Guided Tour with Reserved Entry
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Louvre Museum Private Guided Tour with Reserved Entry

Book a private tour of the Louvre Museum to discover the main highlights: Mona Lisa, Venus de Milo, Victory of Samothrace, Michelangelo's Slaves, Louis XIV's Apollo Gallery..

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Murders and mysteries tour of the Louvre Museum
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Murders and mysteries tour of the Louvre Museum

Uncover the secrets of the Louvre Museum with this 2-hour Murders and Mysteries tour.

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Best of Paris, 3 audioguided tours on your smartphone
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Best of Paris, 3 audioguided tours on your smartphone

Visit Montmartre, Le Marais and the Louvre neighborhood at your own pace and customize your itinerary as you wish with this audio-guided tour on your smartphone!

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Go City | Paris All-Inclusive Pass
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Go City | Paris All-Inclusive Pass

With the Go City® All-Inclusive Paris Pass enjoy access to many sites, art galleries and monuments, hop-on hop-off bus and sightseeing tours.

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Must-sees of the Louvre Museum 1.5 hour guided tour
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Must-sees of the Louvre Museum 1.5 hour guided tour

See some of the greatest artworks in the world - housed in the world's largest museum - in the most effortless way possible!

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Skip-the-line to Louvre Museum and Seine River Cruise
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Skip-the-line to Louvre Museum and Seine River Cruise

Create your own perfect day in Paris with a skip-the-line ticket to the Louvre Museum, and a pleasant way to discover the City of Lights during a 1-hour river cruise.

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About the Louvre Museum

As the world’s most visited museum – in the world’s most visited city – the Louvre needs little introduction. Its collection of priceless artworks and antiquities comprises almost half a million items, but space restrictions mean a modest 35,000 are on display. What you see is the crème de la crème. Many make a beeline for Renaissance art, with the Mona Lisa the star turn. The classical sculpture section, where the Venus de Milo has been exhibited since its discovery in 1820, is also popular.

The Louvre, which was once a royal palace, began life as the home of the monarchy’s private collection. After the French Revolution it became state property, and the artworks went on display to the public for free in 1793. Nowadays, millions visit every year. Because the collection is so large and spread across three wings, each with four levels, a guided tour is a good way to see the most important works while gaining a good overview of the collection’s context.

One of the most curious aspects of the Louvre is its entrance, the glass pyramid. A highly controversial project when it was commissioned in the 1980s, it has since become a much-loved and much-photographed Paris icon.

Things to know before your visit

  • Security is tight at the Louvre and all bags are screened – items exceeding 55x 35x20cm are not allowed inside

  • You can take photos inside, but selfie sticks are not permitted – crowds of snappers tend to congregate around major works such as the Mona Lisa

  • There’s free admission on the first Saturday of each month from 18:00 and all day on Bastille Day, July 14

  • You cannot bring food and drink inside the museum

  • There’s a Louvre App, which has a map detailing the layout of each wing and where each collection is housed, as well as lots of information about the artworks

Opening hours

The Louvre opens from 09:00 to 18:00 every Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday, and from 09:00 to 21:45 on Friday. The museum closes on Tuesday.

How to get there

  • By Metro lines 1 and 7 to the Palais Royal-Musée du Louvre stop and Line 14 to Pyramides stop

  • By bus routes 21, 27, 39, 67, 68, 69, 72, 74, 85 and 95

  • By train on the RER commuter train to Châtelet-Les Halles station, which is served by lines A, B and D, and is a 10-minute walk from the Louvre

  • By car, which you can park in the underground parking at Avenue du Général Lemonier

  • By bicycle via the numerous depots of the Vélib’ municipal bike rental scheme

  • By boat using the Batobus river shuttle, which offers a scenic journey to the museum’s stop at Quai François-Mitterrand

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What should I really see at the Louvre?

Beyond the world-famous must-sees of the Mona Lisa, Venus de Milo and Winged Victory of Samothrace, the Louvre boasts pieces spanning the ages and civilisations. Michelangelo’s The Slaves and Vermeer’s The Lacemaker are among many works on display by some of the most celebrated names in art, while Liberty Leading the People may seem a familiar image, even if the name of its creator, Delacroix, is not as well-known. Make time to drop into the Egyptian section to see l’Européenne, a mummy portrait, in the Denon wing. Less renowned but just as intriguing is the collection of works from Africa, Asia, Oceania and the Americas. Visit the Cour Khorsabad for a glimpse of an ancient Assyrian palace. For an insight into France’s opulent past, the Grand Salon and the Theatre Salon are lavish examples of French Second Empire furnishings, while the French crown jewels are displayed in the gilded Galerie d’Apollon.

What are the best ways to visit the Louvre?

With 35,000 works on display and growing – there are hundreds of acquisitions every year – there’s a lot to view. A skip-the-line ticket is a great way to make the most of a visit to the Louvre. And by combining it with a guided tour, you can navigate more efficiently and see the collection with more insight. There are also niche tours, such as one taking a deep dive into Italian art, or a murder-mystery tour. By visiting early, you can see the top works when the museum is less crowded, and then admire the less-heralded exhibits when later arrivals are crowded around the Mona Lisa.

How much time do I need for visiting the Louvre?

Any visit under 3-4 hours will give you only an overview of the Louvre’s treasures. You can make a real day of it by booking a guided tour in the morning, before breaking for lunch in one of the cafés. Some of the restaurants boast views over the pyramid and have open balconies. Then spend the afternoon following your inner compass as you poke around the museum’s less-frequented corners. Many visitors come back for a second helping the next day.

What is the best time to visit the Louvre?

The Louvre is usually less crowded early in the morning or late in the day. And as it opens until 21:45 on Fridays, the evening is a good time to visit.

How did the French Crown Jewels end up at the Louvre?

France’s relationship with the monarchy has been notoriously fickle, but that doesn’t mean the French Crown Jewels don’t have pride of place in the Louvre. Housed in the lavishly decorated golden Galerie d’Apollon, they are the remnants of a collection built up over centuries. The gallery was commissioned in the 1660s by Louis XIV, ‘the Sun King’, who chose the name of Apollo, the Greek god of the Sun. Its decoration was not completed until the 1850s, when Delacroix painted a 12-metre-wide ceiling fresco, Apollo Slaying the Serpent Python. The French republican government sold off the majority of the jewels in the 1880s, keeping only the most significant to be displayed at the Galerie d’Apollon, such as the 140-carat Regent diamond and the crowns of Louis XV and Napoleon. Also on display is a collection of hardstone vessels intricately carved from precious minerals such as amethyst, jade and rock crystal. However, one key royal treasure, the 14th-century Sceptre of Charles V, with its immaculate statuette of Charlemagne, is displayed in the Richelieu wing.

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Reviews Louvre Museum

  • Casier

    - April 2016

    Great

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    4/5

    The visit of The Louvre was very good. The skip-the -line ticket was very convient.But I have to mention that I my crecitcard has been abused since th ...

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    - March 2016

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    - February 2016

    Excellent

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    - February 2016

    Excellent

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