I%26#39;m in Paris for 6 nights in early June. In order to save time, are there any museums, churches or sights (including Versailles) that can be prebooked, to avoid lines – or is there just the Museum pass?
Also, what sights are likely to have the longest lines and when is the best time to go?
Many Thanks. Sorry for asking a very general question(I normally try and avoid this)
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You can buy museum pass or you can buy tickets for museums at FNAC or FNAC.com
Lines are not THAT bad either and it is a good opportunity to do some people watching and look at your surroundings.
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A museum pass is convenient, but I have never used one and I have managed to avoid most lines. Except at ET, which btw , the museum pass does NOT cover anyways,, LOL .
To avoid long line at ET go before it opens, now of course everyone says this, but, it does mean you will STILL be waiting in line for it to open,LOL, but perhaps omly 1/2 hour instead of 1 1/2 or 2 hours. I have also taken the stairs and only waited 20 minutes.
The Lourve is easy, I have never waited in line once I discovered the underground entrance. You may enter through the shopping mall, off Rue Du Rivoli( there is an awning over door) or from the metro stop. Buy ticket from machines. You will still wait to clear through security , but that is the same even if you have a pass. 5 minutes or so if busy, no biggie.
The Orsay, well that is a go when it opens place, as with Orangerie
The line outside Notre Dame is scary , but it moves quickly. the line for the Towers is long and slow, but ,, aha so few people mention it, in the summer the Towers are open a few evenings a week, and since it is light out till 10 ,, one should go in early evening , short line as most people don%26#39;t think of going thier in evening. The man watching the line clued me into this last summer. The line was insanely long, and we stopped and sort of joked with him, and then he quietly said to look at the hours sign, and then said, come back at 8 oclock, no lins.. yeah!! ( btw , this was in french another reason to bone up on your language, I swear it helps in more ways then one) .
Most other sites do not have huge lines or waits.
We walked into the Cluny and the Arc De Triomphe in high season.
PS I also like listening to all the different languages in the lines.. it is fun to pass time trying to guess where eveyone is from, Paris is visited by so many nationalities.
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joan1
You mentioned that during summer months there is daylight until 10pm. We will be in Paris Sept 4th thru the 9th - will there still be daylight until 10pm during this time?
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No, most likely dark a little earilier. June 21 equinox is longest day of year, after that , slowly, by minhutes the days become shorter again. Usaully by late August early Sept I notice it getting dark earlier, I am not sure if memory serves , but it seemed by 8:30 -or 9 pm.
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for the Orsay you can buy a ticket good for a year at a little office to the left of the main entrance -- it can be used any day EXCEPT the day you buy it -- we get one early in our visit to Paris and then just use it when it is raining or we are in the mood for the Orsay or whatever -- you enter through the %26#39;reservations%26#39; door which does not have a line (sort of around the building to the right of the main line)
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I have also heard that the Eiffel Tower doesn%26#39;t have lines at night. You might try then.
Go on the fnac.com (spectacles) site online and see what you can purchase in advance. The only thing is, you have to actually go to one of the fnac shops to pick up the tickets. You don%26#39;t just print out your ticket on line or anything like that. There is an fnac shop in Les Halles (on the lower level) where I usually go. I get as many tickets as possible in advance and then when I arrive in Paris, I make one stop at the fnac shop and pick up all of my tickets. Then the only thing you need to remember to do is take your ticket with you when you leave your hotel/appartment in order to go to the event.
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We went to the Eiffel Tower in July 2006, at night and it must have taken two hours to get to the top, you have to queue at each level.
At Versailles if oyu buy a combined train and palace ticket you can skip the queue which was about 100 yards long last Sunday. We just walked straight in, use the entrance up on the right hand side market ticket holders.
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Dear Wheresthe plane
Could you tell me where you bought your combined train and entry ticket for Versailles?
Thanks
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The Eiffel Tower has lines at night. At least it did on our last 2 visits. I would also suggest going first thing in the morning. For the Louvre I also second going in at the underground shopping mall. No line whatsoever. Very easy.
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I apologize for giving incorrect information about the lines at the Eiffel Tower at night. I haven%26#39;t done it--I just read that was true on this forum.
In regards to where to enter the Louvre, the entrance being referred to on Rue de Rivoli indeed does have a banner outside of it. The banner says %26quot;Carrousel.%26quot; As soon as you go in the door you take an escalator downstairs. There%26#39;s no need for a museum pass to go to the Louvre. This entrance (with the Louvre ticket machines downstairs at the far end of the shops) works great. I%26#39;ve done this.
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