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Louvre Museum Tour Information 2024

Paris, a destination on every globe-trotter’s bucket list. Whether you are a traveler, tourist, or art enthusiast, Paris has something to offer us all, and what visit Paris is complete without a Louvre Museum tour with a knowledgeable museum guide. The art, the history, and the visions that make up “The Louvre” are a must-visit at least once in a lifetime.

The Louvre was originally established as a fortress in 1901 and has since been built and rebuilt over the centuries. The art museum was first opened in 1793 but was closed a few years late, it was in 1801 that Napoleon formally opened the museum and laid the foundation for what is presently the world-renowned Louvre museum. Perhaps, the most famous among the attractions of the Louvre is Leonardo Da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa” where thousands flock every day to get a glimpse of her mysterious and enigmatic smile. A Louvre tour is something of an adventure and an enlightening experience all on its own.

Want to find out about the types of Louvre tours on offer, we’ve got you covered.

1. Louvre Museum Tour

Highlights

  • Get skip-the-line and fast-track entrance to the museum on this Louvre guided tour or Louvre virtual tour.
  • An expert multilingual guide to exploring the vast and the best that Louvre Museum Paris has to offer.
  • Admire and visually experience great works of art like “Venus De Milo”, “Mona Lisa”, “Raft of Medusa”, “Winged Victory of Samothrace”, “Liberty Leading the People”, “Psyche Revived by Cupid’s Kiss”, “The Dying Slave” and many more by the masters of the art.
  • Get the chance and the time to trace a path and discover the museum on your own on a Louvre museum virtual tour.

Includes

  • Louvre Museum entrance ticket
  • Skip-the-line access
  • Expert tour guide
  • Louvre audio guide (optional)

Your Experience

You get priority access entrance and an expert guide on this Louvre tour, where they take you around a route that has been carefully planned so that you can utilize your time at the museum in the best way possible. You also get a better understanding and highlights of some of the world’s most renowned and revered works of art on this Louvre Museum online tour. Watch the tour guide bring the art to life with his words and his knowledge, you can try to discern the mysterious smile on Da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa”, feel the passion through “Liberty Leading the People”, discover the icon of French Romanticism “Raft of Medusa”, or the neoclassical masterpiece “Psyche Revived by Cupid’s Kiss”.

The Louvre Museum Paris not only houses artworks like paintings and sculptures but also crown jewels belonging to the French monarchy, ancient Egyptian artifacts, relics, steles, and Roman and Greek antiquities. It is here that you can gaze upon the symbol of feminine beauty “Venus De Milo” and “Winged Victory of Samothrace” with its ever-elegant flowing drapery.

After your Louvre guided tour is over, spend as much time as you want to explore before leaving with a renewed passion for the Louvre’s collection of treasures.

 

2. Louvre Museum With Guided Tour & Optional Ticket

Highlights

  • You get to skip the line ticket and priority access.
  • A carefully prepared path by your guide to let you witness the greatest works house in the museum on this Louvre tour.
  • A chance to visit Napoleon Bonaparte’s apartments to take a look at the mesmerizing décor.
  • A visit to the Apollo gallery.
  • Get a glimpse at the crown jewels of the French monarchy
  • Admire the serene and enigmatic “Mona Lisa”, the beauty of “Venus de Milo” and the emotional romanticism of “Psyche Revived by Cupid’s Kiss”.
  • Visit the Egyptian department for a look at the ancient statues, artifacts, and relics.

Includes

  • Entrance ticket
  • Skip the ticket lines priority access.
  • Experienced guide
  • Headset for an audio guide (optional)

Your Experience

The itinerary created by your guide includes a look at some of the greatest and best of the Louvre treasures so that the visitors can maximize their time.

Your tour would include everything from ancient Egyptian relics to Renaissance art from Italy. Gaze at the serene “Mona Lisa”, the romantic “Psyche Revived by Cupid’s Kiss”, and the story and French romanticism depicted in Géricault’s masterpiece “The Raft of Medusa”.

Take a tour of Napoleon’s apartments to admire the décor and visit the Apollo Gallery for the crown jewels.

Alexandros of Antioch’s “Venus de Milo” should not be missed, admiring the symbol of female beauty while gazing at the surreal sculpture from the Hellenistic age.

Also, this Louvre tour includes a visit to the Louvre basements so that visitors can get a look at the foundations of the castle that stood previously.

This tour comes with 2 options:

  • Get your ticket and a guided tour with one of the skip-the-line guided tours, which are available in a variety of languages.
  • Choose the Louvre guided tour for ticket or museum pass holders if you already have a ticket or museum pass.

 

3. Skip-the-line Louvre Museum & Seine Cruise

Highlights

  • Enter the world’s most famous and largest museum, the Louvre with a skip-the-line ticket.
  • Be prepared to be amazed, awed, and mesmerized by one of the world’s largest collections of art at this Louvre Museum tour spread across three different wings.
  • Conclude your tour with a river cruise along the Seine, enjoying the beauty of Paris and its most important monument.

Includes

  • Skip-the-line tickets
  • Louvre audio guide available in various languages
  • An hour-long cruise along the Seine after the Louvre tour.

Your Experience

Book a Louvre audio guide to get the most out of your visit, marvel at the famous Mona Lisa and awe at dozens of magnificent paintings, and stroll amid flawless sculptures.

Take a 1-hour Seine River cruise after the Louvre tour. See the Institut de France, Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame, Conciergerie, Musee d’Orsay, Hotel de Ville, and other famous Paris landmarks.

 

4. 3-hour Louvre Tour

Highlights

  • Fast-track entry with skip the line access
  • Admire the masterpieces of Caravaggio, Da Vinci, Michelangelo, and more.
  • Marvel at the extraordinary sculptures like “Venus de Milo” and “Winged Victory of Samothrace” and “Psyche Revived by Cupid’s Kiss”.
  • Visit the Napoleon apartments.
  • The time to explore to your heart’s content after the Louvre guided tour.

Includes

  • Skip-the-line entrance
  • Entry ticket along with reservation fee
  • English-speaking expert guide
  • Headsets for better hearing

Your Experience

Skip the lines with your priority access and explore the museum with your knowledgeable guide. Learn the story and history behind some of the famous displays and the treasures housed by the museum.

The tour includes Greek and Roman antiquities like the “Great Sphinx of Tanis,” as well as paintings by Da Vinci and Raphael also, sculptures such as Michelangelo’s “Dying Slave” and Antonio Canova’s “Psyche Revived by Cupid’s Kiss.”

Conclude the guided tour with a visit to the Napoleon apartments

Plan Your Visit

Louvre Opening Hours:

  • The Louvre opens at 9 am and closes at 6 pm (Wednesday – Tuesday)
  • Closed on Tuesdays, 1st January, 1st May, 14th July & 25th December

Getting to The Louvre:

  • The Louvre Museum is located at 75001 Rue de Rivoli in Paris.
  • Tourists or visitors can use the bus service, Paris metro, or a hop-on-and-off sightseeing bus to get to the Louvre.

Entrance:

  • Carrousel du Louvre Entrance
  • I.M. Pei entrance of Pyramid Museum in Paris
  • Passage Richelieu Entrance
  • Porte des Lions

Rules to Follow:

  • Large bags and suitcases are not allowed inside the Louvre
  • Visitors are allowed to take pictures though selfie-sticks, flashes, or lighting is prohibited
  • Respect the art – Visitors are not allowed to eat, drink, smoke, run, or touch the artworks in the exhibition rooms.
  • Any types of weapons, ammunition, volatile or flammable substance are prohibited.
  • All animals except guide or assistant dogs are not allowed to enter.

Popular Highlights of the Louvre Museum

  • Mona Lisa by Leonardo Da Vinci
  • Venus de Milo by Alexandros of Antioch
  • Winged Victory of Samothrace
  • Liberty Leading the People by Eugene Delacroix
  • Law Code of Hammurabi
  • Great Sphinx of Tanis