Henri Leroux

Tours & Experiences · Paris

Paris experiences, chosen for the time you have.

Selected starting points with clear, direct booking routes — not a copy of the city’s practical destination note, and not an endless supplier catalogue.

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Paris · selected starting points

Give Paris one moment with room around it.

These direct partner options are a starting point for a Paris stay: one scheduled cultural visit, or an evening that leaves the rest of the city open.

12 of 12 activities shown. To find something outside this short selection, use a partner catalogue where available or tell us what you have in mind.

GetYourGuide

Louvre guided highlights with timed entry

A small-group Louvre route, capped at 6 guests, for its essential works with a licensed guide and skip-the-line entry — then time to keep exploring independently.

From €139

From price per person. It is a newly listed tour with no reviews yet; the guided portion runs about 2.5 hours and is followed by independent time in the museum.

GetYourGuide

Evening Seine river cruise with onboard bar

A 90-minute evening cruise past Notre-Dame, the Louvre and the Eiffel Tower, with an onboard bar and music rather than a guided commentary — a gentle arrival-night plan or a pause before dinner elsewhere in the city.

From €17

From price per person; drinks are purchased onboard. Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the departure.

GetYourGuide

Eiffel Tower: pre-booked entry with a host, summit optional

Skip the ticket window with a pre-booked Eiffel Tower entry handed over by an English-speaking host — unlimited time on the 2nd floor, with a summit upgrade for the full 360° view.

From €35

From price per person for 2nd-floor access; the summit is a selectable upgrade at a higher price. Not suitable for guests with mobility impairments.

GetYourGuide

Versailles: skip-the-line Palace tour with garden access

A licensed guide through Versailles’ State Apartments and the Hall of Mirrors, skip-the-line, then the gardens at your own pace — one of the best-reviewed ways to see the Palace without an audio guide alone.

From €70

From price per person; travel to Versailles is not included. Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the tour.

Viator

Montmartre walking tour: art, history and hidden corners

A 90-minute guided walk through Montmartre’s bohemian streets — Van Gogh and Toulouse-Lautrec’s old haunts, the Wall of "I Love You" and Place du Tertre — finishing near the Sacré-Cœur.

From €32

From price per person. A wine and cheese tasting can be added at checkout; free cancellation up to 24 hours before the tour.

Viator

Paris food tour: 10+ tastings and a secret final course

A small-group tasting walk through Montmartre or the Latin Quarter — cheeses, bread, macarons and cured meats — ending at a private "secret" stop with wine pairings.

From €68

From price per person; a shorter 2-hour express route is also available. Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the tour.

Viator

Paradis Latin: cabaret dinner and show

A three-course French dinner with wine and Champagne, then the can-can and variety show at Europe’s oldest cabaret — designed by Gustave Eiffel, and better reviewed than the marquee name down the street.

From €180

Price is per person for the current date; a smart dress code applies. Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the date.

Viator

Normandy D-Day beaches: full-day trip from Paris

A 14-hour day to Utah Beach, Pointe du Hoc, Omaha Beach and the American Cemetery at Colleville-sur-Mer, with lunch included — the best-reviewed way to see Normandy’s D-Day sites from Paris.

From €122

From price per person, including lunch and round-trip coach transport. Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the tour.

Tiqets

Musée d’Orsay: direct entry

Direct, timed entry to France’s national Impressionist and Post-Impressionist collection — Monet, Degas, Van Gogh and Renoir inside a converted Belle Époque railway station.

From €18

Price is for a timed direct-entry slot; live availability and the current price are shown on Tiqets.

Tiqets

Arc de Triomphe: entry with rooftop access

Napoleon’s monument to the Grande Armée, with rooftop access for a 360° view along the Champs-Élysées and toward the Eiffel Tower — 284 steps up.

From €18

Price is for a timed direct-entry slot; live availability and the current price are shown on Tiqets.

Tiqets

Sainte-Chapelle & Conciergerie: entry ticket

A Gothic chapel famed for its stained glass, paired with the former royal palace turned Revolutionary prison next door — both on Île de la Cité, a short walk from Notre-Dame.

From €25

Price is for a timed direct-entry slot; live availability and the current price are shown on Tiqets.

Tiqets

Catacombs of Paris: entry with audio guide

The remains of around six million Parisians, rearranged into an eerie underground ossuary — one of the city’s strangest and most memorable visits, with a multilingual audio guide included.

From €40

Price is for a timed direct-entry slot; live availability and the current price are shown on Tiqets. Bring your own headphones.

A few more Paris essentials

Didn’t find quite the right fit above? More of Paris, at your own pace.

A few further direct entry tickets — kept separate from, and non-overlapping with, the reviewed experiences above — that you can walk straight into on your own schedule. Updated automatically.

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