Eiffel Tower Climbing Experience: Guided Ascent to the Summit with Local Expert

Embark on an affordable and exhilarating guided ascent to the summit of the Eiffel Tower. Climb 674 steps with a local expert, learn about its history, and enjoy breathtaking views of Paris from above.

Duration: 2 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Eiffel Tower - Get your steps in to the second floor before taking the elevator to the summit for epic Paris views
    After meeting your guide near the Eiffel Tower, you’ll head for the ticketing desk and pass through the security area to begin your climb. Your first stop is the first floor (of course!), where the crowds are usually smaller and you…
What's Included
  • Elevator ride to the Eiffel Tower Summit (from 2nd Floor)
  • Guided climb to Eiffel Tower’s 1st and 2nd levels
  • Entertaining, knowledgeable English-speaking guide
  • Small group experience (up to 19 participants)
What's Not Included
  • Hotel Pick Up / Drop Off
  • Food & Beverages
  • Gratuities
  • Elevator to the 1st & 2nd Floor of the Eiffel Tower
  • Skip-the-line Access
Additional Information

Looking for a budget-friendly tour to the top of the Eiffel Tower, designed for the active traveler? This guided climb of France’s iconic landmark lets you realize your dream. Follow a well-informed local guide up the 674 steps to the tower’s second level and get engrossed in the story of its remarkable creation and turbulent early days. When you reach…

Location
5 Av. de Suffren
Avenue de Suffren
Please arrive 10 minutes early. Your guide will meet you across from Castel Café located at 5 Av. de Suffren, 75007 Paris. Our representative will be there holding a sign with "The Tour Guy" on it.
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Angie_m
May 9, 2025
Great experience. Guide... - Great experience. Guide was awesome and was able to give us all the history and anecdotes to make the climb even better.
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Excursion01086848687
May 1, 2025
Great tour - Our tour guide Ellen was great. She shared the history and interesting statistics as we waited in line for tickets. It was an extra busy day, May 1 being a holiday. 7:30 worked well for the sunset and lights.
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Fran
Apr 28, 2025
Eiffel tower stairs walk and elevator to the top. - Absolutely worth every cent. Our guide Ellen spoke such good english. She was fun and informative. The time flew,going through the entry queue. Ellen made our experience fantastic. I was co.fortable just chatting guide and she was so engaged with our whole group. Only potential problem was Instructions. It said to wait across the road from Casrel Cafe by the tree a,photo was added. We waited there and no one. I spotted a small red sign in the Avenue facing the tower. This instruction needs to be accurate. Possibly what's app contact as most overseas ppl have esims and can only contact via data. Or fb messenger. We had overpriced Champagne at the top and it was worth every cent. Once in a life time.
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Abflor
Apr 27, 2025
Great job! - Ellen Marchenko our guide did a great job! Very knowledgeable and patient! Tower needs to organize lines for access in tower but credit they were just opening access late.
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Larry_b
May 6, 2025
Duke this tour guide was... - Duke this tour guide was excellent both knowledgeable and attentive to the needs of all the guests individually and collectively. The major problem was the weather. It was extremely cold and windy so much so that the higher we went the colder it got. In short, we never made it to the top floor.
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Brentfran
Apr 28, 2025
Great - What a fantastic tour and Ellen was full of interesting facts and information. I was very pleased and would certainly recommend this tour and Ellen as a guide. My only issue is the person who meet us was not where we were told to be and took a lot to find. This was disappointing and stressful thinking we going to miss our tour
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Richard
Apr 27, 2025
Paris Tour Eiffel summit tour - Tour guide was knowledgable and enthusiastic, unfortunately due to the way the tickets are booked it still required a long queue to pick up the reserved tickets, however on the dates we travelled it was the only option to be able to get access to the summit. The summit gets closed at busy periods to manage the number of visitors so this can also be a risk as we had specifically paid a premium for the summit lift access. Fortunately the summit re opened just before our tickets were issued so no problem. There are around 700 stairs to reach the second floor so be prepared for a climb. You can book tickets cheaper or buy on the day but availability is not always guaranteed at busy times
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Laurie
Apr 27, 2025
Eiffel Tower walking tour - Our tour guide, Henry O., was amazing and had a wealth of knowledge and a great, interesting delivery. The disappointment concerned the lack of information to me about the meet up location. I received confirmation of the tour when I booked and many subsequent emails and texts and not one included the meet up location. Also the emails did not include any contact phone numbers im case of difficulties. I’ve never experienced this before with TripAdvisor. Our phone service was very poor at the base of the Eiffel Tower (everyone was having difficulties) and I could not pull up any contact info on your app. Luckily we stumbled on Henry speaking English in the check-in line and he checked our tickets and accepted us into his tour.
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Manju_t
May 7, 2025
Horrible experience - We were told we were upgraded to go on the cruise and our tour guide told us that we can go all the way up on the tower. She left us on the second floor and told us tnat we can use the same ticket all the way to the top. As soon as we got to the elevator we were told this ticket is for just the 2nd floor. Everyone was really upset as we couldn’t contact anybody as the tour guide had already left. I made extra money to go to the top and was very very disappointed. I think you should refund me the whole amount as I didn’t want the cruise or the champagne.
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Janahe3176qy
May 3, 2025
Eiffel Tower - It was terrible. First the our group found out that the tickets been over priced . Plus we need to stand in the queue, like other people. Our guide said we could cancel the tour and we will be refunded the whole amount of the money what we’ve pay. We’ve done it, but we didn’t get any money back. Plus we have to buy the tickets again.
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From $39
up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).