Eiffel Tower Guided Tour: Lift Access, Historical Insights and Optional Seine River Cruise
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4,736 Ratings
Paris
Experience an exhilarating guided tour of the Eiffel Tower with lift access, historical insights, and the option for a scenic Seine River cruise. Discover the iconic landmark and its surroundings from an elevated perspective.
Duration: 4 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Eiffel Tower - This tour includes a ride by elevator to the 2nd level of the Eiffel Tower. Along the way, your guide will tell you all about Gustav Eiffel and the Eiffel Tower’s lesser-known fun facts. For those who bought the Summit Access option, you will take a lift from the 2nd level up to the summit, where you can see Gustave Eiffel’s office, along with panoramic maps.
What's Included
  • Convenient Paris shuttle included with the tour
  • Optional Seine river cruise boat tickets (conditional)
  • Option to access the summit (conditional)
  • Expert local guide providing engaging commentary
  • Eiffel Tower entrance and lift access to the 2nd floor
  • Upgrade available for a Full Day 7-hour tour including Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame, and Latin Quarter
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
  • Food and drinks
  • Skip-the-Line entry
Additional Information

ExperienceFirst beckons you to join us on a thrilling trip up to the peak of the Eiffel Tower! As you make your way up, our knowledgeable local guide will captivate you with intriguing tales and facts about this renowned monument and its surroundings.

After your guide secures your ticket, climb together to the second floor to uncover Gustave Eiffel’s transformation from a common engineer to a celebrated builder, and immerse yourself in the diverse history of Paris.

From the second floor, marvel at the stunning panorama of Paris’ landmarks while your guide reveals captivating facts about the city from this high viewpoint.

Opt for the summit option to whizz to the peak in an elevator after your tour. Please note, if the summit closes temporarily for any reason, rest assured we will provide a refund — as part of our stellar customer service, which is one of the key reasons people highly praise ExperienceFirst!

And there’s even more! If you opt for the cruise package, you’ll have the pleasure of a one-hour cruise on the Seine River, providing a unique sightseeing experience of Paris.

  • This tour doesn’t include skipping the line. Your guide will purchase the tickets for you after you arrive. The wait time to purchase tickets can be up to two hours or more, but rest assured that your guide will keep you entertained and provide insightful information about the Eiffel Tower while you wait in line together.
  • If you choose the option for the 7-hour Full Day tour, you will have a guided tour to the summit by elevator, a narrated bus ride to Notre Dame (which includes a 24-hour ticket that you can continue to use after the tour), a guided tour of the exterior of Notre Dame, entry to the Archeological Crypt, and a guided tour of the Latin Quarter ending in the Luxembourg Gardens. There will be a break for lunch (lunch is not included but your guide can show you where to buy food).
  • Luggage may not be permitted by discretion of Eiffel Tower staff
  • Per Eiffel Tower rules, if you upgrade your tour to see the summit, you’ll need to visit the summit right after the guided tour ends. Afterward, feel free to explore the other two floors on your way down. The first level of the Eiffel Tower has more exhibits, a glass floor, and occasional pop-ups.
  • Summit access included only if chosen at checkout. If the summit closes at discretion of Eiffel staff at the time you receive your tickets, you will receive a partial refund for the summit portion of the ticket.
  • Seine river cruise tickets included ONLY IF Cruise option chosen at checkout. Tickets are valid for a year and can be used at any time following your Eiffel Tower tour. You MUST arrive on time for your tour in order to receive your boat tickets as they are distributed during check in.
Location
Allée des Refuzniks
Meet the team outside the Eiffel Tower, before passing any security checks. The Team will be near the trees and benches outside the South Security Entrance (Entrance #1) on Allée des Refuzniks. The representatives will have orange hats and signs reading "ExperienceFirst" or "ExperienceFoundry".
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Lei
Apr 8, 2024
Excellent tour with Ana! - It was a lovely tour inside Eiffel Tower with our fantastic guide Ana. She is very friendly and good at story telling! Glad I went at 9am when it was just open. Not as crowded as it can be.
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Garymd2058ye
Apr 6, 2024
Eiffel Tower - Easy to find the meeting point. Sania was very well informed and was an engaging and interested guide. Having a guide really enhanced the experience of visiting the Eiffel Tower.
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Lizbeth
Apr 4, 2024
Love second floor experience - Worthy to buy this tour, avoid long waiting lanes. Tina was amazing g as a tour guide. City seeing is much nicer i. The second floor than the fist one.
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Beatrizda9065wv
Apr 3, 2024
Great experience - Max the best tourist guide. A great experience!!! He was very gentle and always willing to serve. He gave us very interesting information about Eiffel Tower and Paris
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839bash
Apr 6, 2024
Nice!!! - I had a good time! The guide explained things such as factoids about the Eiffel Tower really well when we were standing in line waiting, and once we were on the second floor he explained what monuments we were looking at. Sadly, the elevator didn't go all the way up due to strong winds. Luckily, refunding that part wasn't difficult!
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174vadima
Apr 3, 2024
Not Skip the line - This is not Skip the line tour. This is wait 2hr in the line tour. Just come 8:30 to the entrance 1 for the same experience. The tour guide were knowledgeable and polite
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Katef293
Apr 7, 2024
No time saving - Tour guide tried his best, but not a good experience. Had to wait in all of the lines and had to wait for a big group. Slowed us down instead of enabling our visit.
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Nicole_o
Apr 8, 2024
Given the wrong time of tour- BEWARE! - My tour was scheduled for 9:30 AM - received multiple confirmations with that time. I should up at 9:10 (20 minutes early as suggested) and could not find anyone as described (orange hat/flag). At 9:20 I called the numbers in the reservation as I was very concerned. I did reach an actual person, they told me that the tour left at 9AM. They said they sent me an email. I did not ever receive said email- I checked my spam, junk, etc. I had been receiving text confirmations, they never sent a text or email. This was a unique opportunity that had been planned and ruined because of the lack of communication. I checked multiple times, even the day of that the meeting time was in fact 9:30, not 9. We did get rescheduled on another tour for 1 PM, which was walk up instead of lift. By the time we went on that tour, they closed the top (which was open for the 9:30 tour) and we did not get to top of the Eiffel Tower. We also had to walk the 40 flights of stairs with two kids. Not only was the tour not the same, we also lost nearly the entire day- we arrived at the ET at 9:10, our new tour was not until 1 so we walked around the area nearby instead of doing what we had planned for that day. The lack of communication was extremely disappointing. Beware.
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J8333rmrainers
Apr 5, 2024
Fooled...no tickets no money - Beware of rip-offs!!! Paid €140 for 2 people, got no tickets and no money, the last tour company. No one was there to give us the tickets, they just hung up on the phone. Waited hours for nothing. Even wrote an objection at home, which they simply rejected. You have no chance of getting your money back.
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500samanehn
Apr 4, 2024
Not satisfied with Trip Advisor’s organization - Unfortunately, my experience with the Eiffel Tower tour guided by TripAdvisor was highly disappointing. It was the most disorganized excursion of my trip, and I won't be booking with them again. I recommend booking directly for all your excursions instead. Despite paying for access to the top of the Eiffel Tower, we were unable to do so due to full capacity. After a long wait in line, we had to settle for a partial refund on our tickets.
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