The Eiffel Tower

• The wait can easily take several hours! Don’t fancy queuing? Choose your date & time, then buy your tickets here. Do it well in advance, especially in high season, as tickets get sold out very quickly, up to 4 months in advance! Tickets purchased online allow you to significantly reduce your waiting time (you get fixed hours to take the elevator).

• If your legs allow it, the trick is to choose the stairs. So yes, it seems high but it is not as bad as you think! Con: the stairs stop on the second floor (800 steps), you then have to take the elevator to go up to the top.

• If there’s a line at the elevator to go back down, you can take the stairs even if you used the elevator to go to the top.

• If you do not mind the rain, queues are shorter on days where the weather is poor but the view is also diminished.

• There are often less visitors between 17:00-18:00.

• The calmest month is January. The busiest days of the year fall on Easter and Christmas holidays and summer weekends (particularly in August). It will take you literally hours to buy your tickets on site.

• Careful, even with your skip-the-line tickets, it’s not guaranteed that you can reach the top. During high season, only 50% of visitors can reach it, some by choice, but most forced to stay at the middle floor: only 400 people can be accepted at the top, it’s limited. Another good reason to prefer non-busy times!

The ticket prices to the Eiffel Tower are the following :

Ticket with access lift to the 2nd floor:

• Adult: 16,60€
• Young (aged 12 to 24): 8,30€
• Child (aged 4 to 11) / Disabled: 4,10€
• Child under 4: Free

Ticket with access lift to the top:

• Adult: 25,90€
• Young (aged 12 to 24): 13,00€
• Child (aged 4 to 11) / Disabled: 6,50€
• Child under 4: Free

Ticket with access stairs:

• Adult: 10,40€
• Young (aged 12 to 24): 5,20€
• Child (aged 4 to 11) / Disabled: 2,60€
• Child under 4: Free

All roads lead to the Eiffel Tower! You can use many types of transportation to get there.

• The subway serves two nearby stations: Trocadéro (lines 6 and 9) or Bir Hakeim (line 6) will drop you off at 8 minutes and 12 minutes walks from the Tower.
• RER (line C) is an more convenient alternative to reach the Eiffel Tower quickly from more distant areas. Get off at the Champ de Mars/Tour Eiffel station, which is is a 7-minute walk away.
• Four ** bus ** lines will drop you off near the Tower: lines 42, 69, 82 and 87. The stop is called Champ de Mars or Eiffel Tower each time.
• The river shuttle Batobus stops by the Eiffel Tower during its journey on the Seine.

In addition to public transport, the [Vélib] (https://www.velib-metropole.fr/map#/) allows you to stroll around the Tower before or after your visit. One of the stations is located near the Tower, and four others are distributed around the Champ de Mars.

** Our advice **

If you choose the metro, don’t miss the arrival from ** Place du Trocadéro **! You will enjoy an amazing panorama of the Tower, which makes the place ideal for romantic photos and selfies!

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• The Eiffel Tower is open 365 days a year. From mid-June until the beginning of September it’s open from 9am to midnight and from 9:30 am to 11 pm the rest of the year.

• The Easter weekend and spring holidays there are usually extended opening hours (till midnight).

• NB: opening hours may vary for the ticket offices, lifts and stairs. They usually close earlier. Check the official website for more information.