The Paris Pass®: 40+ Attractions Including Eiffel Tower

The Paris Pass is built for ambitious sightseeing. In a few days, you can climb the Eiffel Tower, cruise the Seine, visit Montmartre, taste French wine, and join walking tours without buying each experience separately. I especially like the choice of 1 to 6 days and the mix of famous sights with small food and culture stops.

I also like the Go City app, which keeps attraction details, opening hours, itineraries, and reservation links in one place. The main catch is that value depends on pace. Some activities fill at set times, the Eiffel Tower option is a stair climb rather than a lift ride, and the most important museums require the separate Paris Museum Pass upgrade.

Key points at a glance

• Eiffel Tower access means a guided climb: The included experience takes you up by stairs, so check the physical demands before counting it as a must-do.
• The Seine cruise is an easy win: The Bateaux Parisiens boat ride gives you a low-effort way to see Paris landmarks.
• The Paris Museum Pass changes the calculation: Add it on 2 to 6-day passes for the Louvre, Versailles, Arc de Triomphe, Orsay, Sainte-Chapelle, and other museums.
• The best savings require a full schedule: Aim for about three or four activities per day if you want the pass to pay off.
• Reservations matter: Several experiences use specific time slots, and popular museums can fill before you activate the pass.
• The pass runs by calendar days: Your first attraction visit activates it for consecutive days, not rolling 24-hour periods.

What the $91 Paris Pass actually gives you

The Paris Pass costs from $91 per person and includes entry to more than 40 attractions, tours, tastings, shows, and activities. You choose a 1, 2, 3, 4, or 6-day pass, then use it for one visit to each included attraction during that period.

The advertised saving can reach 50 percent compared with separate tickets, but that figure depends on how much you fit in. If you use the pass for one major activity each day, the maths may be weak. If you combine a paid attraction, a walking tour, and a food or tasting experience on the same day, the value improves quickly.

I would treat the pass as a sightseeing budget rather than an all-you-can-eat ticket. Before buying, list the attractions you genuinely want, check their separate prices, and see whether they fit into the same operating hours. The pass works best when your itinerary already includes several paid stops.

One important detail: each attraction can be visited only once. You cannot use the pass to return to the Louvre, repeat a wine tasting, or take the Seine cruise again.

Eiffel Tower climbing, not lift access

The Eiffel Tower Guided Climb is one of the pass’s headline inclusions. It gives you a structured way to visit the tower and take in the views, but the included option is a climb up the stairs.

That distinction matters. If you have bad knees, limited mobility, or simply do not want a strenuous ascent, do not assume the pass includes the lift. One visitor arranged lift access separately after finding the stair climb unsuitable. You should make the same check before building your day around this attraction.

For able walkers, the climb can be a more active and memorable way to approach the tower. Still, look carefully at the reservation rules and available times in the Go City app. A fixed Eiffel Tower appointment can shape the rest of your day, especially on a short one or two-day pass.

The pass does not turn the Eiffel Tower into a casual drop-in stop. Plan it as a timed centerpiece, then place nearby or flexible activities around it.

A Seine cruise and the best low-effort sightseeing

The included Bateaux Parisiens Seine River Cruise is a useful counterweight to Paris’s walking-heavy attractions. After stairs, galleries, and cobbled streets, you can sit down and see the city from the water.

A river cruise also helps you understand Paris’s layout. Bridges, riverbanks, and major landmarks come together in a way that is harder to grasp from street level. It is a good choice for your first day, when you want a broad view before committing to a packed museum schedule.

The cruise is one of the easier inclusions to fit into a busy itinerary, though you still need to check operating times. Transportation to and from attractions is not included unless specifically stated, so allow time and budget for getting to the departure point.

Pair the cruise with the Eiffel Tower, Notre-Dame area, or a Latin Quarter walk only if the timing works. Paris looks compact on a map, but a timed boat ride can make a tight schedule unravel.

Notre-Dame, Montmartre, and Paris on foot

The Notre Dame and Archaeological Crypt Experience offers more than a quick look at the cathedral exterior. The crypt adds an underground historical layer, while the surrounding Île de la Cité gives you one of the city’s most central walks.

Read the description carefully. This is not simply a guided interior tour of Notre-Dame. The experience can be a tour of Île de la Cité that finishes at Notre-Dame, so set your expectations before booking.

Montmartre brings a different mood. The Montmartre and Sacré-Cœur Walking Tour takes you through one of Paris’s most recognizable neighborhoods, while Champagne Gourmand in Montmartre adds a food stop to the area. You can also choose a French wine tasting at Les Caves du Louvre, a French Apéro in Saint-Germain-des-Prés, or French Sweet Crepes near the Arc de Triomphe.

These smaller activities are where the pass can push you beyond the standard checklist. I like having a reason to explore an area you might otherwise skip. They also provide a welcome break from large museums, though food portions and included drinks vary by activity, so check the app details before counting them as a full meal.

Other walking options include the Latin Quarter, Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Le Marais, Montparnasse, Paris’s covered passages, the Seine bridges, and women of Paris. The choices are broad, but you need to avoid stacking tours that overlap in time or location.

Museums require the Paris Museum Pass upgrade

The standard Paris Pass does not automatically give you entry to every major museum. For the Louvre, Versailles, Orsay, Sainte-Chapelle, the Orangerie, Picasso Museum, Rodin Museum, and Arc de Triomphe, you need the Paris Pass Plus upgrade.

The upgrade is available with 2, 3, 4, and 6-day passes. The 2-day and 3-day Paris Pass Plus options include a 2-day Paris Museum Pass. You must follow the instructions in the reservation portal to download that museum pass before you start sightseeing.

This is the most important practical point in the whole product. The Go City attraction pass and the Paris Museum Pass are separate digital documents. At some entrances, you need to show both for scanning. Having only the attraction ticket can leave you stuck at the entrance.

The museum pass can be valuable even beyond the ticket price. It offers skip-the-ticket-line access at more than 50 museums and monuments, although you still need to follow each site’s security and reservation rules. At busy attractions, having the correct pass ready can move you toward the security check rather than the ordinary ticket queue.

The Louvre alone can take much of a day. Versailles needs substantial travel time and is not a quick add-on between two central Paris stops. If you want both, choose at least a 3-day or 4-day plan unless you are comfortable with a very demanding schedule.

You should also check museum reservations before activating your pass. One problem with waiting until the first attraction visit is that popular time slots may already be gone. The app helps, but it does not guarantee an opening at your preferred museum.

Food, wine, fashion, and unusual stops

The Paris Pass is not limited to monuments. That helps explain why it can suit repeat visitors or anyone who wants more than the traditional museum circuit.

At Les Caves du Louvre, the French wine tasting is a particularly appealing inclusion. It offers a taste of French wine culture in an atmospheric setting, and it has been singled out as a favorite part of the experience. If wine interests you, check the time slot early because a popular tasting is not useful if it clashes with your museum reservations.

The Parisian Breakfast at Café Louise and the Croque Monsieur with Champagne Cocktail by the Seine give you food stops that can be fitted around sightseeing. They are useful for adding local flavor, but they should not replace careful meal planning. The pass includes food only where the specific activity says it does.

You can also choose a perfume mini workshop by Fragonard, a fashion show at Galeries Lafayette, the Gourmet Chocolate Museum Choco-Story, or the How to Become Parisian in One Hour show. These are good rainy-day options and offer more variety than another gallery.

For families, the choices include Aquarium de Paris, Grevin Paris wax museum, Paradox Museum Paris, Parc Astérix, PanoraMagique at Disney Village, and Rex Studios with afternoon popcorn. Parc Astérix and Disney Village are not quick central Paris stops, so they make more sense when you want a dedicated day rather than another item squeezed into a city itinerary.

The list also includes the Stade de France Tour, Tour Montparnasse, Ballon de Paris Generali, and an Emily in Paris unofficial tour. Check the current app list before planning, since included attractions can change without notice.

Building a sensible one, two, or three-day plan

A one-day pass is for people who want a concentrated hit of Paris. You might combine the Eiffel Tower climb with the Seine cruise and one nearby walking or food activity, but do not expect to cover the city’s major museums as well.

A two-day pass gives you more breathing room. One day could focus on central Paris, with Notre-Dame, the crypt, a Latin Quarter walk, and the river cruise. The second could include the Eiffel Tower, Montparnasse, Montmartre, and a tasting, provided the appointment times line up.

A three-day pass is a better fit for first-time visitors who want both major sights and smaller experiences. With the Plus option, you can reserve museum time, use the Paris Museum Pass for one or two major collections, and still leave room for a walking tour or food stop.

The four-day and six-day choices suit slower sightseeing. You can spread out the museums, return to a neighborhood for an evening activity, and choose attractions based on weather and energy rather than forcing everything into two frantic days.

Remember that validity begins with your first attraction visit. It lasts for consecutive calendar days, not 24-hour periods. Activating the pass at 4 p.m. does not give you until 4 p.m. several days later. Start early on the first day to get the full benefit.

Using the Go City app without losing time

Your pass is digital, so bring a charged smartphone. After booking, you receive instructions for downloading it, and the app can also serve as your planning guide through its itinerary tool and attraction information.

I would use the app before leaving home, not only once you arrive in Paris. Mark the sights you want, group them by area, inspect opening hours, and make reservations wherever required. Some links can be awkward, so give yourself time to work through them before your first sightseeing morning.

Keep the Paris Pass and Paris Museum Pass easy to display. At museum entrances, you may need both documents. Screenshots or downloaded access can be useful if your connection is poor, but make sure the pass itself is available in the required format.

The app does not remove the need for judgment. Opening hours, reservations, and attraction availability can change. Treat the current app details as the final word, especially for the Eiffel Tower, Louvre, Versailles, wine tastings, shows, and guided walks.

Who will get the best value

This pass suits you if you like full days and want a ready-made menu of Paris activities. It is especially useful for combining major landmarks with smaller stops that you might not pay for separately, such as a neighborhood walk, crepe stop, breakfast, wine tasting, or perfume workshop.

Families and mixed-interest groups may also find it helpful. One person can choose a museum, another can choose the aquarium or wax museum, and everyone can use the same pass structure. The wide range of activities is useful when rain or fatigue changes your plans.

It is less suitable if you prefer a slow trip with long café stops and only one major sight per day. It is also a poor match if you mainly want the Louvre and Versailles, since those require the Plus upgrade and significant time of their own.

The pass receives a middling overall rating of 3.6 from 344 reviews, which fits the product’s main weakness: the idea is strong, but the details demand attention. The people who plan carefully and fit three or four activities into a day tend to get more from it than those who buy first and organize later.

Should you book the Paris Pass?

Book it if you want to see Paris at a brisk pace and can commit to advance planning. The strongest case is a 3-day or longer pass, especially with the Paris Museum Pass upgrade, because you have enough time to combine the Eiffel Tower, Seine cruise, walking tours, food experiences, and at least one major museum.

Before paying, confirm three things: the Eiffel option works for your knees and stamina, your desired museum times are available, and the separate pass documents are downloaded correctly. If those details line up, $91 can be good value.

Skip it if you want a relaxed schedule, if you will visit only one or two paid attractions, or if you assume the standard pass includes the Louvre and Versailles. The Paris Pass rewards organized sightseers, not casual drop-ins.

FAQ

How long is the Paris Pass valid?

You can choose a pass valid for 1, 2, 3, 4, or 6 days. It becomes active when you visit your first attraction and remains valid for consecutive calendar days, not 24-hour periods.

What is included in the standard Paris Pass?

The standard pass includes digital admission to more than 40 attractions, museums, tours, tastings, and activities. Examples include the Eiffel Tower Guided Climb, Bateaux Parisiens Seine River Cruise, Big Bus Paris Hop-On Hop-Off Tour, Montparnasse, wine tasting, walking tours, and selected food experiences.

Does the Paris Pass include the Louvre?

The Louvre is included through the Paris Museum Pass upgrade, not the standard Paris Pass. The Plus upgrade is available with 2 to 6-day passes.

Does the Paris Pass include Versailles?

Palace of Versailles entry is included with the Paris Museum Pass upgrade. It is not part of the standard attraction list.

Is the Eiffel Tower lift included?

The listed Eiffel Tower experience is a guided climb using the stairs. Lift access is not included in that option, so check the details carefully if stairs are difficult for you.

Do I need reservations?

Some attractions and tours require reservations, often at specific time slots. Use the Go City app to check requirements and reserve before your sightseeing days.

Can I visit an attraction more than once?

No. Each included attraction can be visited once during the pass’s validity period.

What should I bring?

Bring a charged smartphone because the pass is digital. If you use the Paris Museum Pass upgrade, download that separate pass through the reservation portal before you begin sightseeing.