You can’t picture Paris without automatically draw the Eiffel Tower in your head. Here are some tips to efficiently visit the impressive monument, opening hours, ticket prices and how to skip the line. The Eiffel Tower is open everyday.
Eiffel built this masterpiece in two years. The 12,000 steel girders are held together by 2,500,000 rivers and the result is a smooth, curving profile. The steel constructions defied all traditional rules in architecture at the time and today, it serves as the television transmitter for the Paris area.
The tower has three floors: the first one at a height of 57 meters, the second floor at a height of 115 meters and the third floor at a height of 276 meters. The top of the aerial is 320 meters above the ground.
On a bright day, the view from the top platform is astonishing. You can see every inch of Paris including the most distant suburbs. The tower feet are firmly fixed into hydraulic caissons reducing the effect on the wind on the monument.
Update : The Eiffel Tower is closed on February 21st, 2024 and probably on Feb. 22nd due to an employee strike.
How to get to the Eiffel Tower : Opening Hours and prices
The Eiffel Tower is open everyday except on May 1st. The opening hours depend on the season.
Eiffel Tower Opening hours:
Open everyday
– From mid-June to August: 9 am to 0:45 am
– From Sept to mid-June: 9:30 am to 10:45 pm
Ticket prices for the Eiffel Tower in 2022 / 2023:
Lift to the 2nd floor €17.10
Stairs to the 2nd floor €10.70
Lift to the summit €26.80
Stairs + lift to the summit €20,40
Skip the line ticket with a guide :€42
Address & how to access the Eiffel Tower:
Champs de Mars 75007 Paris
Mo : Bir Hakeim (line 6), Champs de Mars (RER C)
Our tips about how to visit the Eiffel Tower
- Visit the Eiffel Tower during a clear day to enjoy the view
- Visit it at the sunset
- Christmas lighting is wonderful
- Buying your ticket online can save you a lot of time :
- www.toureiffel.paris for an online ticket
- Don’t forget a jacket, the top is sometimes windy
- Buy a package River cruise + Eiffel Tower access
Read more about boats and river cruises in Paris.
Eiffel Tower Tickets
The Eiffel tower restaurants.
Mme Brasserie -1st floor
Situated on the first floor of the Eiffel Tower, this restaurant offers a panoramic view of Paris. This Restaurant renewed by the Starred French Chef Thierry Marx proposes refined french brasserie food.
- Open every day / reserve well
- Visit of the Eiffel Tower included
- Lunch from €60
- Dinner from €127
Le Jules Verne – 2nd Floor – Gastronomic restaurant
The generous innovative cuisine of Chef Pascal Féraud and Alain Ducasse, the director of this unique venue, reaches lofty heights… those of the second floor of the Eiffel Tower, where patrons are elevated by a direct private lift. From there, the view of Paris with its parade of bridges on the Seine is unique. Designer streamlined decor is forgotten as diners revel in the spectacle, confused as to whether they should admire the magic of Paris or the crab filled puff pastry and shrimp cream, the colors of the river or the pressed foie gras.
Open every day / reserve well ahead
Menu from €85/€100
Find how to combine a Paris Boat Tour & the Eiffel Tower
Read also: the Arc de Triomphe
The queue for the Eiffel Tower can be very long: between 2 and 4 hours to buy the ticket. It is highly recommended to buy the ticket online to reduce your waiting time.
Our advice is to visit the Eiffel Tower at day. Why? Because at night , it is better to go up another monument (for example the Arc de Triomphe) to see the Tower’s lights.
Yes it is. The view from the summit is very impressive as it is the highest point of view in Paris.
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