Paris tourist passes 2026
pros & cons

Visitor passes

There's a massive amount of advertising on the Internet to encourage anyone interested in visiting Paris to buy a tourist pass. For some visitors, a pass will definitely be worth having; but for others a pass is quite unnecessary.  Check out the pros and the cons with this clear guide.

Visitor passes are not essential, but they are very valuable

 

Ticket queues and security queues

Even if you have a pass, you may need to queue to get past security... or just to show the pass. But you won't need to waste time standing in a line to buy a ticket for each visit you make . If you have a combined transport and attractions pass, you won't have the hassle of needing to buy a ticket each time you take public transport.

Compare the main  different Paris Passes:   2026 prices

• Paris Essentials : Recommended by About-France.com The cheapest of the all-in-one pass: 17 top attractions, including museums (Louvre, Orsay etc.) , Eiffel Tower, and sightseeing. Adult passes start at 120.90 € for a single day. There may be discounts available.  Check out or buy
• Paris City Pass : Recommended by About-France.com The best value of the all-in-one pass: over 60 attractions including museums (Louvre, Orsay etc.) and sightseeing. Adult passes start at 144.00 € for two days.There may be discounts available. Check out or buy.
• Go City Paris inclusive :   Check out or buy .  More attractions to choose from, but most of the additional ones are less known and others are outside Paris
• Go City Paris explorer:  Provides access to between 2 and 7 attractions only.  More info here
• The official Paris city pass : Museums only : just gives entry into the main museums (Louvre, Orsay etc.) Passes from 59 € . More info here

Compare  Paris passes for content and standard prices - updated as of June 2025
Important: think what you can do in a day! Few visitors can manage more than five attractions in one day!

Note: prices quoted below are for standard rates: there may be discocunts available.
Check  for discounts on the card provider's websites.

Website	Paris Essentials from Turbopass	Paris City Pass from Turbopass	Go-City Paris	Go City Paris explorer	Official Paris city Pass
Number of attractions included (approximately)	22 essential attractions including museums	Over 60 attractions	42 attractions	From 3 to 7 items selected from a list	Select from 3 to 6 out or over 50 museums
Cheapest offer for 2 adults	299.80 €uros (2 days)	288.80 €uros (2 days)	178 €uros (1 day)	178 €uros	119 €  for three visits
Main museums and attractions	Yes	Yes	NO	Options	Options
Eiffel Tower	Includes elevator to second floor	Optional extra.	Climb on foot (674 stairs) to the second floor. Reservations -  subject to availability	Option - Elevator to second floor Reservations required -  subject to availability
Seine river cruise	Yes	Yes	Yes	Option	No
Hop-on hop-off tour bus	Yes	Yes	Yes	Option	No
Monet museum	No	No	No	No	No
Prices - single day pass	Adult :  129.90 €   Youth 12-17:  69.90 € Child 4-11 : 39.90 €	Not offered	Adult :  89.90 €   Child 4-11 : 59.00 €
Prices  2 Days	Adult :  149.90 €   Youth 12-17:  79.00 € Child 4-11 : 49.90 €	Adult :  144 €   Youth 12-17:  49 € Child 4-11 : 24 €	Adult 18+ :  154 €   Child 2 - 17 : 79 €	Passes valid 60 days Adult rates: From 79 € for three attractions, to 174 € for 7 attractions Child rates (up to 17) From 59 € for three attractions, to 119 € for 7 attractions. Note: No longer includes Disneyland	Passes valid for 2 days, 4 days or 6 days.  One entry to each museum. 70 € for 2 visits over 2 days 109 € for 5 visits over 5 days 110 € for 6 visits over 6 days
Prices 3 Days	Adult :  169.90 €   Youth 12-17:  89.00 € Child 4-11 : 79.90 €	Adult :  184 €   Youth :  59 € Child : 34 €	Adult 18+ :  179 €   Child 2 - 17 : 99 €
Also available	4 days (Adult 189.90 €) 5 days (Adult 219.90 €) 6 days (Adult 239.90 €)	4 days (Adult 199 €) 5 days (Adult 244 € 6 days (Adult 264 €)	4 days (Adult 184 €) 6 days (Adult 214 €)
Info and buy	Paris Essentials Use code Aboutfrance	Paris City Pass 5% special discount when you book from About-France.com. Code Aboutfrance	Go City Paris Option: upgrade to the "all inclusive+" option	Go City Paris explorer	Official Paris city Pass

Note: Most passes are offered for periods of 2 days, 3 days, 4 days, sometimes 5 days, and 6 days. The GoCity Paris Pass is also available for just one day

The passes in more detail....

• The Go City Pass , and the Turbopass Paris City Pass 
  These include attractions and Seine cruise
  
  
  
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  These are both  general limited-time passes for popular attractions.
  All these passes include a Seine river cruise, a free Paris guide book,  and lots more - but no Eiffel Tower lifts / elevators. These may be purchased as optional extras. For key locations, users should book their time slots in advance.
•    Buy your pass in advance, and avoid the queues to get in. 
  It is pretty well impossible to visit everything covered by these two inclusive passes, even with a five or six day pass, as the list of attractions covered includes several that are well outside Paris. And the passes do not include cafés and restuarants where you will want to stop off and relax
• The official Paris City Pass, formerly the Paris Museum pass comes in 3 versions, offering entry to between 3 and 6 attractions out of a list. With the cheapest version (70€), choose 3 activities out of a list of 30. A Pass'Lib is valid a year.
•  Go City Paris explorer  This is mainly useful for people spending up to two months in Paris, who know that they will want to visit certain attractions.  Passes are valid for between 2 and 7 attractions only.
  Take care:  the choice of attractions is capped by a "purse value" which  is the maximum amount you can use based on the standard gate price for each attraction.
  One advantage of the Paris Explorer pass is that it can include the second floor (not the top) of the Eiffel Tower. However, be warned; the date and time of the Eiffel tower visit has to be booked in  advance, and the claimed value of the tour to the second flooor of the Eiffel Tower can be misleading. The actual cost of access to the second floor of the Eiffel tower is not 33€ but just  23.10 € if you take the elevator (lift), and just 14.50 € if you walk up (prices checked Jan 2026)  (see Eiffel Tower )
• Important note: Paris public transport in 2026. Public transport ticketing for the whole greater Paris area has been radically overhauled and simplified, and prices for this public service have come down. For full details and prices, see ►Paris public travel info.  

Alternatively....

Choose tickets à la carte :  
Just buy tickets for what you have time to see.  Check out sightseeing bus tickets and river-bus tickets below; check out prices for individual monuments on their websites, which are listed at the foot of our Paris tourist attractions page.  Tickets for many attractions can now be bought on the attraction's own website, and with an online ticket (print your own or on your phone) you don't need to stand in a queue to buy on the spot.

Other passes:

• Hop-on hop-off sightseeing bus pass  The Open-Tour /Cityrama service, has a choice of hop-on hop-off passes from 39 € for a one-day pass, and covers four different routes (plus optional Batobus service on the Seine). Alternatively Big Bus Tours (formerly les Cars Rouges) run open-top guided tour buses linking nine major sites; a two-day pass costs  45€.
• The "Batobus" and travel on the Seine. The Batobus are river buses that go up and down the Seine from the Eiffel tower to the quai de Montebello (near Notre Dame). There are 8 stops in all. An adult day pass at the start of 2026 costs 26 €, and a 2-day pass (consecutive days) costs 27€ per adult.

WHICH PASS BEST SUITS YOUR NEEDS?

PASSES are often the easiest solution, but not necessarily the cheapest way to visit Paris ...

►  Choosing which pass is best for you, or whether you actually need a pass at all, will depend untimately on what sights you want to see, what you want to do in Paris, and how long you are staying.  Paris has litterally hundreds of different tourist sights (see Paris tourist attractions), including museums, monuments, views, places to walk, tours, concert halls, cabarets, restaurants and cafés. No-one has time to see everything. In fact, most tourists, in the space of a short trip to Paris, can do no more than scratch the surface.
  So before choosing a pass, or no pass, ask yourself the following questions.

1. Do you want to take in at least three paid entry attractions a day (between monuments, museums, river cruise...)  . If so, the Paris City Pass is probably your best value option, 
2. Do you want primarily to visit Paris's world-class museums, more than other attractions? If so, the Official Paris city Pass may be your best solution.
3. Do you want to avoid the big paid-entry sites, with their queues, and enjoy Paris by visiting smaller museums, taking in Paris's free attractions (including museums), soaking in the atmosphere of the old streets and riverbanks, and enjoying the bars and cafés ? If so, you don't need a pass at all, it would be a waste of money. Just pay at the entrance to the paid-entry sites you visit (check out individual ticket options for sites on this page) , and enjoy the others for free.
4. Do you plan to use the metro/ trains several times in a day, including getting to and from your hotel located in central Paris or the inner suburbs? If so, a Navigo Jour travel pass will be your easiest option. 
5. Do you want to pack in as much as possible in a short space of time, including the main sights ?  If so, the Paris City Pass is your best value option..  Do you want to do everything in a day? then the Paris Essentials pass will be your cheapest option....  But you'll have a pretty hectic day!
6. Are you spending a few weeks in Paris, during which time you'll visit different attractions in your own time, on different days? Then maybe the Go city Paris explorer pass is best suited to your needs.