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Louvre Museum Guided Tour

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Max 6

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Tour Duration

2.5 Hours

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Highlights of the tour

Highlights generally include: 

• The Mona Lisa — uncover the secrets behind the world's most famous painting. 

• The Winged Victory of Samothrace — marvel at this breathtaking sculpture, poised for flight atop the monumental Daru staircase. 

• Louis XIV's Apollo Gallery — marvel at the room that inspired Versailles, home to the French Crown Jewels. 

• The Venus de Milo — the most photographed statue in the world and inspiration to hundreds of painters, sculptors, and filmmakers alike.


Details

Join us for a 2.5-hour exclusive guided tour of the world's greatest museum (tickets included)! 

At the Louvre, your guide will walk you through the building's history, architecture, and the highlights of its 35,000 paintings, sculptures, and artifacts!

Take in the gorgeous Venus de Milo, the stunning Winged Victory of Samothrace, marvel at the crown jewels in the Apollo Gallery, and learn the secret of the Mona Lisa's fame. 

Discover masterpieces by Raphael, Delacroix, and Jacques-Louis David. Our expert guides will give you a crash course in art history that will have you feeling like a connoisseur by the time you leave! 

If you'd like to avoid the crowds, be sure to check out our Friday evening tour.


Itinerary

  • A 2.5-hour tour with one of expert guides of the Louvre Museum, Musée du Louvre, 75001 Paris, France

Inclusion

• GUIDED MUSEUM TOUR (with Reserved Entry Tickets Included)

• PROFESSIONAL TOUR GUIDE

• DURATION 2.5 HOURS

• ALL ENTRANCE FEES (with Reserved Entry Included!)

 

Not Included

 

• TOUR PRICE DOES NOT INCLUDE FOOD AND DRINKS

• TOUR PRICE DOES NOT INCLUDE HOTEL PICKUP OR DROP-OFF (we recommend UBER or Taxi)

• TOUR PRICE DOES NOT INCLUDE GRATUITIES (optional)

• TOUR PRICE DOES NOT INCLUDE LUGGAGE OR COAT STORAGE


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What Our Customers Say

Fabulous tour of the Louvre
ejabmg 1 contributions

Fabulous tour of the Louvre

Fabulous tour…Manu was fun ,intelligent,well informed ,enthusiastic and helped make the Louvre manageable . I would highly recommend this tour.

05 September 2025

Excellent tour, would highly recommend for your louvre tour!
Abby B 3 contributions

Excellent tour, would highly recommend for your louvre tour!

Juan Carlos led our small group tour of the Louvre, and he was AMAZING! First of all he was very easy to find, since the directions were so detailed and clear, he provided each of us with a small ear piece that was connected to his microphone channel so that we could clearly hear him at all times during our tour. Juan Carlos was SUPER knowledgeable of all the French history in the museum and he was always able to answer our questions to help us understand all the history we were being exposed to! He also did an AWESOME...

08 September 2025

One of the best tours we did
Debbie m 1 contributions

One of the best tours we did

Paloma was amazing. She made it exciting and interesting even for our youngest. She made all the exhibits come alive. It took us back to the times when the art was created.

09 September 2025

The Louvre
Steve H 1 contributions

The Louvre

Highly recommend. You could spend months here and not see everything. Our guide was extremely informative. I learned a lot today listening to him. I will use him again on my next trip.

10 September 2025

Perfect way to see the Louve
Tracye O 6 contributions

Perfect way to see the Louve

Merci Julien H! Fabulous and unforgettable tour I would need 10 stars to convey the excellence for the experience! Tracye Ortega

11 September 2025

Awesome tour!!
Vicky R 2 contributions

Awesome tour!!

Daniel was our tour guide. He was the BEST! Very knowledgeable and informative. The best tour we have had in Paris. I would highly recommend Daniel!

11 September 2025

Louvre vist with Andreina
emichelenarym 4 contributions

Louvre vist with Andreina

This was an increíble Louvre experience. Andreina was our guide. She is from Peru. Fully fluent in French, Sapnish amd Englisg. She tought about the louvres’ history and the workarts inside. What a great time! Thank you Andreina!!!!

12 September 2025

Great tour
Jim C 1 contributions

Great tour

Juan Carlos was great. He knows his history and was entertaining. He’s high-energy. Given the limited time we had with him, he took us to the exhibits he knew we wouldn’t want to miss.

12 September 2025

Great trip especially considering it was his second week as a guide in the museum
Anonymous B 1 contributions

Great trip especially considering it was his second week as a guide in the museum

The guide was energetic and friendly throughout the tour leading to a pleasurable and fun experience. His passion for history and the arts were clear and contributed to the experience.

12 September 2025

Our first visit to the Louvre
Eileen M 1 contributions

Our first visit to the Louvre

Florent was our guide and was wonderful. My husband and I saw many beautiful works with interesting background from Florent plus humor! Easy to find him by Louis XIV statue and quickly moving through check in to start under the pyramid starting with a Sphinx and ending with statues by Michelangelo!

13 September 2025

Our guide Ana was excellent. Gave us wonderful information and history which was extremely helpful especially during delayed ope
Linda B 2 contributions

Our guide Ana was excellent. Gave us wonderful information and history which was extremely helpful especially during delayed ope

We had a great guide. Ana was excellent. She shared so much great information! We highly recommend this tour! Her coiced on what to share was spot on

10 September 2025

Great overview tour
Kurt P 5 contributions

Great overview tour

Lovely tour, learned many things and Iasson was great at answering questions. We were able to not only see key pieces, we learned a lot about the building itself.

11 September 2025

Informative and Fun!
Patricia L 17 contributions

Informative and Fun!

Valerie was an exceptional guide-she was informative and fun! What a combo! Thoroughly enjoyed our time at the Louvre.

12 September 2025

Semi private Louvre tour
Heather C 7 contributions

Semi private Louvre tour

We thoroughly enjoyed our semi private Louvre tour this morning with Christophe. He was so engaging, friendly and incredibly informative. We can’t imagine visiting the Louvre without his expertise and knowledge. He provided so much historical context as well as key concepts and items to see in each item on display - if you can request a guide, Christophe should be your choice without question!

12 September 2025

Perfect day at the Louvre with Erlon
Voyage62959 1 contributions

Perfect day at the Louvre with Erlon

Our tour with Erlon was amazing! He took time to show us around answer all of our questions and make sure that we had a great experience at the Louvre.

13 September 2025

Great experience
Beatriz A 4 contributions

Great experience

Erlon was the BEST!! We had an amazing experience. He is very knowledgeable and sweet. I really recommend this tour, specially if you have Erlon as your you guide

13 September 2025

Great guided experience!!!!
Maddy H 7 contributions

Great guided experience!!!!

Florent C, was my guide for my first time visiting the louvre. He didn’t absolutely amazing job. He helped us see the most famous art works of the museum. He was super quick, which I appreciated. He did an amazing job. 20/10 :0

13 September 2025

Excellent
Chris 5 contributions

Excellent

The only way to see the Louve. Overwhelming, but the guide did an excellent job !! Would strongly recommend. Very informative and helpful

13 September 2025

Julienne’ Masterful Tour of the Louvre
LARRY P 2 contributions

Julienne’ Masterful Tour of the Louvre

Julienne H provided a captivating, informative tour that was beyond our expectations in every way! His exceptional insights expanded our knowledge and appreciation exponentially! We would love to know his professional background and would hope to have him guide our next tour when we get back to Paris! Definitely memories made to keep! Susan, Lawrence, Joanne & Thaddeus

13 September 2025

Unforgettable Experience
Todd S 1 contributions

Unforgettable Experience

Iasson was amazing! His knowledge of the Louvre, its contents and its history was incredible. A true historian. He could answer any question we had for him and made our experience unforgettable!

13 September 2025

Great tour guide/tour 10/10
Jennifer L 2 contributions

Great tour guide/tour 10/10

Kotryna, the tour guide was a delight! So knowledgeable and brought a charming wit to the tour. The Louvre had a late start but our guide’s reassurance and potential plan b was comforting and so we waited to see if they would open, which they did! Her guidance through the louvre was unmatched and her storytelling behind the most well known artworks was so insightful and well told. I would recommend Babylon tours to anyone looking for a great Louvre tour by a guide that knows their way around it. 10/10

11 September 2025

Outstanding Louvre private tour
Mark S 1 contributions

Outstanding Louvre private tour

Our guide Florian was truly outstanding, in every way possible. From his knowledge of history, his detailed explanations of everything we saw, we learned so much and very very highly recommend him. Florian made the experience exceptionally memorable.

11 September 2025

Great, easy and education tour
Jewells B 31 contributions

Great, easy and education tour

Juan Carlos was the absolute best! Very knowledgeable, respectful and fun. He made sure to find my mom a seat so she could sit down when he was going to explain something so she could rest. Perfect combo of art and history

11 September 2025

A cut above other tours
Sandrielle 6 contributions

A cut above other tours

I highly recommend Juan Carlos for a tour guide. If you’re able to choose him I have taken many tours some wonderful. I’m just OK. He is exceedingly knowledgeable a former professor, and you cannot go wrong by choosing this tour or by requesting Juan Carlos

12 September 2025

Great tour with Babylon
TeamBrowning 53 contributions

Great tour with Babylon

Agustina did an amazing job taking us through the Louvre and making the immense collection accessible we learned so much!

12 September 2025

Good!
leia 1 contributions

Good!

My family and I were guided by Adrien! He was well-informed and very clearly passionate about the art and history of the museum

12 September 2025

Private tour with Marcel - Wonderful experience!
Kelly L 6 contributions

Private tour with Marcel - Wonderful experience!

My mother, my husband, and I did a private tour at 5pm on a Friday with Marcel as our guide. It was amazing - well worth the cost of a private tour. Marcel has a Master’s degree in art and shared both his knowledge and his passion with us. We used ear pieces to hear him, which really helped, even though it wasn’t very crowded. My husband and I plan to return and will ask for Marcel specifically.

12 September 2025

Fantastic Tour
Ksmoniz 37 contributions

Fantastic Tour

Had a wonderful and informative tour. Joachim was very passionate about the art he showed us and it was contagious. Highly recommend.

13 September 2025

Great tour of the Louvre
William B 21 contributions

Great tour of the Louvre

Very informative guide who maximized our time. He knew so much about the history of everything and he knew all of the shortcuts to save time.

13 September 2025

Louvre tour with Iasson Takos
Eriel M 1 contributions

Louvre tour with Iasson Takos

Iasson Takos was our guide, and he did an amazing job of highlighting a variety of pieces of art and telling stories during our tour. Iasson was really good at answering questions and made the most of our time in the Louvre. Highly recommend.

13 September 2025

FAQ's

The tour lasts approximately 2.5 hours.

The meeting point is at the Louis XIV statue, located in front of the Louvre Pyramid. The tour guide will meet you there. Here is the link to Google Maps location: Louis XIV sous les traits de Marcus Curtius (copie)

Yes, the tour price includes the cost of the reserved entry tickets.

The tour takes advantage of Reserved Entry tickets. This means that we secure a time slot to enter the museum which speeds up your entry.

The tour includes Reserved entry tickets to the Louvre Museum, a certified guide, access to the museum's permanent collections and some temporary exhibitions

The Louvre is the world's largest art museum, it has 14 kilometres of galleries and 33,000 items are on display!

Unfortunately, it is not possible to see the entire collection in one visit. The Louvre estimates that this would take 9 months, however we will make sure you see all the highlights and quite a few more items during your visit, providing a perfect introduction to the Louvre Museum.

Yes, the tour includes a guided visit to see the Mona Lisa.

Yes, the Venus de Milo is included in the guided itinerary.

Yes, the Winged Victory of Samothrace is one of the tour highlights.

Up to 30 major artworks, depending on group pace and interests.

Typically, guests can get within about 3 meters of the Mona Lisa, depending on crowd levels.

No, temporary exhibitions are not part of the tour.

Bring a valid photo ID (required for guests 0--17), comfortable walking shoes, and weather-appropriate clothing.

Yes, only handbags or small, slim backpacks are allowed through security. Large bags or suitcases are prohibited.

Absolutely! Your guide will bring the art to life with stories, history, and tips, ensuring an unforgettable first visit.

All visitors go through airport-style security at the Louvre entrance.

Reserved entry tickets are included with the tour, so you won't need any additional passes. No discount is offered in this case.

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