The Paris Pass®: 40+ Attractions Including Eiffel Tower

Paris can empty your wallet quickly. The Paris Pass® gives you access to 40 or more attractions for one to six consecutive days, including an Eiffel Tower climb, Seine cruise, wine tasting, walking tours, and more. I especially like the wide choice of activities and the Go City app, which helps you check hours and plan reservations. The main catch is that the Eiffel Tower option means climbing stairs, not taking the lift.

The pass works best when you plan several stops each day. The Paris Pass Plus adds the Louvre, Versailles, Arc de Triomphe, and other major museums, but you must download the separate Paris Museum Pass before sightseeing. Specific time slots, reservation rules, and the sheer size of Paris can make a short pass harder to use well.

Key points at a glance

• Eiffel Tower by stairs: The included experience is a guided climb, not lift access, so check whether the physical effort suits you.
• Seine cruise included: Bateaux Parisiens gives you an easy first look at Paris from the river.
• Museum Pass upgrade: The Paris Pass Plus adds the Louvre, Versailles, Orsay Museum, Sainte-Chapelle, and many more sites.
• Best value comes from busy days: You need roughly three or four worthwhile activities per day to make the price work.
• Reservations matter: Some tours and attractions use fixed time slots, and popular places can fill before you activate the pass.
• One visit per attraction: You cannot use the pass for repeat entries, so plan carefully.

What the Paris Pass actually gives you

The Paris Pass is a sightseeing bundle from Go City. You choose a one, two, three, four, or six-day version, then use the digital pass at included attractions and activities during that period.

The pass activates when you visit your first attraction. From that point, it remains valid for consecutive calendar days, not rolling 24-hour periods. If you first scan it at 3 p.m. on Monday, Monday counts as day one.

That detail matters. A one-day pass is not a full 24 hours, and a three-day pass is not three separate blocks that you can spread over a week. I would begin using it early in the morning whenever possible.

The pass itself is valid for one year from the purchase date before activation. You receive it digitally and can load it into the Go City app. A PDF guide is also available, which is useful if you prefer to plan on a larger screen or keep a backup.

The standard Paris Pass includes more than 40 attractions, tours, food experiences, and cultural stops. The Paris Pass Plus, available for two to six days, adds the Paris Museum Pass. That second pass covers many of the places people associate most strongly with Paris, including the Louvre and Versailles.

Eiffel Tower climb, not elevator ride

The Eiffel Tower Guided Climb is one of the pass’s headline attractions, but read the description closely. This is a stair climb. The included option does not provide lift access.

That makes it a fine choice for visitors who want a more active way to reach the tower’s viewing levels. It is not the right choice if knee problems, limited mobility, or a dislike of stairs will make the climb unpleasant. One pass user bought lift access separately after finding the stairs unsuitable.

The tower is one of the experiences where the details matter more than the name. Do not assume that seeing Eiffel Tower in the attraction list means you can simply ride up whenever you like. Check the Go City app for the current booking process, meeting instructions, and available times.

If the climb fits your plans, it gives the pass a memorable centerpiece. If not, the standard pass still has enough other options to keep a day full, but you should not pay extra in your mind for an elevator ride that is not included.

A Seine cruise that helps you get oriented

The Bateaux Parisiens Seine River Cruise is a practical use of an hour or so in Paris. From the water, you get a different view of the city’s bridges, riverbanks, and major monuments without walking between them.

I like placing this near the beginning of a Paris visit. It gives you a useful sense of how the central sights relate to one another, and it offers a break after a morning on your feet. It is also one of the easier inclusions for a mixed-age group because it requires less effort than a walking tour or tower climb.

Do not treat the cruise as transportation to your next attraction unless the schedule happens to suit you. The pass does not generally include transport to and from attractions, and the river cruise is an activity rather than a replacement for the Metro or a taxi.

Food and drink stops add welcome variety

The pass is not limited to monuments. It includes several food and drink experiences, such as a Parisian breakfast at Café Louise, a croque monsieur with a Champagne cocktail by the Seine, French wine tasting at Les Caves du Louvre, French apéro in Saint-Germain-des-Prés, and sweet crepes near the Arc de Triomphe.

These stops can make the pass feel less like a race through museums. I particularly like the idea of using one food experience as a planned pause rather than squeezing it in only if you have spare time.

The Caves du Louvre wine tasting has been singled out as a favorite inclusion. It offers something different from another church or museum, and it can be a good fit for adults who want a taste of French culture without spending the entire day indoors.

Food and drinks are not included across the pass unless a particular attraction says they are. Read each entry carefully. A listed breakfast or tasting is included only as described, not as an open meal allowance.

Paris walking tours, from Montmartre to Le Marais

The walking tours are among the best ways to use the pass for a more local-feeling day. Options include Montmartre and Sacré-Coeur, Saint-Germain-des-Prés, the Latin Quarter, Le Marais, covered passages, the river bridges, Montparnasse, women of Paris, and Père-Lachaise scandals and love affairs.

Each tour solves a common Paris problem: you can walk through an interesting district without knowing what you are looking at. A guide gives the streets a purpose, and the tours can lead you into areas you might otherwise skip.

Montmartre is a natural choice for a first or second day. Pairing the walking tour with Champagne Gourmand in Montmartre gives you both neighborhood stories and a food stop. The Saint-Germain options work well with a café-centered afternoon, while the Latin Quarter and Notre Dame area can be combined with the Notre Dame and Archaeological Crypt Experience.

Pay attention to meeting points. Some places are not easy to find, and links for reservations may not always work smoothly. Save the address, check the route in advance, and allow extra time.

Notre Dame and other central Paris landmarks

The Notre Dame and Archaeological Crypt Experience provides access to the area around one of Paris’s most important landmarks. The experience is not simply a tour inside the cathedral. It is connected with Île de la Cité and ends at Notre Dame, so set your expectations accordingly.

The Paris Pass also includes a one-day Big Bus Paris Hop-On Hop-Off Tour. This can be useful when you want an overview without arranging every connection yourself. I would not use it as your only way to see Paris, since walking is often the best way to understand central neighborhoods, but it can cover ground during a short pass period.

Tour Montparnasse offers another type of city view. Unlike the Eiffel Tower climb, it lets you look across Paris with the Eiffel Tower in the panorama. The attraction can make sense for someone who wants a high viewpoint but does not want to repeat the tower climb, though you should check current opening hours before building your day around it.

Other standard-pass choices include the Opéra National de Paris self-guided tour, the Aquarium de Paris, Ballon de Paris Generali, the Grevin Paris wax museum, and the Paradox Museum Paris. These give families and mixed-interest groups some flexibility when not everyone wants another major art museum.

The Paris Museum Pass upgrade is a separate planning job

For many people, the Paris Pass Plus is the most important choice. It includes the standard Paris Pass attractions plus the Paris Museum Pass, with access to 50 or more museums and monuments.

The museum list includes:

• Louvre Museum
• Palace of Versailles
• Arc de Triomphe
• Orsay Museum
• Orangerie Museum
• Picasso Museum
• Rodin Museum
• Sainte-Chapelle

The Louvre alone can justify careful planning for art lovers, but the pass does not remove every practical issue. You may still need a reservation, and popular time slots can fill. One user found that a Louvre booking was no longer available after activation, because the reservation had not been arranged earlier.

The Paris Museum Pass must be downloaded separately through the reservation portal. The Go City pass by itself is not enough for museum entry. You may need both digital passes available for scanning, especially at museums and monuments.

The two and three-day Paris Pass Plus versions include a two-day Paris Museum Pass. That difference is easy to miss. The overall pass may last three days, but the museum component for those versions lasts two days, so group your museum visits tightly.

Versailles is another major planning decision. It lies outside central Paris and can consume a large part of a day once you include the journey and the time needed on site. It can be excellent value if you specifically want the palace, but do not expect to combine it comfortably with several central Paris attractions on the same day.

How to judge the $91 price

At $91 per person, the pass can be good value, but only if you use it actively. Go City advertises savings of up to 50 percent compared with buying individual tickets. That figure depends on the route you choose, the number of paid attractions you visit, and the prices available when you travel.

I would aim for three or four substantial activities each day. That does not mean rushing through four major museums. A realistic day might include a breakfast, a walking tour, a museum or monument, and an evening wine tasting or river cruise.

A two-day pass can work well for a focused visit if you map your route first. A three-day pass gives you more breathing room, but it is still possible to spend too long in one museum and lose the financial advantage. The six-day option suits you best if you want a slower pace and intend to combine major sites with smaller activities.

The standard pass has value for people who enjoy variety. You can use a museum one morning, a neighborhood walk in the afternoon, and a food experience at night. It is less useful if you want only the Louvre, Eiffel Tower, and Versailles, because individual tickets may be simpler and potentially cheaper.

Do your own rough calculation before buying. Add the individual prices of the attractions you genuinely want, not every possibility on the app. If the pass costs $91 and your planned admissions total less than that, the bundle is not a bargain simply because the list is long.

The app helps, but it does not plan your day for you

The Go City app is the pass’s main control center. You can check opening hours, see attraction details, use the itinerary planner, and find out where reservations are required.

I would use it before arriving in Paris, not while standing outside your first museum. Mark the attractions that require fixed times, then arrange nearby activities around them. This is especially important for Eiffel Tower access, walking tours, the Louvre, and any experience with limited slots.

Some attractions can be visited directly after the pass is activated. Others require advance reservations. That creates a tricky point: you may need to reserve before activating the pass, but the pass itself may not activate until your first visit.

Keep the smartphone charged. The digital pass is your admission tool, and you may need to show more than one pass at museum entrances. A portable battery is a sensible extra, even though the official requirement is simply a charged smartphone.

Attractions can change without notice, and each attraction can be visited once only. Check the current app listing shortly before your sightseeing day rather than relying on an old plan.

Who will get the most from this Paris pass?

I would recommend it most strongly to first-time visitors who want a packed schedule and enjoy trying different kinds of activities. Families can also benefit because the list includes aquariums, museums, bus tours, food stops, and unusual options such as Paradox Museum Paris and the wax museum.

It suits adults who want more than the classic monuments, too. Wine tasting, French apéro, chocolate, crepes, perfume, and neighborhood walks let you build a day around Parisian pleasures instead of only ticketed sights.

The pass is less suitable for a relaxed museum-focused trip. If you want to spend half a day at the Louvre, linger over lunch, and wander without a schedule, the pass may pressure you to keep moving.

It also requires extra care if you have limited mobility. The Eiffel Tower inclusion is a stair climb, and walking tours cover streets and districts at a steady pace. The pass may still offer useful alternatives, but do not buy it for the tower unless the climb is appropriate for you.

Cancellation is flexible up to 24 hours before the activity for a full refund. That gives you some protection while plans are still taking shape, but once you start using the pass, the consecutive-day clock begins.

Is the Paris Pass worth booking?

Book it if you can name several included attractions and are ready to plan around reservations. The strongest combination might include the Seine cruise, a walking tour, a food or wine experience, Tour Montparnasse, and several museum or monument entries through the Plus upgrade.

Choose the Paris Pass Plus if the Louvre, Versailles, Arc de Triomphe, Orsay Museum, or Sainte-Chapelle are central to your plans. Download the separate Paris Museum Pass before your first sightseeing day, and keep both digital passes ready.

Skip it if you want only two or three famous sights, dislike fixed schedules, or expect to use the Eiffel Tower lift. At $91, the pass rewards an energetic itinerary, not a slow and unplanned Paris break.

FAQ

How long is the Paris Pass valid?

You can buy a pass valid for one, two, three, four, or six consecutive calendar days. It activates when you visit your first attraction and does not operate in rolling 24-hour periods.

Does the Paris Pass include the Louvre Museum?

The Louvre is included with the Paris Pass Plus through the separate Paris Museum Pass. It is not part of the standard Paris Pass attraction list.

Does the Eiffel Tower ticket include the elevator?

No. The included Eiffel Tower experience is a guided climb using the stairs. Lift access is not included in this option.

Do I need the Go City app?

The pass is digital, and the Go City app provides attraction details, opening hours, itinerary planning, and reservation information. A PDF guide is also available.

Can I visit an attraction more than once?

No. Each included attraction can be visited one time with the pass.

Is transportation included?

Transportation to and from attractions is not included unless a particular activity states otherwise. The pass does include the one-day Big Bus Paris Hop-On Hop-Off Tour and the Seine river cruise as listed experiences.