Skip the Line: Eiffel Tower Tickets and Small-Group Tour

Paris, France

Book your skip-the-line ticket to the Eiffel Tower and leave the long queues behind! This is a fully escorted tour by an English-speaking expert guide, who will lead you to the 2nd level of the Eiffel Tower. Before exploring, your guide will entertain you with interesting anecdotes and facts about the tower and its architecture, including stories about the various wedding proposals and publicity stunts the tower has hosted over the years.

With a choice of departure times during the day as well as an evening or sunset viewing (varies according to the time of year), your skip-the-line tour offers the most flexible and enjoyable way to visit this must-see Paris landmark. You will have time to walk around the levels at leisure, taking in the breathtaking Paris cityscape from this unique vantage point! Numbers are limited to 20 people on this small-group walking tour of the Eiffel Tower, ensuring you'll receive personalized attention from your guide.

Meet a few streets away from the Eiffel Tower and avoid waiting in a queue that often takes at least two hours during the summer months! A pre-booked, skip-the-line ticket grants priority access to the Eiffel Tower elevator, so you'll go straight up to the second level after learning about the building's fascinating history.

Hear the story of the man behind the Tower, Gustave Eiffel, and learn about the wonders behind this architectural and engineering feat as you view it up close. Hear the details of the World’s Fair of 1889, the year the tower was built. The first level offers a great cinematic theater where you can see exclusive video of the tower’s storied 120-plus-year history. It also features one of the original spiral staircases that Gustave himself used daily to reach his office on the top level.

Eiffel Tower 2nd Level
On the second level, your guide will allow ample time to take in the best views that Paris has to offer. With two tiers on the second level, there is plenty of space to hear your tour guide explain the countless stunts and anecdotes from the tower’s past. You’ll be entertained with stories about crazy exploits (like planes flying underneath the tower) and the tower’s role in everything from world wars to Hollywood movies.

Eiffel Tower 1st Level and the Eiffel Tower Summit (3rd Level)
Upon the conclusion of the tour, your time on the Eiffel Tower doesn’t have to end; the price includes tickets to the first level and the summit of the tower too. At the summit, purchase a glass of Champagne to enjoy while you stare out over the City of Light. The skip-the-line access you receive for the first two levels does not include the 3rd level; everyone must wait for one elevator, but the line doesn't usually last longer than 30 minutes – a short time to wait to stand at the top of the Eiffel Tower!

This tour provides skip-the-line priority, but is subject to all procedures and security requirements of the Eiffel Tower.

USD $73.00

Traveler Reviews

Review by:   Fall71,    June 2018
Well worth the money. The guide was knowledgeable and I am glad we were able to skip the line thru this tour, because when we entered Eiffel tower around 10:00 am, the wait time in line was 2 hours and when we exited around 12:00 -1:00 pm, the wait time in line was 4 hours. We paid extra to go all the way on the top and the money paid was well worth it because we had two teenager kids with us and we all enjoyed the view of Paris from up top. The guide gave us detailed description on how and why the tower was built and on the top, there is a little closed office type of enclosure with Gustav Eiffel's statue in it, guide pointed us to that. We met some people down below who could not enter the Eiffel tower because the wait was frustrating. I am glad we were able to skip the line.

Review by:   james c,    June 2018
Most awesome - def worth every nickel. Guide was super chill, very informative and fun.

Review by:   Kristine C,    May 2018
Definitely recommend! Skipping the line is worth it because you don't waste precious time which can be in short supply on some vacations. We had a great guide, who was pleasant, enthusiastic, and very knowledgeable about the history of the Eiffel Tower. The tour takes you to the top, where you experience the most amazing views of Paris.

Review by:   Donna F,    May 2018
This is awesome. Especially during summer months. The lines are ridiculous. our tour guide was awesome

Review by:   Sharon R,    May 2018
This was the best tour ,fast access to the tower and Kat the tour guide was so fantastic and so interesting we had the best time , would highly recommend this tour to everyone.

Review by:   Cindy,    April 2018
Excellent Tour from our Guide. I would recommend this tour

Review by:   Sonia P,    March 2018
Enjoyed this tour.

Review by:   rinoah01,    March 2018
must try!!

Review by:   roloxo922,    February 2018
Great tour! Our tour guide was awesome I really wish I could remember his name, I think Tommy? Cute, younger, French guy. : It was a cold day and he made it fun and gave us some amazing information about the tower and surroundings. Plus, not having to stand in that long time was WONDERFUL! I highly recommend this tour!

Review by:   Lisa E,    January 2018
Tour guide was awesome and entertained us while we had to wait once we skipped the major line. Well worth the money to skip the longer line.

Review by:   Susan W,    January 2018
Loved this tour. Our tour guide was excellent and very informative. Would definitely recommend.

Review by:   Alice M,    January 2018
Loved this tour. The city of love and lights was gorgeous, guide was fun and informative.

Review by:   Allan T,    January 2018
Excellent

Review by:   Deborah G,    January 2018
Great tour. Very informative. The tour guide was great.

Review by:   Thomas B,    December 2017
A real day saver. The designated meeting spot was easy to find, only a few block walk from the Bus or Metro line. We were at the Tower on Easter Sunday, and everyone in all of Paris seemed to be there with us. The wait for security was 2 hours we went thru a special gate in 5 minutes. The wait to then buy tickets was also 2 hours for our escorted small group tour it took 20 minutes. Once on the Tower, our Guide from Fort Collins, CO, but a 3-year Paris resident was superb a keeping the group together and focused on the sights of Paris. Skip the Line is the best way to see the Eiffel Tower

Review by:   Simon M,    December 2017
Absolutely fantastic. A small group of around 12 maybe 14 of us met up at a tour guide shop near the eiffel tower then was fitted with a wireless earpiece so we could hear our guide as she moved around the group and at times went ahead to show the way and sort out security etc. It didn't take too long to go through the security into the area under the tower, as you can imagine security is tight and at the time of my visit to the eiffel tower in November 2017 they were undertaking building work around the perimeter and are building a glass bullet proof wall around the eiffel tower. Once past perimeter security, we headed towards one of the 3 working lifts 1 was being fixed that travel up the legs of the tower, we did have to wait a while as you can imagine there's a lot of people wanting to go up the eiffel tower and there's again security check point before going in a lift. We didn't get put at the 1st level we got out at the 2nd level and was given some interesting facts and stories of not just the tower itself but also the surrounding areas and buildings and also tips on where to visit or avoid.the views as you would expect are magnificent, you don't realise how high the eiffel tower is until you look around from the 2nd level, I'm not particularly fond of heights and therefore it did take me a while to get used to it and then I looked up and remembered we still have another level the summit to go up to. After taking pictures and videos and asking questions we we're then taken to another set of lifts 4 glass lifts that travel up the main shaft if you like of the tower, we had to climb a short distance to get to the lifts area, once there it's a little way up to get to the final stop, the summit. I actually closed my eyes for a bit during this and all I could hear was a few saying our loud oh my and wow this is high. We then stepped off into an area inside where there's glass viewing panels on wall all around where you can get your pictures and videos etc out of the elements if like me you go in the cold ish weather, once again it's astonishing just how high you are and the views of the buildings around you and in the distance is amazing.... But that wasn't it, to go as high as your allowed involved a small steel staircase that went above where the lift are is and once you go up there you are now outside obviously safe with the steel safety cage if you like all around, I eventually got the courage to go up and outside and wow just wow, if you think the previous views we're amazing and fantastic then the outside summit viewing area just takes your breath away. As I've mentioned before I'm not one for heights and I was pretty scared, but I was doing the Paris visit and eiffel tower visit for my mum who sadly passed away a few months ago and always wanted to visit paris so I promised I'd do this for mum. We have a saying, 'in for a penny in for a pound' so as I'd come this far I decided to go up and have a look around, people we're walking around the entire top area basically doing a full circle around the summit, I did try but was too afraid to leave the entrance area to the stairs leading to the lift area, so I took some pics n videos then headed back down. I attempted to walk down the stairs from the 2nd level to the 1st level as there's some glass floored areas you can walk on, but I only managed to go down a few steps and as it felt too out in open and was still high I went back up and jumped in lift to go to ground level. Phew was my thoughts as I stepped on terra firma once again, but I was so proof myself and glad that I did it. I would definitely recommend this tour as you skip a lot of the huge queues and the tour guide we had was brilliant and funny. Loved it.

Review by:   Cate F,    December 2017
Great tour well worth doing.

Review by:   tooheyp,    November 2017
This two hour tour was wonderful. We saved an enormous amount of time skipping the lines. Our guide told us a lot of history about the tower, other smaller Eiffel towers around France. The scenery was great from above. We learned more about the history of the tower, the World's Fair, some of the monuments in Paris, the Public Park and special rules and more. We also learned the tower twinkles every night on thehour for 5 minutes, so we came back a couple of nights to witness that. ur Tour guide was friendly and informative, but Alas, this is his lasty season, as he is returning to Scotland for furthering his education. Good luck to him.

Review by:   Kaye C,    November 2017
great tour -NO waiting an dver good guide

Review by:   Susan S,    October 2017
Great tour. Very easy to find the starting point and make our way over to the Tower. Despite the rain and overcast conditions, it was very busy so skipping the line was key. Tour guide was knowledgeable and fun. Definitely recommend this one.

Review by:   Joan G,    October 2017
We did this tour with Nat....great guide, very knowledgeable and friendly, booking in was a breeze and great with the 'walky talkies' to ensure everyone could hear the commentary ......glad we had skip the line as that took a fair bit of time, however, nothing compared to the line of people queued without skip the line....great trip....would recommend....amazing history and the views were great even though we had a day that was a bit overcast.....

Review by:   atomicpage22,    October 2017
Tremendous View Interesting History Lots of Fun!_br/_ My wife and I returned from a week in Paris and this was one of our favorite tours. We did have about 10-12 people in our group, but keep in mind that you're wearing a headset for the tour guide to talk through and depending on the time of year squeezing onto the Tower's decks with lots of other people. Small group isn't quite the same. Johnny, our tour guide, is a rockstar on tours. He didn't miss a beat keeping track of everyone, navigating the crowd and providing a ton of history, as well as historical stories. He also went to each side of the tower and pointed out the landmarks of the city. This is a must if you've never been!

Review by:   Graeme K,    October 2017
This was a great experience. Our guide was very knowledgeable and gave us all a great insight into the history of the Eiffel Tower as we toured up to the top level. One of our holiday highlights.

Review by:   Brittan C,    October 2017
This tour was amazing!

Review by:   ldburke,    September 2017
Terrific guide who knew his subject matter. Gave us a great tour thanks Daniel.!!

Review by:   Experience,    September 2017
Wonderful!!!! Taking the stairs down....OMG.....my knees hurt for a few days after.....

Review by:   michael p,    August 2017
Great

Review by:   Craig B,    August 2017
It was nice to have tickets already purchased but the tour was rather boring. We spend a lot of time standing around as she talked about Paris. Just go on your own.

Review by:   David B,    August 2017
Wasn't that impressed with the guide. Once we were on the 2nd level we went off and did our own thing.

Review by:   kristyn m,    August 2017
The best way to see the Eiffel Tower and beat the crowds.

Review by:   Patrick M,    August 2017
Great tour and guide. Would do it again.

Review by:   Tammy M,    August 2017
Great tour and knowledgeable guide.

Review by:   momi,    August 2017
Very good!

Review by:   momi,    August 2017
Very good!

Review by:   Chelsea S,    August 2017
This was awesome! Still an absolute ton of people at the Eiffel Tower, however it was so NICE to simply walk up to the security entrance. Once there, the head of the line privileges don't extend to ALL the lines, but that is minor in the grand scheme of things. I especially appreciated the headsets each of us were given so we could actually hear the tour guide. Great stories, good follow through, answered questions well. Well worth the money.

Review by:   Shirin S,    August 2017
War sehr schön und sehr gut und unkompliziert organisiert.

Review by:   Tamra M,    August 2017
We arrived late due to unexpected traffic in Barcelona. We were told by the rude office staff that we missed our tour and could not catch up to them. Given the technology available to us everyone has a smart phone, it seems like there was a way to contact the tour guide and find out where she was a meet up with her? It seems also that there would be an easy way to transfer the tickets we purchased to the next tour using a few keystrokes on a computer? There was plenty of room on the next tour per the receptionist, but we were told we would have to purchase full-price tickets AGAIN in order to take it. I would stay away from this tour company because they are not friendly and customer focused.

Review by:   JEFFERY R,    July 2017
Everything plus more as expected.

Review by:   Melanie L,    July 2017
Seeing the huge line up made it absolutely worth buying this skip the line tour. We were taken up to the second level with our guide, and a lot of interesting information along the way, then the guide left us when we got in the lift for the very top so were free to stay up there as long as we wanted, and take our time on the way down. It was amazing to have a champagne on the top!

Review by:   Jennifer M,    July 2017
This tour was amazing!

Review by:   David M,    July 2017
Good deal

Review by:   Ann R,    July 2017
Skip the line was definitely worth it

Review by:   Pam S,    May 2017
Worth the price of admission

Review by:   msar a,    May 2017
amazing experiance

Review by:   Massimo,    May 2017
Pretty good introduction and very informative. You will want to spend more time on your own there and explore.

Review by:   Holly D,    April 2017
You must book a tour to skip the lines. Well worth the money. I would have appreciated it if the tour guide had posed us at a certain spot and offered to take our pictures... instead it was a general area for photos and our picture turned out horrible and crooked. I think she took our picture but it was bad... it was the only time we had on our trip to get a photo like this and its not even suitable for framing because you cant even tell where we are.

Review by:   Dmitriy K,    April 2017
Very good tour and awesome guide!

Review by:   Dmitriy K,    April 2017
Very good tour and awesome guide!

Review by:   msp,    April 2017
Best way to see the tower! Even on slow days there are crowds - around the base, in the tower and waiting for elevators. The 'skip the line' option is the only way to go.

Review by:   Preea,    April 2017
Really good ..except wish there was some way one could skip the lines at the last level too :

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