Seine River: Tours & Tickets

We booked for 8am guided tour and instructions were to arrive 20 mins before that. We arrived 30 mins before as not sure of location and dozens of other visitors assembled. Guide Stefan didn't turn up until 10 past 8 with no apology. He escorted us to the Eiffel tour, provided tickets, put us in a queue where we waited another 1.5 hours which wasn't great as we were expecting a skip the line service for the price. Inside the tower was great but we couldn't see the guide so missed some of his commentary. Views were great but I think It's better to view Tower from ground than other way round. Seine cruise was actually more enjoyable and less queuing. Price on tickets provided by guide for Eiffel Tower to top level was €25 so rather overpriced for not much service.

Overall, my experience was good. I didn’t use the audio because I didn’t know I needed to provide my own earphones, but the tour was still nice without the audio guide. In just one hour, I was able to see a lot, which was nice. I would recommend to sit on the very top of the boat, as you can get a full 360 view of the sites around.

My daughter was sick the day of our scheduled ticket and I emailed and they responded right away! And they let us use the tickets the following day. So sweet! We hopped on at 10pm. Perfect timing for sunset and to see the Eiffel Tower sparkling at night!

A great way to start your day and miss the huge crowds. Was and enjoyable experience and we could take photos easily and the views were not instructed by people. The summit option was wonderful, and the added bonus of Seine cruise was lovely.

Hugo was great, very helpful. Everyone in the 3-group party neglected to tip as we got to the lift line quickly. I should have been better prepared to recognize his service.