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The landmarks everyone goes to, and the decisions you have to get right before you arrive. Every guide states the date it was checked.
Watch the Paris guides
The playlist runs in the order a first-time visitor should watch it. Each guide has a page here with the current prices and the map pins.
Guides
Eiffel Tower
Second floor or the summit? You choose at the moment you pay and you cannot change it afterwards, the summit sells out on its own, and from 29 September 2026 the stairs stop being a walk-up option. Plus the viewpoints that cost nothing.
Read the guide ›Palace of Versailles
The day trip, planned properly: every palace ticket has a time on it, and that time gets you into the security queue, not past it. The palace's own route, the day to avoid, and how far the Trianon and the Queen's Hamlet really are.
Read the guide ›More Paris guides
Researched the same way — against the operator's own pages, with the date on the guide and a video to match.
Subscribe for new guides ›Free viewpoints in this city
Each link opens the exact spot in Google Maps.
- Trocadéro esplanadeThe symmetrical head-on shot of the Eiffel Tower
- Champ de MarsThe whole tower in frame. Free, open 24h
- Avenue de CamoensThe tower framed by Haussmann façades. A residential street — be quick and be quiet
- Pont de Bir-HakeimThe two-tier bridge, Métro 6 crossing above you
What to take
The Eiffel Tower has nowhere to leave a bag, and a sizer at security. That is the kind of rule that decides what you pack.