Tour Details
€295 for individuals. €470 for parties of 2. €198 per person for parties of 3 or more.
Includes tickets.
Make your tour exclusive for a €100 fee.
Museum rules prevent us from taking more than 6 people with a single guide. Please contact us if you're a larger group, to arrange for parallel tours.
Personalized Louvre tickets are included, so please have names—and ages for any guests under 18— ready at checkout.
Available every day except Tuesdays, 9:30 am to 2:30 pm. Late-night opening on Fridays, 9:30 am to 6:30 pm
Feel free to reach out to us at: info@parismuse.com if you’re unable to book your preference! We’ll do our best to accommodate you.
Tour Description
The Louvre is so much more than one of the world’s greatest art museum. On this tour, you will explore its fascinating 800-year-old history, by focusing on the masterpiece that is the Louvre itself.
With your private guide, you’ll retrace the Louvre’s multiple lives. It began as a medieval fortress to protect the city of Paris, when lords swore an oath to the king on his “Great Tower of the Louvre.” Later it became a pleasure palace with graceful galleries, each more sumptuous than the next. The Louvre was only transformed into a museum after the French Revolution, when the king’s former palace was symbolically opened to the people. Throughout its history it has been a tangible symbol of French national identity.
While rulers from Philippe-Auguste to Mitterand sought to leave their mark here, generations of artists, architects, and builders ended up leaving much more. Your historian guide will help you to look closely at these details, in both celebrated and off-the-beaten track galleries. You’ll leave the Louvre with a vivid, concrete introduction to the fascinating history of France.
Your guide will bring your timed and dated tickets, and together you’ll use a priority access line to enter the museum. There will be a wait for the required security screening, however.
Our cancellation and change policies are here.
Contact us via email to arrange for this tour in French or Italian.
Tour Teaser: See how the Louvre evolved over 800 years.
Accessibility
Our guides are trained to lead wheelchair-accessible tours that use the Louvre’s many ramps and elevators.
We can assist you in borrowing a free wheelchair on site, with your ID. We recommend this to visitors with limited mobility, since navigating the Louvre can be physically demanding. Please specify your mobility needs when booking online.
Children in strollers are welcome at the Louvre. Strollers larger than 55cm x 35cm x 20cm when folded cannot be checked during your visit. Frontal baby carriers and slings are allowed, but back carriers with metal frames are not.
Tour Highlights
Reviews
No Hesitation in Using Paris Muse Again
We wanted to write to tell you how much we enjoyed our visit to the Louvre on Monday morning with your most informative guide, Karen. She gave us a wonderful insight into the history of the building and most interesting facts about a wide range of the exhibits, paintings and sculptures. We would have no hesitation in using Paris Muse again on a future visit to Paris or in recommending you to other people. Please thank Karen for making our tour of the Louvre so very enjoyable.
Sue Jarratt
UK
A Perfect Balance
Each of [our Paris Muse guides] had a perfect balance of professionalism and personal friendliness that put us immediately at ease and made the time we spent with them “fly by” without seeming rushed – a clear indication of a delightful experience. To hit three home runs in three at bats speaks volumes about Paris Muse and the folks in your employ. Our sincerest and deepest thanks are extended to all of you for helping to create memories that will indeed last a lifetime.
Bob and Sue Sans
Rocklin, California
Paris Muse is the BEST!
We’ve been to Paris a few times and the Louvre always seemed far too intimidating…. Then a friend discovered Paris Muse and my partner and I were lucky enough to be able to book two tours. They were just amazing! Of course, the Louvre is wonderful but both guides broke it into bite size pieces and explained it thoroughly. Not to mention they can navigate the colossal space like pros. Ed with Hidden Treasures and Julien with History of the Louvre. Both are wonderful guides, insanely knowledgeable and lots of fun. Book them if you can, it’s a wonderful experience!
Blaise
Eureka, CA
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