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Louvre Museum, Paris: Tips on Buying Skip-the-Line Tickets and Tours

January 31, 2023 by Henk Bekker in France, Paris

Mona Lisa Crowds

Skip-the-line timeslot tickets for the Louvre Museum are best bought online. Guided tours also give fast-track admission to the Mona Lisa. Specific time-slot, skip-the-line tickets are the only sensible way to visit the Louvre Museum in Paris. Lines at the Louvre are notoriously long making the surcharge for these online fast-track tickets a very good bargain and … [Read more...]

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Visit and Buy Tickets for the Musée Marmottan Monet Museum in Paris

November 3, 2022 by Henk Bekker in France, Paris

Monet Waterlilies in the Musée Marmottan Monet museum in Paris

Buy skip-the-line tickets online to visit the Musée Marmottan Monet in Paris to see the museum with the world's largest collection of Monet paintings. The Musée Marmottan Monet in Paris has the most extensive collection of Claude Monet paintings in the world including the very painting that the Impressionist movement was named after. The museum has works by all major … [Read more...]

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Cheap Transportation to Chartres Cathedral and Day-Trip Tours from Paris

October 11, 2022 by Henk Bekker in France, Paris

Public transportation is cheap from Paris to see the magnificent stained-glass window of Chartres Cathedral including the Blue Virgin

Public transportation is cheap from Paris to see the magnificent stained-glass windows of Chartres Cathedral or take a guided bus tour that could include visiting the Palace of Versailles en route. Chartres cathedral with the finest collection of medieval stained-glass windows in France is a popular day-trip destination from Paris. Transportation from Paris to Chartres is … [Read more...]

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Buy Eiffel Tower Advance Online Tickets Reservations

September 20, 2022 by Henk Bekker in France, Paris

Buy skip-the-line time-slot reservations tickets for the Eiffel Tower online and in advance to avoid queuing at the elevator to go up this popular sight for the best views of Paris. Annually around 7 million visitors go up the Tour Eiffel in Paris. This is around 20,000 visitors per day making it very sensible to buy tickets in advance to skip queues. Tickets are … [Read more...]

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Day Trip Transportation from Paris to the Palace of Versailles

July 20, 2022 by Henk Bekker in France, Paris

Western Facade of the Palace of Versailles

Getting to Versailles with its palace (chateau) and formal gardens is easy from Paris by bus tour, cheap RER train C5 public transportation, or by car for a great day trip to a top sight in France. Getting to the Palace of Versailles from downtown Paris is easy by tour bus, train, or car making Versailles the most popular day-trip destination from Paris. RER train C5 … [Read more...]

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Tips on Buying Tickets and Visiting the Musée d’Orsay in Paris

January 20, 2022 by Henk Bekker in France, Paris

Summer Queues Outside the Musée d'Orsay in Paris

Buy skip-the-line time-slot reservation tickets to visit the Musée d’Orsay in Paris or book cheap tours to enter the museum without queuing. The Musée d’Orsay, home to impressionist art, is one of the most popular museums to visit in Paris. The best times to visit the Musée d'Orsay are early morning or Thursday evenings -- avoid all day Tuesday and weekends. Although … [Read more...]

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Visit the Palace of Versailles: Opening Hours and Ticket Prices

January 20, 2022 by Henk Bekker in France, Paris

Latona Fountain in the Garden of the Palace of Versailles

The Palace of Versailles with its chateau and gardens is a popular day trip from Paris -- opening hours are long while discount passes allow for savings on ticket prices for the chateau, park, gardens, the Trianon, and estate of Marie Antoinette. The Estate of Versailles with its famous château (palace), Orangerie, and formal Baroque gardens and park is a popular day … [Read more...]

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See the Fountains in the Gardens of Versailles Palace – Ticket Prices and Opening Hours

January 2, 2022 by Henk Bekker in France, Paris

Grand Canal at the Palace of Versailles

On summer weekends, visitors to the Chateau de Versailles may enjoy the historic fountains at play in the formal gardens of the palace near Paris. During summer, visitors to the Palace of Versailles may often enjoy the historic fountains at play in the formal baroque gardens while listening to music. The more spectacular event is the musical fountain show (Grandes Eaux … [Read more...]

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Tips on Visiting the Musical Fountains Show at the Palace of Versailles

January 2, 2022 by Henk Bekker in France, Paris

The musical fountains show (Grandes eaux musicales) presents the gardens of the Palace of Versailles at their best on summer weekends. The best times to visit is early morning for the chateau but afternoon for the gardens. The formal baroque gardens of the Palace of Versailles near Paris are at their most spectacular on summer weekends when the fountains are allowed to … [Read more...]

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Buy Tickets to Visit The World of Banksy Paris Art Exhibition

November 3, 2021 by Henk Bekker in France, Paris

Buy skip-the-line tickets online to visit The World of Banksy — The Immersive Experience exhibition in Paris of street and graffiti stencil art. The World of Banksy — The Immersive Experience is a special temporary art exhibition in the Montmartre neighborhood of Paris showing copies of over a hundred works by the British stencil graffiti street artist Banksy. The expo is … [Read more...]

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Save on Admission Fees with the Paris Museum Pass

September 27, 2021 by Henk Bekker in France, Paris

Queues outside the Louvre in Paris

Cheap Sightseeing and Monument Tickets in Paris, France The Paris Museum Pass gives huge discounts and savings on tickets to sights, monuments, palaces, and galleries including the Louvre, D'Orsay, Pompidou, and Versailles. Paris has some of the greatest museums and art galleries in the world. The Paris Museum Pass gives unlimited access to most permanent … [Read more...]

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Top European Tourist Sights Require Online Advance Reservations

December 7, 2018 by Henk Bekker in Berlin, France, Italy, Paris, Venice-Veneto

Top sights such as the Anne Frank House, Sagrada Familia, and The Last Supper require advance online reservations while timeslots are sensible for the Louvre, Eiffel Tower, Vatican Museum, Alhambra and the Reichstag. Queuing for tickets is a thing of the past at several of Europe’s top tourist sights. At some, including the Anne Frank Huis and Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, … [Read more...]

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