Tickets to the Louvre are valid for 24 hours. Visit the Louvre on a free Sunday
It is pointless to write about the treasures of the Louvre; books 10 cm thick are dedicated to it, and the main thing is that you still need to see it with your own eyes to form your own opinion))
Well, I don’t like the MonaLisa in the imposed status of an “unsurpassed masterpiece”)), poor Leonardo has more “cool” works in painting than a portrait, which became popular only because it was stolen from that same Louvre)) So in When visiting the Louvre, everyone should set their own goals for the tour and follow them.
Tips and information:
1) in advance at home, clearly formulate a list of the halls that you want to visit and create a route for yourself (a description of the contents of the halls is on the Louvre website along with an interactive map for each floor of all 3 wings of the building). Leave a couple of hours in reserve - despite all the “home plans”, on the spot you still want to look “here for a minute, I saw something interesting”)))
2) in the Louvre there is an “audio guide” - in fact, it is a tablet with a map of the area and your online location (!). There are no texts in Russian, BUT for orientation in space - an irreplaceable thing! The locator shows where you are now and the floor plan around you, as well as what is in these rooms. I highly recommend taking it.
Well, if you understand at least one European language, the tablet will be happy to tell you about the piece of art you are standing next to))
3) Pay attention to the temporary exhibitions in the Napoleon Room during your visit, they are included in the price of your ticket.
If the exhibition is significant for you, go straight there right away, and in the morning. The Louvre definitely won’t leave you anywhere, but as it turns out, you may not be able to get to the temporary exhibition.
I had a Vermeer exhibition. I, a stupid woman, arrived at the Louvre at 9 am and decided to first see the Louvre itself, and then the Vermeer exhibition. Alas, I'm in trouble. Because there was a huge queue lined up there, and they were allowed in only on the principle of “2 people out - 2 people in,” so they didn’t even let me stand at the back of the line, telling me that, alas, in 2 hours this tail of people wouldn’t have time to enter the hall, and come another day - you need to buy a ticket to the Louvre again.
4) It’s convenient to buy tickets through the website (choose the time of entry to the Louvre), but you can also buy them at the box office on site. The queue with online tickets in hand goes to the entrance separately from those who will be standing at the ticket office.
5) Ticket - for the whole day, you can leave the Louvre security perimeter and enter back on the same day
6) The Louvre is a whole day visit. The question of nutrition arises
- You can bring it with you. Security calmly lets water bottles through. There are tables in the Louvre food court area where you can sit down to eat, and there is also a microwave in the hall for general use to warm up your food.
- you can leave the Louvre and then return back (see point 5) to eat in the city or in a cafe in the Carousel shopping center (the transition directly from the Louvre is underground, so you won’t have to run in the rain if anything happens)
- you can eat in the food court of the Louvre itself, there are 3 options for buying food:
- - a shop with ready-to-heat food (noodles with fillings in paper cups, salads in trays, etc.)
- - coffee shop with desserts and pizza (in my opinion a little expensive)
- - "La Cusine" fast food a la "McDuck" with individual dishes (burgers, sandwiches, side dishes, etc.) and set "lunch of the day": hot + drink, hot + salad + drink; The hot dishes on the day of my visit were: a large piece of steamed salmon with rice, penne pesto (feather pasta with pesto sauce and vegetable dressing), Bolognese pasta - to choose from, purely vegetable salads and with additives (with chicken it is similar to Caesar, with smoked ham, etc.), drinks - only cold in bottles, if you want tea or coffee - they are available for a fee.
I took a set lunch (salmon with rice, salad with smoked ham, tea in a bottle) - 16.90 euros. The portion is huge, enough for the whole day))
7) luggage storage - also known as a wardrobe: lockers of different sizes with transparent doors (security system) and combination locks (you set the code yourself). You leave both things and clothes in them. There is a separate stand with locks for umbrellas and canes (their length will not fit into any cabinet :)) You can return here at any time and then go back to the halls of the Louvre
8) check the opening hours of the halls on the website - they close periodically, and what you wanted to see may not be available that day.
Well, that's all))
Have a successful visit and enjoy world-class masterpieces - those that you consider to be such, and not someone once told everyone to think so)))
The most visited and famous museum in the world is the Louvre. Due to its enormous popularity, a huge queue awaits you at the entrance, in which you can stand for half a day. However, if you do not want to waste so much time, then take advantage of the precious tips in this article.
The main entrance to the museum is located in the glass Pyramid. This structure was built specifically for tourists who want to quickly and easily visit this museum. From the underground hall it is very easy to find any section of interest and get there.
If, upon arrival in Paris, you bought a Paris Visite tourist card or a Paris Museum Pass, which provide certain discounts and bonuses, then you can get to the Louvre faster than many visitors. There is a separate queue for card holders.
If you are the lucky owner of such tickets, then the entrance for you is located opposite the glass Pyramid, which leads to the Palais Royal. Here you don't have to go through underground hall with ticket offices, since the entrance leads directly to the museum. But if you don’t have tickets, you won’t be allowed in here.
By the way, you can immediately purchase a ticket with a Russian audio guide, this will make your tour of the Louvre more interesting and exciting.
However, often the queue near the Pyramid arises due to the metal detector frame and the checking of personal belongings. All visitors must undergo such security measures. But there are practically no queues at the ticket offices themselves, since there are a lot of ticket offices themselves, and there are also machines for selling tickets.
Alternatively, you can buy tickets to the Louvre in advance. On the Internet, on the official website of the museum, or in any office travel company, of which there are plenty on the streets of Paris. If you order tickets online, you will also have to go and pick them up at a specific address. Therefore, if you are not very familiar with Paris, this option is clearly not for you.
You can save your time if you choose the right inspection day. The most best time The best time to visit the Louvre is in the morning. And if you approach its opening in advance, you can calmly enter the Pyramid, take a couple of photos as a souvenir, and go down to the underground part to get tickets. Since the ticket is valid all day, you have an excellent chance to explore the entire collection of exhibits for a longer time.
But if you weren’t able to come so early, then it’s better to go to the museum after lunch, around 3-4 o’clock in the afternoon. Despite the fact that you will have half as much time, you can still take the risk and have time to look at at least the most significant collections of the museum. On Wednesdays and Fridays the museum is open until 21.00. On such days in the evening hours there are practically no queues, so you can safely come at this time.
From October to March you can visit the Louvre for free. To do this, you should come on the first Sunday of any month. Of course, during holidays and school holidays there is a huge queue and a large number of visitors in the most popular halls. So you can look at the collections calmly and quietly, only on another day or if you come early.
The Pyramid is the most famous entrance to the Louvre, which will be remembered by tourists for many years. However, not everyone knows that this is not the only entrance. In addition, you can enter the Louvre through the underground entrance of the Carrousel du Louvre shopping center. It is located on the same level as the museum's ticket office. The right wing of the museum can be accessed through the Lion Gate. There are also entrances from Rue de Rivoli and directly from the Palais Royal Musee du Louvre metro station.
The Louvre is a museum that houses works of art and objects from ancient civilizations. The museum is located in the center of Paris in a former royal palace. This is one of the largest museums in the world, the largest in Paris in terms of exhibition area (72,735 m2) and collection, which includes more than 550 thousand works related to Western art from the Middle Ages to 1848, as well as to ancient civilizations , the art of the first Christians and Islamic art.
The Louvre is the most visited museum in the world (with 9 million visitors a year) and is included in the list
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Rue de Rivoli, 75001 Paris, France |
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: lines 1 and 7, station Palais Royal / Musée du Louvre (Palais-Royal / Musée du Louvre) : n° 21,24,27,39,48,68,69,72,81,95 By car: The entrance to the underground parking is located on Avenue du Général Lemonier, parking is open daily from 7.00 to 23.00. Parking costs 4.40 euros/hour. |
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The Louvre is located in the 1st arrondissement of Paris between the right bank of the Seine and the Rue de Rivoli. In front of the palace building there is a glass pyramid built in 1989, which serves as the museum’s hall. The pyramid has become one of the symbols of Paris. The museum has 4 entrances: through the pyramid, through the gallery of the Carrousel shopping center, through the Richelieu passage (le passage Richelieu) and into the Lion's Gate (porte des Lions).
If you do not have a pre-purchased ticket and are not among those entitled to free entry, you will need to go to the ticket office, which is located in the pyramid. The entrance through the pyramid is the most famous, therefore there is always a longer queue here. The least crowded area is usually at the entrance through the Carousel Gallery. And in bad weather, this is also a way to hide from all sorts of misfortunes, because... it is located inside the building.
If you have purchased an electronic ticket, you can go through the entrance specially designated for such visitors - the entrance through the Richelieu passage. Electronic tickets can be purchased on the official website of the Louvre , it will cost 2 euros more, but you will save time by not waiting in lines.
Works of art are distributed into 8 departments: Ancient Egypt, Eastern antiquities, art of the ancient Greeks, Etruscans and Romans, Islamic art, sculpture, painting, art objects and graphics. The museum has three wings: Denon, Sully and Richelieu.
Developed by the museum for visitors, it can be downloaded from the AppStore and GooglePlay. Not in Russian yet, there are versions in English and French.
Before going to the Louvre, it is advisable to decide what you want to see and plan your route. It is unlikely that you will be able to examine everything in one go. The museum has developed thematic routes that can help you navigate.
The Louvre is a museum, and you must follow certain rules when visiting it: smoking, drinking and eating, talking loudly, touching works, running and photography with flash are prohibited. Photography is generally prohibited at temporary exhibitions. You are not allowed to enter the museum with suitcases or large bags.
Be careful with your things too. Pickpockets are attracted to places where there are more people, and they are present here too. Especially near Mona Lisa, where there is always a crowd of admiring spectators.
Film about the Louvre and its masterpieces
Louvre opening hours
The museum is open daily, except Tuesdays, from 9.00 to 18.00 (halls begin to close from 17.30)
On Wednesdays and Fridays the museum is open until 21.45.
Ticket price to the Louvre
A full fare ticket costs 15 euros. The ticket is valid all day at the Louvre Museum and the Eugene Delacroix Museum.
Every first Sunday from October to March for everyone.
Every year on July 14 (national holiday Bastille Day), visiting the Louvre is free for everyone.
Entrance to the museum is free for persons under 18 years of age (have a document with you), disabled people and those accompanying them.
On Friday evenings (from 18.00) for young people under 26 years of age, admission to the museum is free (have a document).
Tickets to the Louvre can be purchased online at official website of the museum
a selection of useful services and sites for the traveler.
"See Paris and die!"
Everyone has heard this phrase! Millions of tourists come to the capital of France every year, and a visit to Paris cannot be imagined without visiting the Louvre! In this review, I will tell you about my impressions of visiting this museum and about little tourist tricks that will help save time and money.
WHERE TO BUY TICKETS TO THE LOUVRE?
- Book an excursion with a guide at a travel agency.
This is the easiest, but most expensive way to get to the Louvre. Such an excursion will cost 35-50 € on average. This is how most of our compatriots get to the museum. Very often, travel agencies try to convince tourists that without a guide you will simply get lost and waste several hours in line.
- Buy a ticket near the main entrance at the famous shot Pyramid
This is where most tourists go to buy tickets, so the queues are really long and sometimes during rush hour you can stand in line for several hours.
Buying tickets at the box office does not take much time, but to get into the museum itself you have to go through metal detectors and have your bags checked. It is because of these security measures that the line moves slowly.
- At the tobacco kiosk La Civette du Carrousel underground shopping center Galleria Carruzel
Abroad, in tobacco kiosks you can buy not only cigarettes, but tickets to a museum or metro, for example. This is the fastest and easiest way to buy a ticket without queuing and crowding, and the Carrousel Galleries are the fastest way to get to the Louvre!
The tobacco kiosk is located in the shopping center near the exit to the metro station. There you can buy tickets not only to the Louvre, but also to other museums in Paris. It is very convenient to buy several tickets at once and not waste time in queues. The tobacco kiosk is open daily from 8.45 am to 7 pm.
So, in Gallery Carruzel there are several entrances:
- Near the arch at Place Carrousel (arch near the main entrance and the Pyramid)
- From Rue de Rivoli
- From the Tuileries Garden
- Via Palais Royal - Musée du Louvre metro station
Ticket price to the Louvre 15 €
HOW TO GET TO THE LOUVRE QUICKLY AND WITHOUT LINE?
1. Buy tickets at the tobacco kiosk in the Carrousel Galleries. Follow the signs and you will find yourself in an underground hall right with an inverted glass Pyramid. There are a huge number of Louvre signs inside the shopping center, so it is extremely difficult to get lost there. Diagonally from the Apple Store is the entrance to the Louvre. The queue there is much shorter. There were 2 people in front of us in line and going through security took no more than 5 minutes.
2. Don't be lazy to come to the Louvre as early as possible. The museum opens at 9 a.m., so I recommend arriving when it opens. This way, there is a chance that you will be able to enjoy the works of art without the noisy crowd of tourists. Somewhere from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., the Louvre has the largest influx of people and tour groups.
HOW IS THE LOUVRE STRUCTURED? HOW TO NOT GET LOST IN THE LOUVRE?
Everyone knows that the Louvre is simply a treasury of world culture and a former royal palace. I want to tell you a little about the structure of the museum.
The Louvre is really huge and you won’t be able to see everything even if you wander there all day! The main 10-15 attractions are scattered across different parts and floors of the museum, so it’s better to immediately identify the most interesting exhibits and halls for you. Even if you want to go for a quick run, it will take you at least 3 hours, so be prepared!
If this is your first time at the Louvre, then running there for an hour “to look at the Jaconda just for show” is a waste of time and money!
The Louvre has a U-shaped layout and is divided into 3 wings:
- WING DINON
Art of Islam - Mediterranean East in the Roman Empire - Italian and Spanish painting - French painter of the 19th century - English painting - Apollo Gallery, French Crown Jewels - Italian, Spanish and Northern European sculpture - Greece, Etrudia, Rome - Art of Africa, Asia, Oceania and Americas
- WING SULLI
French painting of the 17th-18th-19th centuries - Drawings and pastels of the 17th-18th-19th centuries - Objects of art of the 17th-18th centuries - Greece, Etruria, Rome - Pharaonic Egypt - Ancient Iran, Arabia, Middle East - Medieval Louvre
- RICHELIEU WING
French painting of the 14th-17th centuries - German, Flemish and Dutch painting, Northern schools - Objects of art from the Middle Ages, Renaissance, 17th-19th centuries - Apartments of Napoleon III - French sculpture - Mesopotamia, Ancient Iran
It is better to start the tour from the DENON wing. It is in this wing that there are exhibitions dedicated to Ancient Greece and Rome.
It's difficult to get lost in the Louvre. Yes, it is huge, but there are detailed signs everywhere and the museum map is very detailed and contains all the necessary information. Even if you feel lost or cannot find your way, there is a museum employee in each room who will help. If you don’t speak English well, then you will definitely come across several Russian-speaking excursions and they will help you in an understandable language.
WHAT SHOULD YOU SEE FIRST IN THE LOUVRE?
Of course, each museum exhibit is valuable and unique, BUT.... Let's be honest! The average art lover tourist has little interest in the art of Oceania or Pre-Classical Greece, so I want to talk about the halls and exhibits that are best to pay attention to during your first visit to the Louvre!
So, the best place to start is with the DENON wing. Upon entering you will be greeted by a large staircase. On the ground floor, look into the hall of Italian sculpture, which is located to the right of the entrance. There is a sculpture there Captive or dying slave, which was performed by Michelangelo.
Then you can return to the stairs and safely go up to the 1st floor.
On the ground floor in the DENON wing, to the left of the central staircase, there is a hall with Etruscan and Roman treasures, and then a hall with Greek antiquities. This is where the famous Venus de Milo sculpture.
The Louvre has a rich collection of Egyptian antiquities: household items, sphinxes, sculptures and fragments of temples with preserved hieroglyphs.
Be sure to pay attention to seated statue of Pharaoh Ramses II.
I was very impressed by the room with ancient Egyptian sarcophagi. It was very interesting to see all this live!
From Ancient Egypt you find yourself in Ancient Iran and the Middle East. I really liked the hall of art of Ancient Iran column with a bull from the palace of Darius I.
Next you find yourself in the Mesopotamia hall. Unfortunately, I was already so tired that I had no energy left to take pictures. But the hall is very interesting! It's like you're in a textbook world history for 6th grade Be sure to look at the winged Assyrian bulls.
If you want to take a break and sit down, then after the Mesopotamia hall, take a look at the Marly courtyard and the Puget courtyard, which are located nearby in the RICHELIEU wing.
This is a relatively quiet and uncrowded place in the Louvre! Here you can sit quietly for 10-15 minutes, take a breath and at the same time admire the beautiful sculptures.
From the courtyard, a staircase leads to the 2nd floor of the RICHELIEU wing, where the apartments of Napaleon III. You should definitely look at this!
The Louvre has been rebuilt inside many times and, unfortunately, almost no original interiors have been preserved. But the apartments of Napaleon III have been preserved in their original form.
There is luxury in everything here! Everything sparkles and shines, and all this luxury makes you feel sick. These apartments served as Napoleon's reception room.
Gilding, silk, frescoes on the ceiling, precious wood..... All this is simply a must see!
After the Napoleon III room you find yourself in the hall, where there are restaurants and cafes where you can have a snack if you wish.
Some halls and passages of the Louvre amaze with their beauty no less than Napoleon's Apartments
I especially liked this staircase, which is made entirely of marble and looks very elegant. On the way to the Nike statue, we looked into the SULLY wing of the French Crown Jewels room. Of course, it will be very interesting for girls to wander there.
On the second floor in the DENON wing, French paintings of the 19th century and Italian paintings of the Renaissance are exhibited. And of course, the pearl of the Louvre and world art - the Mona Lisa!
But the Mona Lisa was a complete disappointment for me! Just look at these lines and crush!
The painting is very small and no one is allowed closer than 2 meters to it, so it is very difficult to see it. You are standing in a crowd of tourists who push you in the back and seem to hint: “Well, what’s there? I’ve already looked and that’s enough! Give way! We want to look too!” It is simply impossible to stand near the painting for more than a couple of minutes. Everyone around is clicking the camera and trying to climb almost on his head to take a good shot.
I read somewhere that the best time to go see the Mona Lisa is in November or February, in the first half hour after opening or half an hour before closing. They say that at this time there is a chance to stand and really enjoy this masterpiece of world painting!
HELPFUL INFORMATION
- Louvre opening hours:
The museum is open every day EXCEPT TUESDAY from 9.00 to 18.00 (on Wednesday and Friday the Louvre is open until 21.45. The halls begin to close at 17.30, and on Wednesday and Friday at 21.30
The ticket is valid all day. Ticket sales close at 17.15 and 21.15 on Wednesday and Friday
- Free services at the Louvre:
Rental of wheelchairs, strollers and baby carriers.
Lost and found
Self-service luggage storage
Booklets and route maps
The Louvre also has several book and souvenir shops. There you can find a variety of magnets, pens, postcards, notepads and other souvenirs. The bookstore sells art albums, museum guides, reproductions and other printed materials. The price there is for any budget, and books can be bought in all major languages, including Russian.
The Louvre is an amazing museum that is a must see on your trip to Paris! It is not necessary to overpay extra money and go to the museum with a guide. If you still want to listen to the excursion, it is better to take an audio guide in Russian. The beauty of an audio guide is that you can choose the route yourself and not go to rooms that are not interesting to you. With an audio guide, you can admire the work of art as much as you want and you don’t have to adapt to the tour group.
In conclusion, I would also like to say that there is no need to get hung up on the Mona Lisa. The Louvre is huge and there are a huge number of other works of art no less valuable and interesting! Everyone will find something interesting and impressive in the Louvre!
If you have already been to the Louvre, it would be interesting to hear about your impressions in the comments!
The Louvre is one of the best museums in the world. Everything about it is wonderful, the only thing that confuses us is the huge queues at the entrance. Well, not everyone, not everyone at all, is ready to stand in such a long and tedious line in order to then enjoy the world’s famous masterpieces. You also need to leave a reserve of energy and time for walking around the Louvre. What to do and how to avoid these terrible queues at the entrance to the Louvre? Read on for some useful tips on this topic.
1. Try to enter the Louvre through the Carrousel du Louvre shopping center.
View of the main entrance - Louvre pyramid
There is an alternative passage to the Louvre through shopping mall"Carrusel". There, of course, there may also be a small queue to enter, but it is incomparably smaller than at the main entrance to the museum. You can get to the shopping center without going outside, from Art. Palais Royal metro station. You can also do this from the side st. Rivoli (Rue de Rivoli). To avoid getting lost in the shopping center itself, follow the signs, there are a lot of them. You can also buy a ticket to the Louvre there.
In the Louvre you will need a guidebook -
In order not to waste a lot of time searching, when entering the shopping center from the metro, ask immediately at the information desk where you can buy a ticket to the Louvre.
2. Visit the Louvre with a guide
This is the most reliable way to get into the Louvre without any queue, but also the most expensive. Tourists who come to the Louvre, as part of an excursion group and accompanied by a guide, enter the Louvre without any queues.
3. Buy a Paris City Pass or Paris Museum Pass
4. Enter the Louvre from the Lion Gate (Porte des Lions)
This is not the most popular entrance to the Louvre, so the queues at this location are significantly shorter. It is worth keeping in mind that the entrance from the Lion Gate is closed on some days. Previously, there were no ticket offices at this entrance, so holders of museum cards and pre-purchased tickets entered here. Perhaps the situation has now changed.
And finally, two more small tips. Buy tickets online will save you, at a minimum, from standing in line at the box office, and at maximum, with tickets in hand, you can try to enter the Louvre through other entrances (from Rivoli Street and through the Lion Gate). Here you can buy tickets to the Louvre online: www.louvre.fr.
It is known that most excursion groups visit the museum in the morning, so Try to plan your visit to the Louvre for the afternoon. Then your chance to visit the museum without waiting in line will increase even more.
On Wednesdays and Fridays, the Louvre is open until 21:45, so even if you arrive at the museum at 18:00, you will have at least 3 hours to wander around its halls.
In the evening, believe me, it is much more pleasant to do this.
If you are ready to give others useful tips on this topic, write them in the comments. I wish everyone a pleasant walk through the Louvre.
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