Louvre Access with Mona Lisa Escort or Guided Option
Overview
Available languages
Mobile ticket
Paris’s Louvre Museum is no less than the world’s biggest museum, visited by 10.5 million in 2018 alone. Learn the secrets of three of its biggest crowd-pleasers, including the mysterious Mona Lisa, on your two-and-a-half-hour guided tour. No need to stand in line! This guided tour offers the perfect opportunity to learn about the museum's huge collection and its greatest works of art, such as the Mona Lisa, the Venus de Milo, and the Coronation of Napoleon.
Follow your guide directly to the Mona Lisa and through a selection of highlights, including the medieval foundations of the palace, the Venus de Milo and the Caryatids, the Etruscan collections, Pharaonic Egypt with the Seated Scribe and a mummy, the dazzling Apollo Gallery with its royal jewels, French masterpieces such as Liberty Leading the People, the decorative arts of the kings and Napoleon III’s apartments, and the Richelieu Wing with its grand French sculptures.
Additional Info
Public transportation options are available nearby
Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Cloakroom compulsory for umbrellas, luggage, pushchairs that are not to be taken in the exhibition rooms.
No elevators available during the visit
This tour does not include the access to temporary exhibitions
Some works are likely to be temporarily inaccessible due to renovations or work loans
You have the choice to select an accompaniment to the Mona Lisa with an host or to take part in the guided tour with a live guide. With both options, you will then have the opportunity to enjoy freely the museum at your own pace.
Please arrive at the meeting point 20 minutes before the departure of the tour.
Free admission applies to visitors under 18 and EEA residents under 26, upon presentation of valid ID and proof of residency
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
What To Expect
Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel
Start your tour in the center of Paris where your guide awaits, eager to impart their extensive art history knowledge. Your tour strats at the meeting point, Arc de Triomphe du Carroussel, facing the Louvre Pyramid, it commemorates the victory of Napoleon I at the Battle of Austerlitz.
Jardin des Tuileries
Enjoy the view of one of the most typical "jardin à la française"
What‘s Included
€22 entrance ticket to the museum for adults
Entry/Admission - Louvre Museum
Explore the collection to see the Venus de Milo or the Coronation of Napoleon among many others
Guided tour with live guide (If option selected)
Discover the pyramid of Ieoh Ming Pei
Accompaniment to Mona Lisa and through a selection of highlights with host (if option selected)
Lunch
Hotel pickup and drop-off
Access to temporary exhibitions
Options
Guided tour in Spanish
Mona Lisa + Orsay Ticket
MLOR: Louvre: Reserved Entrance Entrance and Access to Mona Lisa Painting+ Musée d'Orsay Ticket This tour is not guided.
Accompaniment to Mona Lisa
Accompaniment to Mona Lisa: Please note that there is NO guide but a host for this option.
Accompaniment to Mona Lisa: Your host will take you in front of the Mona Lisa room, you can then enjoy the rest of the museum on your own.
Guided Tour in English
Reviews
4,588 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Highly recommend if you don’t have a lot of time
Melanie B,,Jan 31, 2026
- Review from Viator
5.00This was perfect for me and my adult daughter. We didn’t have enough time in Paris to spend a day at the Louvre, so this is just what we needed. Checkin was easy, and our group was small maybe 20 people. Our guide was excellent as she showed us around. After her portion of the tour was over, you are free to explore on your own, or leave the museum.
Confusing description but I was resolved
U7505SOkareng,,Jan 29, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00When I arrived at the meeting point they told me that the tour I had bought was with audio guide and that the person who was going to accompany us would only show us the artworks without further explanation, when in the description it did not say that, it said that it was guided tour. Fortunately they were able to change me to the François group who did explain the works and made the tour very enjoyable. That's just why I give him 5 ️.
Very good and informativ Guide
merveisik91,,Jan 29, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00François was an outstanding guide at the Louvre. In a very limited amount of time, he managed to show us the most important highlights and explained everything in great detail, with impressive knowledge and passion. The tour was both informative and engaging, and we learned a lot. I can highly recommend him to anyone visiting the Louvre.
Louvre - want to go back!
R F,,Jan 25, 2026
- Review from Viator
5.00Julien gave a great tour. He was accommodating of guests who needed to leave early while giving it his all to everyone else who remained. It left us wanting to go back to the Louvre for more.
Louvre on strike!
Carrie C,,Jan 21, 2026
- Review from Viator
1.00The Louvre was on strike the day we booked. Not the tour company’s fault at all but I am kinda upset that no one reached out to us to tell us in advance! We literally ran across town to get to this tour only to be told it was cancelled. Also still trying to sort out a refund from Viator because apparently the tour company can not do it from their end.
Great louvre Tour!
Adam L,,Jan 18, 2026
- Review from Viator
5.00Florence was fabulous. She was very easy to understand and very informative. She was able to answer any question asked and made it interesting to our 14 year old daughter as well. .
Improve the quality of your guides
Tina H,,Jan 9, 2026
- Review from Viator
1.00Other bad reviews are true... the tour guide I had (Eleanor) was very disorganized, took us more than an hour to actually got into the museum galleries. Explained nothing or very poorly about the story, culture and history of the masterpieces. More than half of the group left and went on their own including myself during the tour. Truly waste of time and money unless you just want to get into the museum when it is fully booked.
Red Flag
Nicole S,,Jan 1, 2026
- Review from Viator
3.00As you can imagine, Paris around the holidays is crazy with tourists. The check in location for this tour was not clear. We were not contacted initially with how to locate our guide once at the Louvre( only with where). Finally I did identify the guide with having a red vest. It would be helpful if the guides had a red flag as well to see this above the crowds. My guide did not and thus I was separated many times from my group. I ended my tour alone and was unable to return my tour sticker as advised.
Louvre
Margaret L,,Jan 1, 2026
- Review from Viator
5.00Guide was so enthusiastic about the art and provided background to enhance the viewing experience. We were able to wander around to other areas after the tour finished
Great experience with Cecile
Joan C,,Dec 27, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00Our guide, Cecile was just magnificent. A trained art major and historian she truly captured the story telling of the major pieces at the Louvre and the hours just melted away. I really enjoyed the overall experience despite the crowdedness of the Louvre.
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