Paris Insiders Secret Weapon –
the Paris Pass

Breeze Past the Line-Ups at Museums & Monuments – and Ride the Metro For Free!

The Paris Pass. When you're planning a trip to Paris we always recommend that you get a comprehensive city pass before you leave home.

These Paris city passes get you free entrance into all the museums include unlimited free rides on the Metro and bus system, and include extra features like a wine tasting and a Seine river cruise.

The Paris Pass is the city pass we recommend to most travelers. It includes all the above feature plus entrance to additional attractions like Palais Garnier, an open-top bus tour, and discounts at other activities.

Here are the things we like about it — you zip past the line-ups at the top Paris museums and monuments, going right to the entrance door. You ride free on the Metro. You also get some pretty great extra perks.

Here's what one user said —

The Paris Pass is our recommendation even if you plan to see only two museums or monuments a day, and ride the Metro (which is the best way to get around).

So, you'll certainly save time and money. In our opinion, though, the greatest feature is that this combination Paris City Pass allows you to bypass the ticket line-ups.

But we strongly advise you not to wait to get to Paris to figure things out, like how to buy museum tickets and how to ride the Metro. Have a Paris Pass with you and arrive in Paris ready to start having fun.

what's included in this Paris city Pass?

The Paris Museum Pass – Free Entrance to 60 Museums

The Paris Visite Metro Pass – Unlimited Rides on the Metro & Buses

The Paris Attractions Pass – 7 Attractions in One Pass

Special Discounts on Bike Tours, Segway Tours & More

The Paris Museum Pass

Free entrance to 60 museums…

The Paris Museum Pass is included in the package, and it gets you free entrance into sixty museums, including the ones you want to see.

But the best part is you get to bypass the loooong ticket lines at almost all of the museums and monuments in Paris! This is an amazing time saver and alone is worth the cost of the pass. Museums and monuments include —

• See all the museums included in the Paris Museum Pass »

Paris Visite Metro Pass

Paris Visite is the name of the Paris Metro Pass, and it's also included with The Paris Pass. It lets you ride the Paris public transportation system for free.

That means you can ride all you want on the Metro, the city buses, the tramways, the Montmartre funicular, and the RER rapid-transit trains in central Paris.

We know from experience that it's a great convenience to have a Metro pass. It means you don't have to buy a ticket every time, or worry about whether you need another carnet (pack of 10 tickets). Just enter any Metro station and use your Visite to hop on your train.

Paris Attractions Pass

Hop-on Bus Tour Bateaux Parisiens River Cruise Dali Museum Grevin Wax Museum Ô Château Wine Tasting

Palais Garnier – the 19th-century Paris Opera House Tour Montparnasse 56th Floor Observation Deck The Paris Story

The Paris Pass also includes the Paris Attractions Pass, which gets you free entrance into even more activities, museums and tastings in Paris.

Our favorite things about the Attractions Pass are the hop-on bus tour, the Seine river cruise, the wine tasting at Ô Château, and free entrance into Palais Garnier. Those are four things you shouldn't miss.

Special Offers & Discounts

In addition to free entry to the top attractions, this Paris city pass gives you special savings at some pretty great activities. We particularly like the Fat Tire Bike Tours and the Segway Tours.

How Much Can You Save?

If you use your card for just three Paris attractions a day, with an adult 6-day Pass you can save at least 94€, when you factor in the Metro cost savings.

That's pretty good, and doesn't even consider the cost of some of the special features and discounts available to Pass holders.

So, in our opinion, it's worth it. Especially when you consider that you get to go to the front of the ticket lines. And believe us, saving time in Paris is as good as saving money! You have so little time in the City of Art, and you don't want to spend much of it waiting in lines.

The Best Ways to Get Paris City Passes

We strongly recommend that you get a hold of an all-inclusive Paris City Pass before you leave home by ordering online, in advance.

And that's very easy to do, just follow any of the "Buy Your Pass" links on this page and you'll get directly to the Paris Pass website, where you'll find even more information.

You can also learn more and buy the Pass at our Paris Activities & Events listings pages »

If you prefer the Paris Combo Pass, here are the links to use —

• Read Our Review of The Paris ComboPass »
• Buy The Paris ComboPass Premium »

More Tips about Paris City Passes

With so much to see and do, Paris city passes helps to simplify your trip.

For example, instead of spending time trying to figure out how to buy Metro tickets, just use your Paris Visite pass and hop on the train!

With a pass you'll be able to bypass the ticket lines at the Louvre, the Orsay Museum and the Pompidou Center. These and other top Paris museums always have long ticket line-ups.

The Paris Museum Pass saves money and gives you VIP priority.

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