Hop Aboard An Open-Top Bus To See the Paris Al Fresco

Open-top buses cruise the streets of Paris, giving you a scenic overview of the city from the upper deck. They're also a fun way to get around. The buses circle their routes so you can hop-on and hop-off whenever you feel like it. We usually recommend a 2-day hop-in bus pass because one day is just too short to see everything. But, if you want to use the hop-on buses for your main means of transportation, then go for a 3-day pass.

Tootbus – Hop-On, Hop-Off

"Go at your own pace" is the them of Tootbus, and that's really what these open-top buses are all about.

L'OpenTour stops at all of the central Paris sights so you can catch everything you want to see. Buses depart frequently, so there's virtually no waiting time. A 2-day pass (the one we recommend) costs only €12 more than the one-day pass.

Big Bus Paris 1-Day & 2-Day Passes

A good reason to choose a 2-day pass over a 1-day pass is to save money! Instead of being twice the price, a 2-day pass costs only about one-third more. The Big Buses travel two routes and between them they cruise by all the famous monuments and sights in central Paris — from the Eiffel Tower to the Arc de Triomphe to the Louvre to Musée d'Orsay to Île de la Cité to… well, you get the idea.

You can also choose combination tickets that include the one- or two-day Big Bus Pass plus a river cruise or a ticket to the Arc de Triomphe.

Hop-on Boat Pass

This is seriously fun. Did you know you can get around Paris by boat? The Batobus makes a watery circuit with 8 stops, from the Eiffel Tower to the zoo at the Jardin des Plantes with the Louvre, d'Orsay and other key stops in between. This pass allows you to get on and off whenever you please, as many times as you want. Hint — the 2-day pass costs only three bucks more than the 1-day pass.