we%26#39;ll be living in a suburb outside of Paris in Zone 5 for almost a month. Some questions, please....
1. i DO want to skip queues, but I%26#39;ve read that the museum pass is ONLY worth it if you know you%26#39;ll go to 2 or more museums a day. With 3 young kids, we%26#39;ll do one a day and some days none at all. Is there any OTHER way to skip the queues? Can we pre-buy tickets to museums online?
2. We%26#39;ll be travelling into Paris from Zone 5 about 15 days of that month. Should we just do a Carte Orange?
THANKS EVERYONE!
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We%26#39;ve been twice with our kids.
My advice is do the biggies early in the morning. When we arrived somewhere before opening, there was no queue. With the Eiffel Tower, there was a small queue and we thought that our method hadn%26#39;t worked. BUT when we left, there was the biggest line we had ever seen. We even skipped breakfast that day and had it up there after we had been to the top. That also gave us an opportunity to sit and write our postcards and then post them up there.
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I don%26#39;t buy the museum pass and never seem to have a problem. I went to the D%26#39;Orsay twice without seeing a line. I went to the Orangerie and the line went very quickly. There is no line if you enter the Louvre on the Rue de Rivoli side where the red and white vertical banner says Carrousel. Take the escalator downstairs, pass the shops on both sides until you come to a large open area. On the right there are machines to buy tickets to the Louvre. Once you have your ticket, you just walk in. Many of the other museums are small and don%26#39;t have long lines. Many other museums (City of Paris museums) are free. The first sunday of the month many museums which normally charge are free (although it would be crowded).
I like the advice of getting there early. If you area only going to one museum per day, that would be how you start out your day and then you are finished with museums for that day. However, don%26#39;t be surprised if you come upon another museum or two during the day which you feel compelled to see. They are all over the place and they are wonderful.
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Depending on the museum and children%26#39;s age, they could be free. Under 18 at the Louvre gets you in for 0. BTW some great books on things to do with children at Louvre or Orsay exist. If they are under 12, invest in them.
I would make the investment of the weekly CO or Navigo whichever they are selling in your area.
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We just went to Paris during Spring Break with our 10 year old and 12 year old daughters. We didn%26#39;t buy the museum pass because we were only planning on going to a few museums for our week and a half stay. We went the FNAC store and bought tickets for the Louvre and Orsay. Once you have the tickets you just go through security. We went to the Orangerie and didn%26#39;t have tickets in advance for that. We waited in line for 30 minutes at the most. If you get there early you can avoid the crowds.
We bought the Carte Orange when we were there and that was a great saving and very convenient.
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Correction to my previous entry: In all fairness, I forgot that I got my ticket to the D%26#39;Orsay from FNAC. I purchase tickets to a number of things through FNAC prior to my trip. On my first day in Paris, I go to the FNAC at Les Halles (there are many different locations) and pick up all of the tickets previously purchased. Last September there were 6 tickets I picked up. The only thing is that then you have to remember to bring your ticket with you to the event when the day of the event rolls around. Once I did forget my ticket and had to retrace my steps on the Metro to retrieve my ticket. It wasn%26#39;t a big deal and I still arrived early.
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I too have never purchased a pass and I think you are wise to question the value of it for you. For posters who are only in Paris for a week, and want to cram in serveral sites a day, then a pass does save time and money. I tend to schedule one major museum ro site a day, and if it is one I know to be busy,I just go first thing to avoid lines. I also use same entrance as In Love With Paris does at the Lourve and have never had a wait of more then a few minutes ( to go through security, for which the pass does not allow you line jumping) . Many sites do not have long lines.
The worst place of all for lines is the Eiffel Towers and the pass does not work there anyways!
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Didn%26#39;t buy the museum pass, but we bot our tickets from the hotel conceiege, so maybe if you know some hotel nearby, they sell them (we got ours at the Hilton). ANd there is the Rodin/D%26#39;orsay combo ticket for 12 euros, and many museums in Paris are free until ... Oh, and the first Sunday of the month is free for many museums too I believe.
With kids, 2 museums is max i would do (even for some adults). ;-) A month, I%26#39;m envious! enjoy.
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