We are coming to Paris in August. Flying into Orly with a 3 nights stay at Disney, staying at the Holiday Inn. Then coming into Paris for a 3 nights stay at the Citadines Paris Louvre apartments.
Like most on here, we like to plan our holiday%26#39;s so that when we are there we can sit back and %26quot;enjoy the ride%26quot; without all the daily planning.
That leads me onto my question:
I have found a website ( http://en.parisinfo.com/online-boutique/order-form/) that would enable us to purchase our museum and metro tickets in advance. We prefer to do this as it helps with saving time when we are there and also helps with the budgeting.
As we will be bringing our daughter and niece who are both under 18 will we still need a ticket for them even if they can go in free? We would be really miffed if we brought the tickets for ourselves and then be told that we still needed FOC tickets for the children and have to wait in long line at the Lourve.
Hope my question is clear LOL
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it makes no sense to me to pay extra to get passes ahead -- nothing simpler than picking up a carnet at the first metro you use -- or a day pass if you are doing that -- nothing simpler than getting a museum pass at the first museum you go to (pick one that is less crowded for the first)
I don%26#39;t believe that kids need tickets for museums where they get in free -- but be prepared for them to prove their age
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Thanks for the reply.
As I said having two kids (8 %26amp; 12) in tow, saving time was one of our main aims.
The website we were thinking of buying from was selling a 4 day museum pass for 45 Euros and 5 days Metro pass allowing unlimited travel on the bus, metro and RER networks in Paris and its suburbs for 27 Euros are these prices much higher or the same, compared to buying when we are there.
Also if we did buy them before we traveled, would we save time not having to queue at ticketing booths? Which at the Louvre I%26#39;ve read can be a nightmare at times.
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it is a myth that there are long ticket lines at the Louvre
the long long line you see at the Pyramid is a security line - and anyone who enters that way has to stand in it
we use the Carousel entrance and have never had a line there of any consequence (on free Sunday, the line there is also very long but not other days)
in now 13 trips to the Louvre, we have only once had to stand in a long line to get tickets - it was this May on a national holiday on a Monday in the pouring rain (outside of course, not where tickets are sold) -- a triple threat high demand day --usually the many manned booths, automatic machines etc mean little or no wait for tickets at the Louvre --
the five day metro pass you describe (I am not familiar with it) is far more expensive than the 7 day carte orange --but I don%26#39;t know when that is phased out -- it may be this summer -- we used it with no problem in May this year -- maybe someone else knows for sure
unless you are doing a lot of metro and bus travel, passes are not likely to be cost effective -- we mostly walk in the city and use the metro for long hops e.g. we stayed in Montmartre this spring and so did use it for hops into the center
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It hardly takes any time at all to purchase metro tickets, definitely wait until you get there. Alot of the places that will sell you a museum pass in advance will charge an outrageous amount to ship it to you. Do not buy it in advance. Go to a participating museum or site that is less busy to buy the pass.
The kids do not need their own museum passes and they can skip the lines with you. Some places, like the Arc de Triomphe, will still require you stand in line to get a free ticket for the kids. I assume so they know how many people are up there at a time. The Arc de Triomphe was the only place we encountered the need for a complimentary ticket for the kids.
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