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Eiffel Tower Guided Climb Tour by Stairs
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Eiffel Tower Guided Climb Tour by Stairs

By ExperienceFirst Paris
Recommended by 94% of travelers
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About
Ascend the Eiffel Tower, a treasured Paris landmark, on foot with a small-group of people. Beat the elevator queues and climb up 704 steps (more than 30 flights) to the second viewing platform, with entrance fees included. Enjoy sweeping views over sites including the Arc de Triomphe and the Champs-Elysées. Upgrade to take the lift to the summit.
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Ages 0-99, max of 25 per group
Duration: 2h
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Highlights
  • Walk up the Eiffel Tower stairs with a guide
  • Panoramic views of the Arc de Triomphe, Notre Dame Cathedral, and more
  • Entrance fees included, with optional summit access upgrade 
  • Small-group tour for a personalized experience

  • Eiffel Tower Ticket Access by Stairs
  • Access to the Second floor
  • Access to the Summit (if option selected)
  • Boat ticket for a Seine River Cruise (if option selected)
  • Professional and entertaining local guide
  • Shuttle to the meeting point (additional details available on your voucher)
  • Entry/Admission - Eiffel Tower
What's not included
  • Gratuities
  • Skip the line entry
  • Food and drinks


Start:
  • Allée des Refuzniks, All. des Refuzniks, 75007 Paris, France
    Meet the team outside the Eiffel Tower, without passing any security checks. They will be near the trees and benches outside the South Security Entrance (Entrance #1) on Allée des Refuzniks. The representatives will have orange hats and signs reading "ExperienceFirst" or "ExperienceFoundry".
End:This activity ends back at the meeting point.

    • Not wheelchair accessible
    • Near public transportation
    If you have questions about accessibility, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 47475P1

    • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
    • Not recommended for pregnant travelers
    • No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
    • Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
    • This tour doesn’t include skipping the line. Your guide will purchase the tickets for you after you arrive. The wait time to purchase tickets can be up to two hours, but rest assured that your guide will keep you entertained and provide insightful information about the Eiffel Tower while you wait in line together.
    • Per Eiffel Tower rules, if you upgrade your tour to see the summit, you’ll need to visit the summit right after the guided tour ends. Afterward, feel free to explore the other two floors on your way down. The first level of the Eiffel Tower has more exhibits, a glass floor, and occasional pop-ups.
    • IDs showing proof of age required for child/infant ticket purchasers. Eiffel Tower have refused entry to those without IDs or required them to purchase full price tickets
    • Summit access is not included unless you book that option
    • Summit access may be subject to last minute closures according to safety measures at the Eiffel Tower. In the case of closure of the Summit, the portion of your tour price for the upgrade will be refunded.
    • Take our Paris shuttle after your tour for convenient transportation, included with your tour.
    • There are no storage lockers at the Eiffel Tower. If you bring a foldable stroller you will be responsible for carrying it up the stairs. Large luggage will not be allowed through security.
    • Seine river cruise tickets included ONLY IF option chosen at checkout. You MUST arrive on time for your tour in order to receive your boat tickets as they are distributed during check in. Tickets are valid for a year and can be used at any time following your Eiffel Tower tour.
    • This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund
    • This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund
    • This tour/activity will have a maximum of 25 travelers

    • For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience.

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    5.0
    5.0 of 5 bubbles3,709 reviews
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    Gi0D
    1 contribution
    2.0 of 5 bubbles
    Jul 2022 • Couples
    The lines were long and the tower very busy, however, the check in process could’ve been more smooth with the voucher check and if tickets were bought in advance. We waited an hour before we could climb. Our tour guide was trying her best to get us climbing as fast as she could because the lines were chaotic and that took away from the activity as she was not able give us much of a guided experience. I would not recommend this tour as it was ridiculously expensive - €30 extra for not much extra per person. Save yourself the trouble and money and book your own tickets online via the website and do the climb yourself.
    Written July 2, 2022
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    Thanks for your feedback. It would be helpful if you could share the name of your guide so we can find out from them what happened. We strive to add value to the experience with an expert guide to lead the group. We are usually successful in this as you can see by our reviews. This is not the case for you and I would love to make it up to you with a free walking tour. I hope you will reach out to us about this and I thank you again for taking the time to give us feedback. Linda : )
    Written July 4, 2022
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    Fea
    London, UK20 contributions
    1.0 of 5 bubbles
    Aug 2020 • Family
    I booked this tour at 2:30 pm for myself and my 2 children, it was to be the highlight of their trip.
    At 10:24 am I received a phone call informing me that the time had been changed to 10:30 am and he would not be there at 2:30, he was going home.
    The guide claimed their partner Get Your Guide had made the change but when I contacted them this was not the case, they confirmed my 2:30. When Get Your Guide tried to call there was no answer from Paris Tours 1.
    I have not received a refund and I had to pay again at the ticket office so as not to disappoint my children. The price on entry was 22.50 for three of us compared to 44.89 per person I was charged for a non existent guide.
    Written August 10, 2020
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    Thank you for this account of your experience with your booking. In fact we attempted many times to reach you with no success until that morning. The guide reported to me that he called back and offered you a private tour with you and your daughter but that you declined his offer and visited on your own. I understand that it was too late at that point but I want to be clear we were invested to try and make it up to you. We have submitted your full refund with no fee and want to extend our apologies for the inconvenience and disappointment. Your feedback is extremely helpful and we are improving all our methods to make sure we reach our valued guests.
    Written August 11, 2020
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    Andrea
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    2.0 of 5 bubbles
    May 2022 • Family
    What was definitely disappointing was the fact that we actually didn't have tickets nor reservations to get on Eiffel Tower premises even though we had paid in advance. The reason given was that First Experience doesn't know who will really show up. So the company doesn't want to pay for people that have actually paid. This meant we had to take the line "without tickets" although we had paid CHF 50 per person in advance. I would not book with First Experience again.
    Written May 30, 2022
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    Uwe F
    2 contributions
    2.0 of 5 bubbles
    Sep 2021 • Couples
    This guided tour is not worth it to pay 50 € per person:
    - staff is unfriendly
    - meeting point is difficult to find
    - the information they tell you you can also read at the many information signs that are distributed on level 1 and 2.
    It is more relaxed and cheaper to buy the ticket for the tower climb on the spot at arrival.

    My Girlfriend and I did this tour in September 2021 and we found it was absolutely not worth it. The description of the meeting point was difficult to interpret, so we arrived 10 min. late to the meeting point. That was also the first thing for the staff member to tell us: "You are late!"

    Than we had to catch up with the group that was already on its way to the 1 floor. There we catched up with them and joined the the group of listners, listenong the tour guide Monica. Everyone of the participants had a green sticker on theirs shirts.
    Because we had bot gotten such stickers the guide asked us in an absolute unfriendly way why we were listening to her if we were not part of the group.

    Well as I said: totally not worth it ...
    Written September 10, 2021
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    Hi, I am truly disheartened to read this review, especially since it is so unlike most of our reviews. I would be very grateful to you for more details about what went wrong. What time did you arrive to the tower and where did you look for us? Do you remember who was the staff member that you checked in with? When you caught up to the group, how did you know it was Monica and was she aware that you were joining as one of her guests? We have thousands of 5 star reviews that speak to the high quality of our guides and our staff and I wish you had experienced this, rather that what you have described here. I am so sure that you could have a different view of us that I would like to offer you a free tour so I can prove to you why we deserve the high ratings we usually receive. Email me at Linda@exp1.com and I will personally take care of your reservation for a free tour. Safe travels, Linda
    Written September 11, 2021
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    thatsritesh
    Slough, UK7 contributions
    1.0 of 5 bubbles
    It was disaster, the tour operator are con. We met them at the meeting point with the other customers, and then they took us inside where they bought the tickets in front of us which is €20.40 for adults and €10.80 for children under 10. The operator bought the ticket and told us to carry on climbing the steps where she will meet us at 1st floor. On 1st floor she was no where to be seen so after 10 mins we carried on on 2nd floor and we couldn’t see her either.

    This tour is an absolute ripoff avoid joining as they conned us by taking £168 for family of 4 where you can visit yourself buy the tickets at the tower for only €64 for family of 4.

    Not recommended at all.
    Written June 6, 2022
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    William E
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    2.0 of 5 bubbles
    Apr 2023 • Family
    A lot has changed at the Eiffel Tower since we last visited 12 years ago. Lots more security & restrictions, queues are long and slow and you’re not allowed to freely walk under the tower whether you’re going up or not. This trip avoided some initial queuing but we still had to queue for security & tickets, despite them being pre-paid. Our guide was a nice chap & kept us updated along the way but his input on the history came all at once on level 1 & it went on forever & his English wasn’t great either. He then insisted on everyone in the party giving him positive feedback via their website there & then before we moved on to Level 2!!! - I paid him lip service & told him I’d done it. Level 2 was extremely crowded and it didn’t make it very pleasurable. We then we had the bad news that the summit was closed due to the volume of visitors, which I get, but, surely those who have pre-paid weeks before (& paid more than what visitors pay on the day) should get priority to climb to the summit over those that turn up on the day?….seemed very unfair. We did get a summit refund nonetheless but it doesn’t make up for the disappointment. Overall the Eiffel Tower is an incredible monument that amazes every time I visit but it isn’t managed very well at all & I don’t feel that the extra cost of this trip was worth the little queue jumping it saved us.
    Written May 3, 2023
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    Thank you for your feedback. You have raised issues about things we cannot control and things we explain in our tour description. We advise about waiting in line, and summit closing mostly due to organization on the part of the Eiffel staff. We always hope for the best case scenario and cannot always control what happens. I would love it if you would share the name of your guide so I can at least find out from them what happened and maybe even help them to overcome some of these challenges for the future. Thank you again for your review. Sergio
    Written May 13, 2023
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    Schurch
    7 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Feb 2020 • Family
    We are so glad we did this tour. We almost canceled because the summit portion of the tour was canceled due to maintenance (we were refunded a portion of the cost). Thankfully we didn’t cancel because we ended up loving the climb to the second floor and our guide. Souhib, our guide was an incredibly entertaining, and full of interesting Eiffel Tower facts. We did this tour in the pouring rain and still loved it. This tour is a must do and hopefully your lucky and get Souhib as your guide. The ticket process at the base of the tower was easy and quick. We had two 11 year olds with us and they did fine. Souhib, made sure to check on everyone in his group and we never felt rushed.
    Written February 1, 2020
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    Lily
    1 contribution
    1.0 of 5 bubbles
    Jul 2022 • Family
    Hate to leave bad reviews but I have to warn others. The tour was very disorganized. The reason we booked early in the morning was to beat the heat, that was a disaster and to be brutally honest, a waste of time. We ended up going into the Eiffel Tower tour at around 11:30am after waiting in line outside, and then again inside. The tour was scheduled for 10:15 I believe. I thought they would have bought our tickets prior to the tour day but nope, we had to wait in line to get the tickets. By the time we got the tickets we just left the tour and went on our own, as our tour guide was still trying to figure out other peoples tickets. It ended up being a great day but I really think going there early, by yourself is a better option. Our tour guide was awesome and nice but I just have to say that the disorganization was something we could have done without.
    Written July 5, 2022
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    Minerva M
    1 contribution
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Jan 2020
    I am a little late with my review, I took this tour at the beginning of the month and was very fortunate to have Sara as our guide. She is very knowledgeable and funny, she made sure we learned about the history of the Eiffel Tower and the city of Paris. Make sure to visit the tower with Sara as your guide!
    Written January 15, 2020
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    AlwaysTravelWorthy
    1 contribution
    2.0 of 5 bubbles
    Jan 2022
    I love the idea of this tour. I thought it was going to be a more interactive informative climb. Yes, you climb at your own pace, but if you don't keep up, like my guide, yours my end up sharing information on the different platforms before the entire group had made it up the stairs. Therefore, ensuring quite a few people missed out on the information. This happened on both levels to multiple participants. Additionally, I didn't feel there was a need for the guide at all. Sure information was shared, but it was all information that was readily available at the Tower itself if you spent the time to walk around, read, and look. So for ~$40 you can pay a company to talk to you, or for ~$10 you can do it yourself. Not worth the extra money
    Written January 11, 2022
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    Hi and thank you very much for sharing this feedback of your experience. I am deeply concerned that you did not experience a 5 star tour, as this is very unlike the thousands of our guests who have found our climb to be 5 stars. I would love to hear more if you would reach out to me directly and let me know who was your guide and any other details about your experience so I can continue to improve what we do. Further, if you are still in Paris, I will welcome you as a guest for one our walking tours as a thank you for your time and a chance to earn 5 stars from you : ) In any case I thank you again and I wish you safe travels, Linda (info@exp1.com)
    Written January 12, 2022
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