Down from its 324 meters, the Eiffel Tower is since its construction, one of the most symbolic monuments in the world and the most visited payed monument in the world with 7 million tourists visiting the Tower every year.
But, did you know? If Gustave Eiffel’s grandfather would’nt, at the beginning of the XVIIIth century, have changed his name, taking the name of the region Eiffel in its native Rhineland, the famous tower would have been called the tower … Boenickhausen.
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During the World Fair of 1889, a large-scale competition was launched through the Gazette. The stake was to study the possibility of setting up a 300 meters iron structure over the Champ de Mars. It was Gustave Eiffel’s project which was chosen among other 107 projects. The construction then lasted two years, two months and five days.
Since its opening, the visitors can reach three floors of the Eiffel Tower thanks to elevators built at the time, a real exploit of engineering. Accurately protected, although its installation had to be only temporary, this exceptional architectural inheritance testifies even today of the Gustave Eiffel’s legendary vision.
Duration 2h
Meet your guide by the Eiffel Tower, 15 avenue de la Bourdonnais.
Thanks to your skip the line and your guide, dive at the heart of this symbol’s history. After a presentation about the Eiffel Tower and his origins, your guide will tell you certain details underestimated by this prestigious building while reaching easily the first, second and third floor of the Eiffel Tower.
You will take the elevator to rise on the second floor, at a 115 meter. Admire the fantastic view, a panorama in 360 ° which allows you to see the Paris highlights: the Sacred-Heart in Montmartre, the Invalides and its golden dome, the Montparnasse Tower, the Arc de Triomphe overhanging the beautiful avenue of the Champs-Elysées.
If 115 meters are not enough for you, rise on the superior platform and enter the small elevators which will lead you to the last floor where you will discover a unique panorama on all Paris, at 276 meter, the highest place in Paris and an astonishing view.
Once the visit of the summit and the second floor is ended, you will discover, on your way down, the 1st floor and its the famous glass floor.
- The skip the line Eiffel Tower ticket is subjected to constraints: the security check or an unforeseen influx which can cause( a waiting time which can sometimes excee an 1 hour.
- In case of wheather bad conditions, or for safety reasons the upper level of the Eiffel Tower can be closed
- The skip the line tickets does not include skippin the line to go to the summit; your ticketi ncludes a skip the line up to the 2nd floor and a standard access on the 3rd floor.
Tickets can neither be modified, nor exchanged, refunded.
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