Les Invalides
- Address:129 rue de Grenelle, Paris
- Hours:Open daily 10am - 5pm, except Jan 1, May 1, Nov 1, and Dec 25
- Admission:€ 9 per adult
Cemetery, Chapel, Church / Cathedral, Monument - Historical, Monument - Military, Museum
Les Invalides Reviews
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Due to limited time in Paris, this walk was ideal to cover a few of the major sights. Our guide was friendly and knowledgeable and the walk was at a comfortable speed. The only thing that could have been made clearer for us was the meeting point. If meeting at the shop, the shop is in an residential area and at the end of the block. I recommend this walk if you are short of time, it has really inspired me to return to Paris and soon......
I'm not certain we'd do this again. It too 35 mins to get to the main transfer point, and once the buses were crowded, you couldn't get a spot to plug in the headphones. So much of the time we had no idea what we were looking at. It wasn't a total loss, but it was more transportation than tour.
We were so glad we booked this tour in advance. Our guide was just gorgeous and so friendly and helpful. When we arrived at the Eiffel Tower the queue was several hundred people long and they had been waiting hours. Because we had booked the restaurant we were in almost straight away. The view was spectacular and the lunch was nice. The river cruise was lovely and the commentary was great as it explained all the buildings as we went past them. Well worth it.
Mixed reviews for this one. I booked for a group of 8 and each couple travelled separately. Some had a great time and saw everything they wanted to see. All of us experienced long delays between buses (up to an hour), breakdowns on the buses and cases of drivers just stopping and leaving the bus for 5 minutes or more with no explanation. In my own case, I experienced over agressive bus drivers who followed other vehicles too closely, collided with mopeds, and were generally scary to be in the bus with. This tailgating of other vehicles, with the bus overcrowded and people standing in the aisles, resulted in brakes having to be slammed on to avoid a collision. The sudden stop ended with many people being thrown about and my wife having to be taken to hospital where we waited for 5 hours to see if any bones had been broken when she was thrown to the floor of the bus. My own experience would have resulted in me giving zero stars, however the others in our group did get to see what they wanted and were able to get around, despite the delays which seem to be an accepted part of life in Paris.
Very informative tour guide and very pleasant. However, the meeting point was VERY difficult to find.....if it had not been for people in the neighborhood who spoke English, I would not have found the group.
Best hop on hop off I've taken in any city. 4 different lines taking you all over the city. Great narration and frequent stops. What more can you ask for. Definitely worth the money!
Best method to see Paris.
All day rain made it difficult because lower portion of bus was overcrowded (to point of it being unsafe) and the roof top was too wet to use.
It was a convenient way to get around Paris for a first time visitor like me.
The commentary was very limited with long annoying music interludes. This commentary could have been much better and longer.
All in all it was a convenient mode of transport,but a little expensive.Next time I will use a city bus and/or taxi for my hop-on hop-off experience.
Good way to see Paris, although better communication from drivers would be great as its incredibly hard to get information from them, especially in regards to timetables! Use the map to guide you through your journey as the audio doesn't always match up to what you are seeing.
The tour itself was excellent, a very pretty view of this amazing city. The organization of Viator didn't work so well as we bought tickets online the same day, but it seems that you could not do that (but the page doesn't said anything), and the guys at the office had to solve our problem like 30 mins before our departure.
We had a great time. Our tour guide was very interesting and funny. Was a great introduction to Paris.
Great way to see Paris, bus are on time and it's extremely easy to catch! The commentary was great as well :)
Very fun! The guide really led the guide well through the crazy streets of Paris!
Great tour and great way to see the city. The English audio guide though was extremely difficult to hear - there was static and the volume was very low - so it wasn't really of much use.
