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The Paris Open Top Double Decker Bus Tours operated by L'OpenTour are a common sight in Paris at all the major visitor attractions.

If you are making a day trip from London this is a great way to make your own package. The bus picks up from Gare du Nord Paris terminus.

Better still if you go for two days there is a good value two day ticket.
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The formula is the same as many similar operations operating world-wide. A ticket which entitles you to unlimited rides on the buses which run along several routes passing all major Paris visitor attractions.

The tour is conducted in English and French. You are given a set of earphones for the duration of your ticket - you simply plug it in to receive a commentary.

Frequencies & Routes
The buses run throughout the year over four set routes. Operating from about 09:30 to about 18:00, (around 2 hours earlier in Winter).

Frequency during the summer months are about every 10-15 minutes, during the winter nearer 30 minutes.


Fares & Availability
You can purchase a 1 day or 2 day ticket
One day - £18.18, Two days - £20.28 (children £9.09 two days)

You can buy tickets on the day on the bus, or at the main tourist offices.

You can also pre-purchase on-line in your own currency which may or may not be cheaper depending on exchange rates.

More Details - Ticket Purchase

Routes


Paris Grand Tour Stops:

1. Auber ("La Boutique", Printemps Haussmann, Grands Magasins)
2. Opéra (Place Vendôme, Café de la Paix)
3. Palais Royal (Jardins du Palais Royal)
4. Musée du Louvre (Jardin des Tuileries)
5. Pont-Neuf (Conciergerie, Square du Vert Galant)
6. Notre-Dame (Cathédrale, Saint-Louis, Marché aux fleurs)
7. Saint-Michel (Place Saint-Michel, Sainte-Chapelle)
8. Musée d'Orsay (Quais de Seine, Pont des Arts)
9. Concorde (Obélisque de la Concorde, Musée de l'Orangerie)
10. Champs-Elysées Clemenceau (Grand-Palais, Petit Palais, Marché aux Timbres)
11. La Boétie - Champs-Elysées (Avenue Montaigne)
12. George V (Arc de Triomphe)
13. Charles de Gaulle-Etoile (Arc de Triomphe)
14. Trocadéro (Musée dArt Moderne, Musée de la Marine, Musée Guimet)
15. Tour Eiffel (Champs de Mars)
16. Vauban-Hôtel des Invalides (Tombeau de Napoléon, Ecole Militaire)
17. Esplanade des Invalides (Musée Rodin, Musée de l'Armée)
18. Concorde-Royale (Boutiques de la rue Saint-Honoré et de la rue Royale, Maxim's)
19. Madeleine (Eglise de la Madeleine)

Bastille - Bercy:
6. Notre-Dame (Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris, Marché aux Fleurs, Ile Saint-Louis)
30. Petit-Pont (Quartier Latin, Eglise Saint-Séverin, Musée de Cluny)
70. Maubert-Mutualité (Musée de la Préfecture de Police, Panthéon, Sorbonne)
71. Pont de Sully - Ile Saint-Louis (Institut du Monde Arabe, Jardin desPlantes)
72. Bastille-Opéra (Opéra Bastille, Port de plaisance de l'Arsenal)
73. Gare de Lyon (Viaduc des Arts et Coulée Verte)
74. Gare d'Austerlitz - Jardin des Plantes (Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle)
75. Bibliothèque Nationale de France (devant l'entrée Est)
76. Parc de Bercy (Palais Omnisports de Paris Bercy et Jardins, Cour Saint-Emilion)
77. Bastille - Rue Saint-Antoine (Colonne de la Bastille, Port de plaisance de l'Arsenal)
78. Le Marais - Place des Vosges (Musée Carnavalet, Musée Picasso, Hôtel de Sully)
79. Hôtel de Ville (Centre Georges Pompidou (Beaubourg), Les Halles)

Montmartre - Grands Boulevards:
1. Auber ("La Boutique", Printemps Haussmann, Grands Magasins, Galeries Lafayette)
50. Trinité (Gare Saint-Lazare)
51. Blanche (Pigalle, Moulin Rouge)
52. Montmartre-Anvers (Funiculaire, Basilique du Sacré-Coeur, Place du Tertre)
53. Gare du Nord (Saint-Vincent de Paul, Terminaux Eurostar et Thalys)
54. Gare de l'Est (Musée du Cristal)
55. République (boulevard Saint-Martin, Canal Saint-Martin)
56. Bonne-Nouvelle (Théâtre du Gymnase, Grand Rex)
57. Grands Boulevards (Musée Grévin, Théâtre des Variétés)
58. Italiens (Grands Magasins, Opéra Garnier)
59. Capucines-Scribe (Place Vendôme, Café de la Paix, Opéra Garnier)
19. Madeleine (Eglise de la Madeleine)

Montparnasse - Saint-Germain Stops:
30. Petit Pont (Quartier Latin, Eglise Saint-Séverin)
31. Luxembourg (Palais et Jardin du Luxembourg, Panthéon, Sorbonne)
32. Observatoire (Val-de-Grâce, Jardins de l'Observatoire, Musée Zadkine)
33. Place Denfert-Rochereau (Catacombes, rue Daguerre)
34. Raspail - Cimetière du Montparnasse (Fondation Cartier, Ateliers d'Artistes)
35. Montparnasse - Place du 18 juin 1940 (Tour Montparnasse, Musée Bourdelle)
17. Esplanade des Invalides (Musée Rodin, Musée de l'Armée)
36. Rue du Bac (Hôtel Matignon, Maison de l'Amérique Latine, Musée Maillol)
37. Saint-Germain-des-Prés (Eglise Saint-Germain-des-Prés, le quartier et ses terasses)
38. Cluny-Quartier Latin (Musée national du Moyen-âge, Thermes et Hôtel de Cluny)
39. Tours de Notre-Dame (Squares Viviani et Jean XXIII, Mémorial de la Déportation)


3 Day Weekend in Paris Tour - By Eurostar Train
Guided exploration of Paris - £209 per person with overnight accommodation
This weekend short break tour to Paris is a great introduction to the French capital at a very economic price. The Eurostar train links London's St Pancras Station to the Gare Du Nord Paris in just 2 hours 15 minutes.

Accommodation is at the well know budget chain Ibis, close to the Gare du Nord station, and including breakfast. A guide will show you around Paris so you don't miss anything. Included in the price is a one hour river cruise starting and ending at the Eiffel Tower.

By the afternoon of the first day you are enjoying a one hour river cruise starting and returning to the Eiffel Tower.

On the second day you can explore independently are use the guide accompanying you for the whole 3 days.

The guide will take you to to Montmartre (for the Sacre Coeur, souvenir shops, restaurants and views of Paris) the Louvre, Palais Royal and Notre Dame Cathedral (entrance charges to the Louvre Museum are not included).
Eiffel Tower Paris
2 night's bed and breakfast in the 3 star Ibis Gare du Nord are included in the price.
3 Day Paris by Eurostar Tour - More Details and Reservations