In our opinion, the Paris City Pass was mostly practical for us, because we hardly had time to plan our trip. However, if you have already been to Paris, or you have more time to prepare what you would do there (or have friends who can give you some tips), then we would not advise you to buy the pass. The city pass for 3 days supposed to be valid for 3 days, but for museums it is valid only for 2. If you visit the Louvre one day, you will not have energy for any other museum that day. So overall within 2 days you can visit maximum 3 museums. The city pass does not provide entry ticket for the Opera, which is a must in Paris, besides that no entry to the Arc de Triomphe either...
Next to the pass you get metro ticket for 3 days, which is great.
It was quite difficult to buy the pass in the first place, as it wouldnt accept my address for a few days, but the staff were very friendly and helped fix the problem.
Was disappointed that we only got a two day museum pass with our three day pass, and felt like a lot of money for losing a day of museum tours.
The Eiffel Tower wasn't included in the package and it ended up only being used 5 times overall.
The travel pass was handy to have but it kept having difficulties and we had to go to the metro reception to get it fixed every day
Paris is a wonderful city. The city pass helped us to get the most of it. However, regarding metro tickets, it would be much better if they were cards instead of small paper tickets. It is necessary to check in and out many times. You receive two for 6 days. I got confused and used the wrong one to check out of one station and I lost the right to use in the last day. It is so common that it happened with my wife’s ticket too. Be careful. Skip the line to buy tickets of course was a great advantage.
We booked Paris City Pass for 3 days. Paris is highly recommended. Are on 02.11. arrived in Paris around noon and immediately activated our metro cards. With the metro you can reach all attractions in no time. Perfect. Unfortunately, if you book the turbo pass for 3 days, you can use the entries in the museums only 2 days! That was a pity !!! The tickets for the museum visit were activated in the afternoon at the Louvre in the early afternoon. Thus, on Saturday, the 04.11., We had to pay the tickets for the Palace of Versailles in the amount of 18 € per person extra. For 4 people it was an expensive affair considering that the turbo pass costs € 99 per person.
We had just come from Rome a few days before and the Turbopass there was great. We used the pass in Paris for the museum biggies like the Louvre, d'Orsay and the Pompidou but in each case even with the pass there was a wait to get in. 20 minutes at the Louvre (take the metro entrance) and about 45 at the d'Orsay and Pompidou. Versailles was a bust as they were sending pass holders and folks that bought their ticket there in through the same entrance. I estimated there was about 1000 people in the serpentine line when we arrived at around 11:00 AM. We checked with security and they confirmed that was the correct line for pass holders. We ended up having lunch there and heading back to Paris. The metro ticket was easily the most used as we used it to get everywhere we went. No Uber, just the metro and a little walking. Also, there is no Hop on - Hop off bus included like there was in Rome. Not the biggest deal but we like to ride it at least once to get a feel for the place.
Only 3 stars, because I only got a discount in the Tour Montparnases, but had to pay 12.50. Otherwise, I would have liked that the passport is more differentiated, you can choose the sights online, you want to visit, so it does not need to be soooo wide, because in 2 days you can not see everything or visit what the passport contains , He could then be cheaper. Actually a good thing. Waltraud Will
The maps for the public transport have worked perfectly, it is a very relaxing part of the holiday, if one does not have to take care of the right tickets on the spot. When entering the various sights, however, there are always problems: 1. The direct access was not accepted a few times, one had to stand at the queue, which had formed by the people who bought a day ticket at the cash desk. 2. With the passport you get more often "only" the inlet. In order to see everything on the spot, is collected again. Examples: extra-rip-off for the tower stage, if one is already in the Pantheon. Extra rip-off in Versailles, if you want to take a walk in the garden after the building tour. The only exception is the Notre Dame Tower. 3. Various components are obtained. For what the map "Paris City Pass" should be, has not opened itself to me. The control has often looked confused on the two passports shown and then typed on the "Museumspass". Improvement requirements: 1. Direct access with an existing passport must be properly controlled and well signposted on site. 2. The sights you can enter with the pass must be fully accessible. No further preparation and cashing after entering. Therefore, B. Tower of the Pantheon or garden in Versailles mandatory part of the pass. 3. Why do I get different components? This complicates the matter unnecessarily. I would have expected, as in other cities, that I get a single card, which I show everywhere and which is controlled only "in advance". Conclusion: Good basic equipment, but avoidable effort, anger and costs. Perfect only if there are no additional waiting times, if everything works with a map and if there is no extra rippling.
I know that the provider can do nothing for it, but it is still a negative aspect.
Quite ok, but not as efficient as imagined
Could be cheaper.
Thank you for the Paris City Pass - as far as everything goes, except Zone 3 in the Paris network. There were unfortunately problems. Had almost missed our flight home, because we could not get out of the metro station. Thanks to the help of a construction worker, everything went well again. He helped us with his ticket. As a tourist it is not easy. It would be nice if you could install Zone 3 in the Paris City Pass. Otherwise --- all great --- Thank you Walter and Vera !!!
Basically, the idea is not bad, but the high price is not worth it. To make the pass worthwhile you would have to visit at least 5 different museums a day, which one definitely does not make. We managed a maximum of three a day. You could spend the whole day alone in the Louvre. Unfortunately it is not true that one must not stand in front of the museums. Since most tourists now have these or similar passports, one still stands for a long time. Before the Louvre we had to wait 1.5 hours. For the Versailles still 45 min. For children up to the age of 11, one does not need a passport, since they have free admission to almost all museums. Positive is that you can go by metro, however, the trip to Versailles is not included, but there is a point deduction.
One must know that, unfortunately, often leads to queues, e. g. the towers of Notre Dame (wait 2 hrs. or Palace of Versailles, Tuesdays cost of Garden admission, but is not included). Even museums need time. Paris is worth the trip over again, with the Carnet to get there by public transport (bus and metro) passing well to all the attractions, many museums are free, or even dates of the month.
I was not entirely satisfied because when I was picked up I found out that our 3 day pass is only valid for 48 hours for museums. We purposely bought 3 days to avoid stress. Unfortunately we really had to step on the gas. So not entirely satisfied
Very disappointed with the Paris Pass. The museum pass is good but the city pass is so bad. The activity sucks. The river cruises is very bad. The pass includes the wine tasting and the tour of the winery but when we show up, there is no tour and no wine tasting. They gave us 2 small glasses of bad quality price. Such a waste of our time to go to these type of activities.
Unlike other capitals such as Rome, London or even Istanbul with similar passports, dozens of museums dominate the Paris City Pass. We only made 4 in 5 days. The main attractions Eiffel Tower, Arc de Triomphe, Grand Pallais, Pantheon, Versailles Park are not included. Past the snake was only possible in the windward. Other passes have at least past the queue for Versailles Castle, where we were allowed to queue for 90 minutes. Summary: The passport keeps what it promises, but in retrospect, only 50% of our goals were relevant for us.
Awful.
Wasted 1hr30 at their boot to receive ticket AFTER buying it online because there was only 1 employee and the lady in front of me was charged the fee twice and it took them over 1 hour to fix this.
No indication where was the fast track entry for the Louvre. French is my primary language and trying to ask around we had trouble to receive an answer.
Overall a big waste of money.
We were in Paris for 6 days. We used the CityPass once for the Bateaux Parisiennes ride, mistakenly thinking it would take us down the Seine and let us off, but instead we enjoyed the view from the river at 10pm. Otherwise the CityPass was not utilized and did not serve us for where we wanted to go and see. The Museum Pass does not help for several major attractions, or new exhibits, so was disappointing. We certainly hoped it would help us at the Louvre but instead we went on Weds at 6pm and there was no line whatsoever from the Pyramid entrance, so I'd recommend that approach instead.
The multi-day metro pass Paris Visite was great, worked flawlessly, great to have it in pocket when we landed. I didn't calculate the value of the pass versus our actual metro usage, but we used the metro extensively and without hesitation.
The pick-up just hard to find. Booking not available. The turbo pass is unknown in Paris. No one could tell us where the pickup center is. No telephone service advisor to get. Only answering machine. No Hop & Top read too late. The pass for a family with two children is not worth it. Way too expensive. Not again!!