Skip the tour and stand in line for public access tickets. Tickets to access the top floor are only 28 euro vs paying $70 plus for a tour. We booked the 9a slot, but the Eiffel Tower doesn't open until 9:30a so we stood for 30 minutes in line in the cold. The tour had 100 people in the group and there are supposed to be 2-3 tour guides for a group that size, but we only had 1 tour guide. Once the tour started there was not enough room on the elevator for our entire group, so we were left behind and once the elevator returned for us the tour guide and the rest of the group were nowhere to be found. We never experienced the actual tour part and were left to our own devices. Don't get me wrong the Eiffel Tower is beautiful but for the experience we received I could have saved $40 bucks.
This tour was great! I highly recommend to anyone looking for a quick early tour of the Eiffel Tower.
The tour giluide was extremely friendly and knowledgeable. I would recommend if it's your first visit to Paris.
Pros: our tour guide was super sweet and nice. Cons: 1) We were supposed to go to the top but the government closed it to the public for renovations and we only found out about it upon arrival. Could’ve notified us in advance and automatically refunded us 2) while super helpful to get us to the tower, through security, and up into it, there wasn’t much content or purpose once up there. I’d have loved a guide who is point out spots around Paris we can see etc
Our guide was very organized, funny, and shared a lot of good information. People should remember that it is windy, bring a coat!