Eiffel Tower, Paris
Eiffel Tower: “The guardian of Paris in golden apparel.”
Address: Tour Eiffel, Champ de Mars, 75007 Paris, 7th Arrondissement
WWW: Eiffel Tower
Phone: 33 (01) 44 11 23 23
Opening Hours:
January 1 – June 14: 9:30am to 11:45pm
June 15 – September 1: 9:00am to 12:45pm
September 2 – December 31: 9:30am to 11:45pm
Tickets:
Elevator – Adult/Child 12+: 1st floor 4.50EUR, 2nd floor 7.80EUR, Top 11.50EUR;
Children 3-11 1st floor 2.30EUR, 2nd floor 4.30EUR, Top 6.30EUR
Stairs – 25+ years: 4.00EUR; 25- years: 3.10EUR
Open every day of the year, the Eiffel Tower brings in almost 7 million visitors each year and has had nearly 230 million visitors pass through since it opened in 1889. The iron monster sits on a base that is 125 x 125 meters and stands 324 meters tall. You can arrange for a tour guide to take you through the levels or you can browse each on your own. The ground floor features souvenir shops, statues and a bank with an ATM. The first floor has an array of shopping, exhibitions and displays along with a new terrace next to restaurant Altitude 95. There is even a post office on this level from which you can mail a postcard to loved ones right from the tower. As you move upward, the second floor has a specialty foods store which features delights from different shops around Paris, Eiffel Tower construction widow displays which tell the story of the tower, souvenir shops, internet stations and sought after seating in the restaurant Le Jules Verne. At the tip top you can reminisce what construction was like in a replicated office of Gustave Eiffel as well as other engineering offices. Not to be outdone by any other feature, the top level also features sweeping panoramic views of Paris.
Getting to the Eiffel Tower
There are several metros and stations that can get you to the Eiffel Tower. Metro line 6 Bir-Hakeim or Trocadero as well as line 8 Ecole Militaire are all recommended. You will get off at station Champ de Mars, Tour Eiffel.
Here is a short guide to hotels near the Eiffel Tower, Paris.
There are only 3 and 4 star hotels in the location around the Eiffel Tower, one of which is the Hotel de Suede Saint Germain. Suede Saint Germain is walking distance to Saint Germain Boulevard, D’Orsay Museum and many Left bank stores and gardens. There are scenic views if tranquil gardens and parks at this quiet 3 star hotel. Although there is no restaurant there is a daily breakfast buffet and a bar that opens in the evenings. For 109EUR per night, you can’t beat the views for the price.
At 141EUR per evening, Hotel Duquesne Eiffel is right next to the tower as its name might suggest. It is also close to the famous Champs Elysees, Swiss Village and Place de la Concorde. There is a bar and breakfast buffet at this quaint Parisian 3 star hotel and many wonderful restaurants are close by to tingle your tastebuds.
The Hotel Le Wal Paris is just footsteps from the base of the Eiffel Tower as well as shopping and boutiques and the rue Cler market. There is no restaurant at Le Wal but there is a buffet or continental breakfast each morning and a tea lounge which becomes a bar in the evening hours. The beautiful and sophisticated interior is done in rich brown tones complete with wooden floors. Le Wal is pleasing on the eye and the wallet (for a 4 star stay anyway) at 195EUR per night.
