Which Les Invalides ticket should you choose?
| Our pickLes Invalides: Napoleon’s Tomb & Army Museum Entry | Napoleon’s Tomb & Invalides Small-Group Guided Tour | Les Invalides & Napoleon’s Tomb Guided Tour | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Format | Self-guided | Guided, 8 people max | Guided, small group or private |
| Duration | All day | 1 hr 30 | 1 hr 45 to 2 hrs |
| Languages | Labels in French and English | English | French and English |
| The Dôme | Yes | Yes, narrated | Yes, narrated |
| Relief maps | Yes, if you go up | On your own afterwards | On your own afterwards |
| Two World Wars | Yes, if you have time | No | No |
| Meeting point | None | Café de l’Esplanade | La Tour-Maubourg |
| Book this → | View → | View → |
Three profiles, three answers
You are coming for half a day, alone or as a couple, and you like museums. The entry ticket and nothing else. You will go where you want, stand ten minutes in front of a suit of armour if it appeals, and go out for lunch and come back. This is the format I recommend most often.
You have ninety minutes and you want to understand. The small-group tour if English suits you, the skip-the-line tour if you prefer French. Either way, stay on afterwards: the tour ends, your access does not.
You are in Paris for Napoleon. The walk in his footsteps, which climbs the Place Vendôme and the Tuileries before reaching the Dôme, and the Paris Museum Pass if your week also takes in the Louvre and the Arc de Triomphe.
Most bookedLes Invalides: Napoleon’s Tomb & Army Museum Entry
8 people maximumNapoleon’s Tomb & Invalides Small-Group Guided Tour
Entry reservedLes Invalides & Napoleon’s Tomb Guided Tour
Imperial ParisNapoleon Walking Tour with Les Invalides & Tomb Entry
Invalides includedParis Museum Pass, 2, 4 or 6 consecutive days
400 metres awayRodin Museum Entry Ticket, museum and garden
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Frequently asked questions
Does one format open more than another?
Almost never. The difference is in the guiding and the duration, not in the spaces: see what the ticket opens.
Can you combine a guided tour and a self-guided visit?
Yes, and that is what I recommend: the guided tour in the morning, then the rest of the museum on your own straight afterwards.