Bateaux Mouches 1-Hour Seine River Cruise or Cruise with Optional Champagne

Itinerary
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Pass By: Bateaux Mouches, Pont de l Alma 1 Port de la Conference, 75008 Paris France

Compagnie des Bateaux Mouches® is the leading provider of cruises on the river Seine. Take some time to explore Paris a little differently and uncover the historic heart of the city of lights whilst slipping down its most beautiful avenue. Commentated tour, lunch in a unique restaurant or romantic dinner, there’s a cruise for everyone...

Pass By: Seine River, 75001 Paris France

Seeing Paris by boat gives you a different perspective, enabling you to take in the historic heart of the capital in a new way, from a different angle. Compagnie des Bateaux Mouches® invites you to hop on board one of its 6 passenger-boats for a fantastic commentated trip down the Seine. Boat tours depart daily, running in both the daytime and evening.

Pass By: Bateaux-Mouches, Port de la Conférence, 75008 Paris, France

Located at the foot of the Zouave statue at Paris’ Pont de l’Alma bridge, Bateaux Mouches takes its name from the Mouche neighbourhood in Lyon.

Pass By: Place de la Concorde, 75008 Paris France

A royal square designed by architect Gabriel in the 18th century. In 1792, this square was home to a guillotine that took thousands of victims’ lives. In 1836, King Louis Philippe installed the obelisk, a gift from Egypt.

Pass By: Louvre Museum, 99 rue de Rivoli, 75001 Paris France

Constructed as a stronghold in the 13th century, it went on to become the French royal residence and was transformed into a museum in 1793. Today, it displays over 35,000 words of art (Mona Lisa, Venus de Milo...).

Since 1989, visitors enter through the glass pyramid, designed by architect Ieoh Ming Pei.


Pass By: Place de l'Hotel de Ville, 75004 Paris France

The neo-renaissance style Hôtel de Ville in Paris was rebuilt in the 19th century after being burnt down during the Commune rule of 1871. Today, it serves as the Paris City Hall.

Pass By: Conciergerie, 2 boulevard du Palais, 75001 Paris France

What remains of the palace of the first kings of France, the Conciergerie became a prison during the French Revolution.

Pass By: Ile de la Cite, 75001 Paris France

The ‘cradle’ of the city of Paris where its very first inhabitants (the Parisii) settled in the 3rd century BC.

Pass By: Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Paris, 6 Parvis Notre-Dame Place Jean-Paul II, 75004 Paris France

A jewel of Gothic architecture.

Beginning in 1163, construction wasn’t completed until 1350. It was celebrated by Victor Hugo in his famous novel, ‘The Hunchback of Notre-Dame’. We owe the restoration to architect Viollet-Le-Duc who undertook this project in the 19th century.


Pass By: Ile Saint-Louis, 44 rue Saint Louis en L Ile, 75004 Paris France

Formerly the île aux vaches (cow’s island), here you’ll find the most beautiful 16th and 17th century houses, constructed for the most part by architect Le Vau.

Pass By: Pont-Neuf, Ile de la Cite, 75001 Paris France

The oldest stone bridge in Paris, it was opened in 1606. At its centre, you can see the equestrian statue of King Henri IV, nicknamed Vert Galant (The Green Gallant) because of his many female conquests.

Pass By: Musee d'Orsay, 1 Rue De La Legion d'Honneur, 75007 Paris France

With its façade hinting at its past life as a railway station, constructed in 1900, it today serves as a museum displaying masterpieces of the 19th century, and more precisely, the work of the Impressionists.

Pass By: Esplanade des Invalides, 129 rue de Grenelle Les Invalides, 75007 Paris France

Recognisable by its dome adorned in fine gold, it was originally built as a hospital for the war wounded under the reign of Louis XIV. Today, it houses the tomb of Napoleon I and the Musée de l’Armée (Military Museum).

Pass By: Eiffel Tower, 5 Avenue Anatole France, 75007 Paris France

Nicknamed the ‘Iron Lady’, it was designed by engineer Gustave Eiffel for the 1889 World Exhibition. A genuine feat of engineering, she stands 324 metres high and weighs in at 10,000 tonnes.

Pass By: Palais de Chaillot, 1 Pl Trocadero Et du 11 Novembre, 75116 Paris France

Built for the 1937 World Exhibition, it houses various museums (the Naval Museum, the Museum of French Monuments, the Museum of Man...)