Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
The main entrance and ticket windows in the Cour Napoléon are covered by the 21m-
high Pyramide du Louvre, a glass pyramid designed by the Chinese-born American archi-
tect IM Pei. Buy your tickets in advance from the ticket machines in the Carrousel du
Louvre or from the billetteries (ticket offices) of Fnac or Virgin Megastores ( Click here )
for an extra €1 to €1.60, and walk straight in without queuing. Tickets are valid for the
whole day, so you can come and go as you please.
English-language guided tours lasting 1½ hours depart from the area under the
Grande Pyramide, marked Acceuil des Groupes (Groups Reception), at 11am, 2pm and
(sometimes) 3.45pm Monday and Wednesday to Saturday. Tickets cost €5 in addition to
the cost of admission.
NEED TO KNOW
( Offline map www.louvre.fr ; permanent collections/permanent collections & tem-
porary exhibitions €9.50/14, after 6pm Wed & Fri €6/12;
9am-6pm Mon, Thu,
Sat & Sun, 9am-10pm Wed & Fri;
Palais Royal-Musée du Louvre) ; guided tours (
01 40 20 52 63)
PLACE DE LA CONCORDE
Offline map Google map
City Square
( Concorde) The 3300-year-old pink granite obelisk with the gilded top in the
middle of Place de la Concorde once stood in the Temple of Ramses at Thebes
(today's Luxor) and was given to France in 1831 by Muhammad Ali, viceroy and
pasha of Egypt.
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