Seine River Cruise in Paris

100% recommend getting the audio guide for this. Made it so much more interesting. Allow for 4-5 hours if you’re wanting to look at everything, go first thing in the morning for it opening and head straight to see the Mona Lisa to beat the queue and get a good view. Book the river cruise for a different day to allow time to travel between the two destinations. Beautiful views from the river

We had a very smooth and enjoyable experience. The whole process from booking the tickets, to getting on the bus and cruise was very easy. I would just suggest that the stop next to the Arc de triomphe needs to be a bit more obvious because there is construction and it was not easy to find. All the other stops were easy to locate.

I went on the early dinner cruise. The boat was beautiful and the wait staff excellent. I paid for the premium seating. Because of the early time, the sun was brutal at the front of the boat, necessitating sunglasses. Also, read the menu before booking to make sure you like the options. Lastly, do not expect to be told what any landmarks are…this is a dinner cruise, not a tour.

Our guide Victoria met us on time and was friendly, knowledgeable and helpful throughout the trip. Bear in mind timings if you have other activities booked. Our meeting time was 12.30 but we didn't get on the lift until 1.10 then there was a long queue for the summit. We didn't need to rush though as despite the app saying about strict entry times for the Louvre visit, nobody seemed bothered when we got there. The Louvre is huge and you need a lot of time to fully appreciate it, long queue for Mona Lisa. We did the cruise at night and again there was a long queue but it was well worth seeing the tower lit up at night as it is spectacular!

Decided to try a different type of Paris cruise and chose one leaving from Parc de Villette down the canal, into the Seine around the Bastille and finishing at Musée D’Orsay. Going through the numerous locks and underground tunnel was very interesting. The scenery in the Seine always a treat. The boat commentator was knowledgeable and shared some fun stories.

The Arc, I thought held the best view of the city compared to all the other high points we visited during our trip, a must see. The boat cruise was great, quite relaxing, gives a different vantage point of certain sights and of the cities bridges you can only see from there.

A fantastic way to see most of the main sight seeing points in and around Paris. Easy to find the pick up point, we arrived 20 mins before the time we wanted to board. (Wanted to board at 3.30pm so arrived at 3.20pm) this allowed us to now have to joined a long queue which made it a better experience too. Well organised, well worth the money and perfect for all ages. Would 100% recommend to do it as part of your Paris trip.

We enjoyed the 2nd floor Eiffel Tower visit in the morning but weather overcast so bought evening tickets for visit to summit. Well worth extra as weather brilliant. We then took the Bateaux Parisienne for Seine round trip. This is good way to see all central Paris from the Seine. Only drawback was we sat down below as top deck full of VERY NOISY school children. So not such a good view! The third part of combined ticket was the Hop-on Hop-off Big Bus. Very crowded and probably would not meet UK health and safety standards. We were allowed on to the bus and went to top deck. It was already full with people standing and we had no time to retrace our steps and get off before driver pull away! We remained standing most of journey. It is a good way to see the Central Paris landmarks but not STANDING!