The Eiffel tower is the symbol of Paris and the most visited objective from Paris with almost 6 million tourists every year and was built by the french architect Gustave Eiffel.
The Eiffel tower was built in 2 years, 2 months and 5 days has a height of 324 meters and weights almost 10.000 tones. The tower is built in the middle of a park called Champs de Mars and is closed to the river Seine.
The Eiffel Tower has 3 floors opened for visit that can be reached by elevator or by stairs (only the first floor – 1665 stairs).
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The first floor has a large platform housing restaurants, souvenir shops, a Gustave Eiffel room and a theatre that runs a documentary movie about the history of the tower
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The second floor is situated at 125 meters and has the Jules Verne restaurant
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The third floor can be reached only with panoramic elevators that offer an extraordinary view of the monument architecture. After 180 meters you reach the top of the Eiffel tower where you can see the office of Gustave Eiffel occupied by wax figures: the architect, his daughter Claire and the famous American inventor Thomas Edison. From the last floor you can admire the greatness of Paris: the Louvre museum, the business district of Defense with it’s new Arch, the Arch of Triumph, the Champs Elysees, the Seine. Also, the last floor there is an observation room with panels that indicate the distances to each country and it’s capital.
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stairs: from January to June and from September to December between 9:30 and 18:30 and from 9 to 00:45 in the summer
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elevators: from January to June and from September to December between 9:30 and 20:45 and from 9 to 00:45 in the summer
Tickets:
- Adults:
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4.50 euros – stair entrance to second floor
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8.10 euros – elevator entrance to second floor
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13.10 euros – elevator entrance to top floor
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3.50 euros – stair entrance to second floor
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6.40 euros – elevator entrance to second floor
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11.50 euros – elevator entrance to top floor
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3 euros – stair entrance to second floor
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4 euros – elevator entrance to second floor
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9 euros – elevator entrance to top floor
Getting there:
Subway:
- Line 6: get off at the station Bir-Hakeim or Dupleix
- Line 6 or 9: get off at Trocadero station
- Line 8: get off at the station Ecole militaire
RER trains: Line C Station Champ de Mars – Tour Eiffel
Bus: line 42, line 69, line 72, line 82, line 87
The Eiffel tower
