Cluster · Paris
Louvre, Tuileries & Musée d'Orsay
Museum morning: book a timed slot, enter at opening, leave at lunch; the Tuileries garden is the rest stop between the Louvre and the Orsay.
28″ bags
forbidden
Time budget
half
Rescue coverage
100% ≤7′
max p90 4.7′
Places
2
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- France ↗France is in the Schengen area. Check the entry rules for your passport on official sources; the EU's Entry/Exit System registers non-EU visitors' fingerprints and photo at the first Schengen border, and further pre-travel authorisation rules are being introduced.
- France ↗TGV (including the low-cost Ouigo) and Intercités night trains need a seat reservation: a rail pass alone does not let you board.
- France ↗Paris, Lyon and other large cities run low-emission zones that require a Crit'Air sticker on cars; check before you drive a hire car or your own car into a city.
- France ↗Carry your passport or national ID card: police can ask for identification, and hotels register foreign guests.
- Paris ↗The Louvre, Sainte-Chapelle, the Eiffel Tower and most monuments refuse suitcases and large bags at security and have no reliable storage: leave big bags at the hotel and carry a day bag.
- Paris ↗The Louvre, Musée d'Orsay, Sainte-Chapelle and the Eiffel Tower sell timed entry: book the slot on the official site before you go, and remember that the Louvre closes on Tuesdays and the Musée d'Orsay on Mondays.
Map to the centre
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Bound and physics
The Louvre courtyard and Palais-Royal, west along the Tuileries garden, south across the river to the Orsay.
- Slope
- flat
- Stairs
- Museum stairs; lifts
- Shade
- medium
- Surface
- gravel garden paths and paved streets
- Sleep here or visit
- visit
Eat and drink here
A café under the Louvre arcades overlooking the pyramid: coffee or lunch after a morning inside the museum.
Rescue anchors
A — Louvre Pyramid courtyard (Cour Napoléon)
seated_rest · valid: always
B — Tuileries garden pond chairs
seated_rest · valid: always
C — Palais-Royal gardens (benches, cafés)
seated_rest · food · valid: always
D — north-west of the cluster: café or bench (field-verify)
seated_rest · food · valid: always
E — north of the cluster: café or bench (field-verify)
seated_rest · food · valid: always
F — north-east of the cluster: café or bench (field-verify)
seated_rest · food · valid: always
G — west of the cluster: café or bench (field-verify)
seated_rest · food · valid: always
H — centre of the cluster: café or bench (field-verify)
seated_rest · toilet · food · valid: always
I — east of the cluster: café or bench (field-verify)
seated_rest · food · valid: always
J — south-west of the cluster: café or bench (field-verify)
seated_rest · food · valid: always
K — south of the cluster: café or bench (field-verify)
seated_rest · food · valid: always
L — south-east of the cluster: café or bench (field-verify)
seated_rest · food · valid: always
always: 100% covered, max p90 4.7′, worst cell 4.7′ · heat: 100%
Nodes in this cluster
- Book a timed slot, go in at opening and choose two or three wings: the Mona Lisa room is a crush after 10:30; the museum is closed on Tuesdays.
- Impressionists in a former railway station: plan 90–120 minutes with a timed ticket; closed on Mondays.
Edges out
| To | How | p50 | Climb |
|---|---|---|---|
| Le Marais | Metro line 1 | ~16 min | flat |
| Île de la Cité & Latin Quarter | Walk east along the quays | ~20 min | flat |
| Eiffel Tower & Trocadéro | Metro or RER C | ~25 min | flat |
Red lines here
- Bags: suitcases and large bags are refused at the museum door; there is no reliable left-luggage.
Around this cluster
Straight-line distance; walk time adds 30% for streets.