--- title: "Eiffel Tower Tours and Tickets: Compare 8 Options" date: 2026-09-21 canonical: https://tickettowereiffel.com/tours/ --- # Eiffel Tower Tours and Tickets Compared Eight Eiffel Tower tours and tickets are compared here, priced from **EUR 18 to EUR 130 per person** and sorted into three groups: tower tickets, guided visits, and cruise and dining. I ordered them by how close each one sits to the tower itself. Tower tickets come first because they are plain entry, with the summit either included or sold as an option. Guided visits add a live guide and, on one listing, a 704 step climb. Cruise and dining bookings come last, since they build an outing around the tower and do not replace a ticket up it. ## Which tower ticket gets you to the summit? Only one of the three includes the summit in the base fare. **Eiffel Tower Elevator Tickets: Second Floor and Summit Access** costs EUR 79 and includes unlimited time inside the tower, though the guide leaves after the second floor. **Eiffel Tower Tickets with Audioguide and Optional Cruise** is also EUR 79, but the summit is an option chosen at checkout and the audioguide is a downloadable app. **Eiffel Tower Second Floor and Summit Tickets with a Guide** is EUR 52, with a guide and the summit as an option. I would pay the extra for the elevator ticket only if the summit is the whole point of your trip. - [Eiffel Tower Second Floor and Summit Tickets with a Guide](https://tickettowereiffel.com/tours/eiffel-tower-second-floor-summit-tickets/): From 52 EUR per person (Prices checked 2026-09-21, prices may vary) · Best for: First visit with a short guided intro - [Eiffel Tower Tickets with Audioguide and Optional Cruise](https://tickettowereiffel.com/tours/eiffel-tower-audioguide-tickets/): From 79 EUR per person (Prices checked 2026-09-21, prices may vary) · Best for: Self-paced visit with an audioguide app - [Eiffel Tower Elevator Tickets: Second Floor and Summit Access](https://tickettowereiffel.com/tours/eiffel-tower-elevator-summit-tickets/): From 79 EUR per person (Prices checked 2026-09-21, prices may vary) · Best for: Second floor and summit in one ticket ## Should you take the guided lift or the guided climb? The two guided visits are the cheapest ways into the tower on this page, at EUR 30 and EUR 32, and they differ in how you go up. **Eiffel Tower Guided Tour Tickets: Summit or 2nd Floor, Optional Seine Cruise** costs EUR 30, uses the elevator with a live guide, and lets you pick the second floor alone or the second floor plus summit. **Eiffel Tower Stairs Climb Tickets to Level 2 with Summit Option** costs EUR 32 and climbs 704 steps in a group of 20 or fewer, without priority access. I would book the elevator version unless the climb is exactly what you want. - [Eiffel Tower Guided Tour Tickets: Summit or 2nd Floor, Optional Seine Cruise](https://tickettowereiffel.com/tours/eiffel-tower-guided-tour-tickets/): From 30 EUR per person (Prices checked 2026-09-21, prices may vary) · Best for: Low entry price, guided, add-ons optional - [Eiffel Tower Stairs Climb Tickets to Level 2 with Summit Option](https://tickettowereiffel.com/tours/eiffel-tower-stairs-climb-tickets/): From 32 EUR per person (Prices checked 2026-09-21, prices may vary) · Best for: Fit visitors who want to earn the view ## Is a cruise or a dinner worth adding to a tower visit? Three bookings here build an evening around the tower, and they span the full price range. **Eiffel Tower Seine River Cruise Tickets: 1-Hour Cruise from the Tower** costs EUR 18, the lowest fare on the page, with commentary in an app offered in 11 languages. **Eiffel Tower Tickets and Seine River Cruise Combo** costs EUR 69 and pairs first and second floor entry with the 1-hour cruise. **Eiffel Tower Dinner Tickets: Gustave Menu at Madame Brasserie** costs EUR 130 for a 3-course dinner with drinks and a first floor lift ticket. I would book the dinner as an evening out, not as a way up. - [Eiffel Tower Dinner Tickets: Gustave Menu at Madame Brasserie](https://tickettowereiffel.com/tours/eiffel-tower-dinner-tickets/): From 130 EUR per person (Prices checked 2026-09-21, prices may vary) · Best for: Special dinner on the first floor - [Eiffel Tower Seine River Cruise Tickets: 1-Hour Cruise from the Tower](https://tickettowereiffel.com/tours/eiffel-tower-seine-cruise-tickets/): From 18 EUR per person (Prices checked 2026-09-21, prices may vary) · Best for: Cheap river cruise right at the tower - [Eiffel Tower Tickets and Seine River Cruise Combo](https://tickettowereiffel.com/tours/eiffel-tower-tickets-seine-cruise/): From 69 EUR per person (Prices checked 2026-09-21, prices may vary) · Best for: Tower and river cruise in one booking ## How do these 8 Eiffel Tower tickets compare? The table sorts them by what actually separates the bookings: the price per person, who each one suits, and how you reach the upper levels. Prices are the lowest published adult fare on 2026-09-21, per person. That base fare is the starting point, because several listings sell the summit or the cruise as an option you pick at checkout. Three things decide most choices: elevator or stairs, summit included or optional, and a live guide or an app. The elevator ticket and the combo both state unlimited time inside the tower. ## What does an Eiffel Tower ticket include, and what never comes with it? Each fare buys entry to the levels named on the listing, and nothing beyond them. The dinner ticket reaches the first floor only, and its listing states that a lift ticket to the second or third floor is not included. The elevator ticket is the one that names the summit in its base inclusions. Food and drink are excluded on the elevator, guided, combo, cruise and audioguide listings, and only the dinner includes a meal. Transport to the tower is excluded wherever the listing mentions it, and tips are optional on the guided ones. ## How do you choose by the days you have in Paris? Start with how many days you can give the tower, then add extras one at a time. On a single day I would take the EUR 30 guided tour, keep the summit as an add-on only if the sky is clear, and skip the cruise. On two days, book one tower ticket and put the EUR 18 Seine cruise on the second evening, so the tower and the river do not compete for the same hours. From three days, the EUR 130 dinner becomes a sensible evening plan, because it does not use your sightseeing time. ## How does booking work on GetYourGuide? Every listing here completes on GetYourGuide, which resells these operators' tickets. This site is independent, is not the operator or the official box office, and earns a commission when you book through it. You choose a date and any options, pay on GetYourGuide, and receive your confirmation there. The price, the ticket type and the cancellation terms are shown on the checkout page before you pay, and those live terms are the ones that apply, not the figures on this page. ## FAQs ### Does the dinner ticket include the second or third floor? No. The Gustave Menu at Madame Brasserie includes a lift ticket to the first floor only, and the listing says a lift ticket to the second or third floor is not included. It covers a 3-course dinner and drinks. If you want the upper levels too, book a tower ticket separately. ### Does the guide stay with you all the way up the elevator ticket? No. On the EUR 79 elevator ticket the guide leaves after the second floor visit. You keep the ticket for the summit and for the first floor on your way down, and the listing states unlimited time inside the tower, so you can continue alone at your own pace. ### Which of these tickets include food or drink? Only the dinner. It includes a 3-course meal, a glass of Champagne, two glasses of wine or a beer or soft drink instead, plus filtered water and coffee or tea. The elevator, guided, combo, cruise and audioguide listings exclude food and drink, so budget separately. ### In how many languages is the cruise commentary offered? The standalone 1-hour cruise from the tower lists commentary through a smartphone app available in 11 languages. The combo works differently: its presentation is in English only, and it adds an audio guide app for the sightseeing cruise rather than a live host. ### Which tickets let me add a Seine cruise at checkout? The audioguide ticket, the second floor and summit ticket with a guide, the guided tour ticket and the stairs climb all list the cruise as an option you select. The combo includes it, and the standalone cruise is its own booking at EUR 18. ### Is the guided tour cruise option flexible in timing? Yes, on the guided tour tickets. If you select the cruise option, the listing states a Seine River cruise ticket with flexible timing, plus a multilingual audio guide on board. That lets you fit the boat around the tower slot instead of one fixed sequence. ### Is this site the official Eiffel Tower ticket office? No. This is an independent comparison site, not the operator and not the official box office. Booking completes on GetYourGuide, and this site earns a commission from it. Availability, prices and cancellation terms are whatever GetYourGuide shows you at checkout.