Paris bus tours are a popular way for visitors to see the major sights in Paris. Like their river counterparts the bateaux mouches, Paris bus tours take a fixed route through the city’s streets and have an open top to facilitate seeing all that the city has to offer.
Paris bus tours are run by L’Open Tour and operate on a hop on, hop off basis. There are four different bus routes you can take through the city, all of which last for different amounts of time and visit different attractions.
You can change from one bus tour route to another at any of the connection points. Buses run every 10 to 30 minutes every day of the year.
You can buy your Paris bus tour tickets online for a discount or on the bus when you arrive in France.
The Paris bus tour routes are as follows:
Paris Grand Bus Tour
The Paris Grand Tour is the most comprehensive of the Paris bus tours. It covers sights as diverse as the Eiffel Tower, the Arc de Triomphe, the Champs Elysees, the Place de la Concorde, La Madelene, the Opera Garnier, the Louvre, the Notre Dame, the Musee D’Orsay, and Invalides.
Montparnasse and Saint Germain Bus Tour
The Montparnasse and Saint Germain bus tour of Paris explores the Left Bank of the city. The bus tour covers sights such as the Petit Pont, the Jardin du Luxembourg, the Observatory, the Cimetiere du Montparnasse, Invalides, Saint Germain, the Latin Quarter, and the Notre Dame.
Montmartre and the Grands Boulevards Bus Tour
The Montmartre and the Grands Boulevards bus tour covers the Right Bank of Paris north of the Louvre. This bus tour explores sights such as the Grands Magasins, Montmartre, Gare du Nord, Gare de l’Est, Republique, Bonne-Nouvelle, and La Madelene.
Bastille to Bercy Bus Tour
The Bastille to Bercy bus tour takes a route that runs along both sides of the Seine to the east of the Notre Dame. The bus tour covers such sights as the Notre Dame, the Petit Pont, the Bastille, the Gare de Lyon, the Gare d’Austerlitz, the Bibliotheque Nationale de France, the Place des Vosges, and the Hotel de Ville.
