Paris: Moulin Rouge Show & Seine River Cruise with Champagne

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Duration4h

GroupUp to 40

Mobile ticketAccepted

Moulin Rouge at 10:30pm, then a Seine cruise ticket you use later

You attend the Moulin Rouge's second show at 10:30pm with a glass of champagne included, watch the Féerie cabaret with its famous dancers and elaborate sets, then get dropped near your hotel in central Paris. Your Seine River cruise ticket comes with the package but you use it anytime within six months — one hour with recorded commentary in multiple languages, earphones included, departing from the Eiffel Tower.

Step-by-step itinerary

Moulin Rouge show and Paris sightseeing

Arrive at Moulin Rouge around 10:30pm
Enjoy Feerie show with Champagne
Drop off near hotel by taxi
Pass by Orsay and Louvre museums
See Grand and Petit Palais roofs
View Notre Dame Cathedral
Pass by Conciergerie
Travel along River Seine with audio guide
See Impressionist art collections
Pass by Mona Lisa at Louvre
View Statue of Liberty replica
Return cruise to Eiffel Tower
Take photos of Eiffel Tower
Travel by coach to Pigalle area

The Experience

So you're standing outside the Moulin Rouge ticket office around 10:30pm, and the whole thing is happening — the dancers in their rhinestone costumes, the cancan, the stage sets that feel like they've been perfected over a hundred years because they have. You get a glass of champagne (or half a bottle if you pick that option) and you're just watching it unfold. The show is called Féerie, and it's the second performance of the night, which means the energy is still there but you're not fighting the early crowd. The decorations are sumptuous — that's the word they use, and it actually fits. After the show ends, you get dropped off near your hotel or wherever makes sense — Opéra, Champs Élysées, Montparnasse, Eiffel Tower area, Bastille — basically central Paris.

Here's the thing that makes this different: you also get a ticket for a one-hour Seine River cruise, but you don't have to use it that night. It's valid for six months after the show, so you can come back on a morning when you're actually awake and want to float past Notre-Dame, the Louvre, Pont Alexandre III, all of it with a recorded audio guide in 14 languages. The cruise starts and ends at the Eiffel Tower, and you get personal earphones so you're not straining to hear over the water and the other tourists. It's the kind of thing that sounds like a nice add-on but actually saves you the hassle of booking it separately later.

The dress code is elegant but not stuffy — no shorts, no sportswear, no trainers, but you don't need a tie or jacket. Kids under 6 can't go, and anyone under 18 needs an adult with them. You'll meet your guide outside the ticket office (not inside — they won't have your tickets in there), and from there it's just showing up and letting the evening happen.

What’s included

Entry to the Moulin Rouge cabaret show Féerie (second performance at 10:30pm), a glass or half-bottle of champagne depending on your option, a one-hour Seine River cruise ticket valid for 6 months with recorded audio guide in 14 languages and personal earphones, and drop-off in central Paris near your hotel or in the Opéra, Champs Élysées, Montparnasse, Eiffel Tower, or Bastille areas.

Good to know

Moderate physical levelPublic transport nearby

Operated by Extime Travel

Is this one for you?Right for anyone who wants the Moulin Rouge experience without arranging transport or timing a separate Seine cruise — the show happens at a set time, the cruise ticket gives you flexibility to explore the river later on your own schedule, and the drop-off near your hotel saves the negotiation with a taxi at night.