Louvre Museum Family Tour Paris: Skip Crowds, See Masterpieces

Walk past the line and let your kids lead you to the paintings they want to see.

A private Louvre tour in Paris's 1st Arrondissement designed for families, led by a guide trained to work with children and armed with prebooked tickets so you skip the entrance queue. You choose between a two-hour or three-hour route tailored to your children's ages and interests, seeing masterpieces like the Mona Lisa, Winged Victory of Samothrace, and Venus de Milo without navigating the building's corridors alone. The guide speaks English or French and holds a Blue Badge credential in art history.

Step-by-step itinerary

Private family tour of the Louvre

• Meet guide outside the Louvre
• Learn about Louvre history and architecture
• Enter museum with prebooked tickets
• Explore artworks with guide
• See Mona Lisa and other masterpieces
• Tailor tour length and sights to family

The experience

You arrive at the Louvre's entrance with prebooked tickets already in hand: no queue, no "are we in the right line" moment. Your private guide meets you outside and walks you through the building's history before you step in: it was built in the 12th century as a fortress and palace, and it shows. That context matters when your kids are about to spend the next two or three hours inside it, and it's the kind of detail a guide trained to work with families knows to lead with.

Once inside, the guide steers you toward the works that hold children's attention: Géricault, Michelangelo, da Vinci's Mona Lisa, the Winged Victory of Samothrace, Venus de Milo. You might also see the Crown Jewels or the Napoleon III Apartments, depending on what your family wants to linger on and what's accessible that day. The route is yours to shape: you decide how long you stay (two hours or three), what you prioritize, and whether your youngest needs to sit down for ten minutes. The guide keeps the facts interesting (the kind that make kids actually remember what they saw), and steers you away from the dead ends and the bottleneck galleries where tour groups pile up.

The museum is fully accessible: strollers and prams work throughout, and all surfaces are wheelchair accessible. Children under 18 get free admission with valid ID, and EEA residents under 26 enter free with proof of residency. Security checks happen at the entrance, so budget a few extra minutes there. The guide is a professional art historian, which means the tour works for adults too. You're not sitting through simplified versions of the story, just a version told in a way that lands with kids in the room.

What’s included

• Prebooked Louvre entry tickets (€22 per adult.
• children under 18 enter free with valid ID).
• private guide trained in working with children.
• Blue Badge art historian guide.
• English or French language tour.
• tailored route based on your family's interests and your children's ages.
• two-hour or three-hour duration at your choice.

Options for this experience

2 options

2-Hour TourUp to 6 per booking · Guide in English or French · 09:00, 10:30, 13:00 and 14:00A 2-hour guided Louvre tour for families of up to 6 people. Entrance fees and a specialized guide are included; departures at 9:00 am or 2:00 pm.

3-Hour TourUp to 5 per booking · Guide in English or French · 09:00, 10:30, 13:00 and 14:00A 3-hour guided Louvre tour for families of up to 6 people. Entrance fees and a specialized guide are included; departures at 9:00 am or 2:00 pm.

You'll see the exact price of each option when you check availability.See dates and prices

Information

Lasts 2h–3h, runs every day except Tuesday, 4 start times, from € 209 per person, with a live guide in English and French, as a private tour and with free cancellation up to 24 h before.

Days and timesEvery day except TuesdayDepartures at 09:00, 10:30, 13:00 and 14:002 on other days ›

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AgesAdult (18 and older) · Child (6 to 17 years) · Infant (under 6): free

GroupPrivate

Live guideEnglish and French

Meeting point and pickupNo hotel pickup: you go to the meeting point. Ends at a different place from where it starts.

Cancellation and refundsFree cancellation up to 24 h before the start. After that, no refund.It may be canceled if the minimum number of travelers isn't reached. If that happens, you're offered another date or a refund.

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Good to know

Low physical effortWheelchair accessibleAccessible transportStroller-friendlyPublic transport nearby

Operated by Raphael Tours & Events

Is this one for you?Book the two-hour tour if your children are under eight or tire quickly in museums. The three-hour option suits families with older kids or those who want to sit with a few paintings instead of moving through the building. Either way, a private guide means you're not herding your family through a group of thirty, and prebooked tickets mean the morning doesn't disappear in a queue.

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Top questions

What languages is the tour guided in?

Live guide in English and French.

Can children come?

Yes. Ticket types: Child (6 to 17 years); Infant (under 6): free.

Can I bring a stroller or pram into the Louvre on this tour?

Yes, infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller throughout the museum. All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible, so you can move freely without worrying about stairs or narrow passages.

What's the difference between the two-hour and three-hour tour options?

Both tours cover the same masterpieces and follow the same route. The three-hour option gives your family more time to linger at paintings your children connect with and to rest between galleries. You choose the length when you book based on your kids' ages and attention span.

Will we actually see the Mona Lisa, or will it be too crowded?

The Mona Lisa is on the tour route, and your private guide knows the best times and angles to see it without fighting through crowds. Because you have prebooked tickets and a guide leading the way, you avoid the worst of the queue-and-shuffle experience most visitors face.

What's not included in this tour that I should know about?

The tour includes the guide, prebooked entry tickets, and the route itself. Hotel pickup and drop-off, food and drinks, and gratuities are not included, so plan your own transport to the Louvre and bring snacks if your kids will need them during the visit.