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7 Museum Visits Worth Flying For

7 tours  ·  from $21 a head

Good museum visits fill up weeks ahead and the great ones go first. Below: the 7 to book early, what each includes and how they differ.

Paris: Louvre Museum Entry Ticket With Host and River Cruise - Planning your route through the Louvre
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Paris: Louvre Museum Entry Ticket With Host and River Cruise

1.Louvre Museum Entry Ticket With Host and River Cruise

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 9,926 reviews · 1 day · from $100Our pick

Meet an English-speaking host at Benlux on Rue de Rivoli, enter the Louvre at your scheduled time, and see the Mona Lisa, Venus de Milo, and three vast museum wings at your own pace. Later, take a one-hour Seine cruise with multilingual audio commentary. The cruise is self-guided, not a guided tour.

“It was perfect, this museum is huge and has so much to see! And the cruise was nice.”

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Louvre Museum and Seine River Cruise Tickets by e-mail - The Louvre route: ancient sculpture first
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Louvre Museum and Seine River Cruise Tickets by e-mail

2.Louvre Museum and Seine River Cruise Tickets by e-mail

★★★★★★★★★★3.0 · 1,315 reviews · from $57

You’ll visit the Louvre independently with an assigned entry time, an audio-guide app or ticket package that may vary, and time for icons such as the Mona Lisa and Venus de Milo. A one-hour Seine cruise is also included, usable on another day within six months.

“We booked the tickets a day ago, but Viator suddenly canceled them while we were already on our way to the museum. As a result, we had to purchase a more expensive option that included a river cruise we had already done. This last-minute cancellation disrupted our plans and forced us to adjust our schedule at an additional cost. Very frustrating.”

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Louvre Museum Ticket & Optional Seine River Cruise - Inside the Louvre: begin with a plan
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Louvre Museum Ticket & Optional Seine River Cruise

3.Louvre Museum Ticket & Optional Seine River Cruise

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 1,169 reviews · from $25

Prebook timed Louvre admission, receive a QR code by email or WhatsApp the day before, and explore without a guide. Add a one-hour Seine cruise from the Eiffel Tower, usable on the same day or another date during your stay.

“Only thing is that none of the worker knew about the swine river cruise after the museum. I wasn’t able to do that part unfortunately.”

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Berlin: East Side Gallery Spree Cruise in a Solar Catamaran - Under Oberbaumbrücke and Into Berlin’s East
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Berlin: East Side Gallery Spree Cruise in a Solar Catamaran

4.East Side Gallery Spree Cruise in a Solar Catamaran

★★★★★★★★★★4.1 · 1,086 reviews · 2 hours · from $28

Spend two hours on a solar-powered catamaran from Jannowitzbrücke to Treptow Park and back. You’ll see the East Side Gallery from the water, pass Oberbaumbrücke, spot Kater Blau and houseboats, and hear an English audio guide while the German crew handles the cruise.

“Amazing boat, new and everywhere very clean, the traject was also very nice ! We loved it!”

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Paris: Grèvin Wax Museum and Seine River Cruise Tickets - Allow Enough Time Before the Seine Cruise
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Paris: Grèvin Wax Museum and Seine River Cruise Tickets

5.Grèvin Wax Museum and Seine River Cruise Tickets

★★★★★★★★★★4.4 · 282 reviews · 1 day · from $47

Spend one day visiting Paris’s Grévin Wax Museum, home to more than 200 figures from film, music, television, and history, then take a Bateaux Parisiens cruise past the Eiffel Tower, Louvre, Orsay Museum, Les Invalides, and Notre-Dame.

“Musée grevin jolie mais pas ouf et je n’ai pas su faire la Seine avec l’attente du musée grevin etc. Et je n’ai pas pu être remboursé.”

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Paris: Picasso Museum Ticket & Optional Seine River Cruise - A complete record of Picasso’s working life
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Paris: Picasso Museum Ticket & Optional Seine River Cruise

Best of the best Giza Pyramids, Nile Sphinx, Museum,Bazzar,Camel - Giza Pyramids: the day’s main event
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Best of the best Giza Pyramids, Nile Sphinx, Museum,Bazzar,Camel

7.Best of the best Giza Pyramids, Nile Sphinx, Museum,Bazzar,Camel

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 253 reviews · from $22

This private Cairo day pairs the Giza Pyramids, Sphinx, a 30-minute camel ride, Nile photo stop, Egyptian Museum, lunch, and Khan Al-Khalili. An Egyptologist guide such as Sayed Mohamed, Nabil Sefain, or Mohamed El Wazir leads the visit, with hotel pickup and drop-off included.

“The private tour is very complete. It is worth taking a day just for that. Everything wonderful, from the pyramids to the museum, the market, the camel ride, all very well coordinated. The package came with a guide to accompany us but we ended up gaining a friend. Our Read more”

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