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- How to tour the Louvre - Rick Steves Travel Forum
The Louvre's collection is closely related to the Mobilier National, a French institution responsible for the state's furniture and textile collection The Mobilier National was reorganized by Louis XIV and Colbert and provides furnishings for various state buildings, including presidential residences and embassies
- Louvre Guide tours vs self guided visit - Rick Steves
For a Louvre guided tour, you buy your ticket in a separate area once you are under the pyramid Go where it says Accueil des Groupes The ticket counter is in there and that is where your tour group meets up for the visit Oh, and there's a toilet back there
- Louvre without a guide? - Rick Steves Travel Forum
I have visited the Louvre at least three times at without a guide I found the information desk to be quite helpful I noticed they had a map brochure of the more popular works that many want to see Or use the tour in the RS guidebook, but just go to the parts of the museum that interest you and your sons Also, look beyond that Louvre is a museum It is a former palace so note the
- Louvre audioguide--worth it? Strategies? - Rick Steves
Wondering if the Louvre audioguide is an efficient planning strategy What are the options available on the audioguide--i e is there a highlights tour? (When we were at the Prado in Spain, the highlights tour was an option and it GREATLY helped me navigate and not go crazy)
- Paris: The Louvre - Pro-Tips? - Rick Steves Travel Forum
Hello Paris Afficionados, We’ve got tickets to visit the Louvre tomorrow morning I could’ve sworn that I had saved some helpful tips to review prior to our visit
- Louvre closed. - Rick Steves Travel Forum
The Louvre definitely needs a remake, as the Pyramid can no longer handle the masses, as the main gateway (Rodin's Gates of Hell, comes to mind nowadays) I went in late April, and am thankful I did Avoided the Mona Lisa, as it was never an attractive artwork for me (Da Vinci's best portrait painting, imho, is Lady with an Ermine, in Krakow
- visiting the Louvre - Rick Steves Travel Forum
There is a wealth of information on the Louvre website - just Google it It gives good information for making the best use of your time If you have a Paris Museum Pass, you can enter the museum as many times as you want, and I think a single ticket allows multiple entries on the same day There are several dining options in the museum, so you can spend 3 hours, have lunch, rest your feet, and
- Multiple days at the Louvre - Rick Steves Travel Forum
It's worth mentioning that the Louvre membership also confers discounts at quite a number of other museums in Paris, the region, elsewhere in France and even some in other countries
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