Photography is allowed-yes, even the copyrighted nighttime sparkling lights-and so is posting on social media. Visitors should immediately make their way up to the top level paid for and slowly descend from there. Estimate about 20 minutes to climb the stairs between levels there are no stairs between the second level and the top. Give yourself lots of time! Visitors going to the second level should give expect to spend 1.5 hours at the tower, while visitors with access to all levels should expect to stay about 2.5 hours. The tower is also closed on 14 July to prepare for Bastille Day fireworks, which start at 23h. As I encountered several times, the tower or certain floors may be closed due to inclement weather (wind, frost, etc.), crowding, or maintenance. The Eiffel Tower is open everyday from 9h30 to 23h45 (or 9h to 0h45 in the summer). Buy tickets in advance if you want to learn from my mistakes and not get denied the top level! But, if sold out, you can still try for day-of tickets by buying them on-site. You can buy up to nine tickets in one transaction otherwise use the group ticket office. Staircase tickets go on sale 14 days in advance.Ĭombination tickets-stairs to the second level and elevator access to the top-can only be purchased on-site. The cheapest (11,30€ for adults) are for stairs-only access to the second level via the south pillar. These tickets go on sale 60 days in advance. (Please note: access to the top level and stairs is not permitted for visitors with reduced mobility.) The most expensive tickets (28,30€ for adults) are for elevator access to the top level. Ticket prices vary depending on level access and stair or elevator use. Sways up to 9 centimetres (3.5 inches) in the windĥ0 workers redo 60 tons of paint every 7 years to prevent rustingĬhildren under 4 are free, and there are different price points for adults (25+), youth (12-24), and children (4-11), as well as disabled and military. New height of 330 metres (1083 feet), or about 81 storeys, with an upper platform at 276 metres (906 feet)Ĩ elevators, each averaging 8 minutes and 50 seconds to do a round-trip ![]() And the views from the top? Worth the 17-year wait. It remains one of the top landmarks in Europe, if not the world.Īnd then, that spring evening in the rain, I finally got a ticket to the upper platform! I guess other tourists were less willing to venture out in the inclement weather, but luckily for me, the clouds starting clearing by the time I made it to the second level. At the time, and for the next 41 years, it was the world’s tallest structure. Since the Industrial Revolution, iron had been used as a modern building material, but no one had constructed anything like the latticed wrought iron tower before.īuilt one hundred years after the French Revolution, it quickly became a symbol of the industrial strength of the Republic. ![]() Civil engineer Gustave Eiffel and his firm designed the tower for the exhibition’s entrance and constructed it in just over two years. The Eiffel Tower was built for the 1889 Exposition Universelle, World’s Fair, in Paris. ![]() I was denied the top level two more times after that. The view from 115 metres (377 feet) was beautiful, but imagined how much better it could be from the upper platform more than twice as high. We could only make it to the second level due to overcrowding, according to my teachers. ![]() My first visit to Paris and the iconic tower was 17 years earlier, during a high school graduation trip-my first trip abroad-with some classmates. It was a cold, rainy day in March that I, on my fourth attempt, finally made it to the top of the Eiffel Tower.
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