Hi all.. (again)

As I will be visiting Paris next week, I was wondering if the Museum Pass is actually of real benefit? On various websites, it says it cuts the queues, is this really the case?

I have also noticed that you can buy the pass for 2 or more days. However, I saw a website advertising for a one day pass (which would suit me better!)

A final question, should I buy online or buy a pass once I get to Paris?

Any feedback would be great.

Regards,
M.

As a longtime Parisian, I consider these museum passes to be pretty useless, unless you are planning to spend a LOT of time in museums. The official Paris Museum pass costs 30 euros for 2 days (don't know who is offering that 1-day pass, but be careful, I suspect it costs a lot). By comparison, if you paid separately you could visit the Louvre, the Musee d'Orsay, and the Rodin and Picasso museums for a total of 28.50 euros. The pass doesn't help much with waiting times either because the FNAC and other places that sell the pass also sell individual museum tickets. In any case, you probably won't have a lot of problems with long lines in February.

Yes they do cut the queues. But there aren't queues at most of the sites so really only at the Louvre and Musee d'Orsay and a few others is it even an issue. And if you use entrances other than the Pyramid, even the Louvre isn't bad.

The passes used to be sold for 1, 3 or 5 days so the website you saw must be out of date. They have been 2, 4 and 6 days for over a year now.

whether one makes sense depends on how many sites you plan on visiting.

Hi, thanks for the feedback.

I am planning on going to :
Arc de Triomphe,
Louvre,
Notre Dame,
Orsay,
Saint Chapelle.

I don't think I'll break even but if it saves me time then I probably will buy it as I really only 1.5 days in Paris to sightsee!

Hello mandy!
I hope you have a wonderful trip and post info upon your return - I'm going next month to Paris & will enjoy garnering info from you!

In February, you probably won't have too much of a line up to contend with, and if you only have 1.5 days to sightsee, you'll be better off only seeing what you want to see.

Keep in mind that Louvre and L'Orangerie is closed on Tuesdays, and Orsay is closed on Mondays.

There is a metro station that gives a much quicker entrance to the Louvre, so you can cut your time. Expect to spend about 3 hours in the Louvre, at least. In fact, break it up and just see what you really want to see (ie Italian art, French art, etc), and just focus on that part - that will be your 3 hours. Orsay will take about 2 hours if you just breeze through. It's a smaller museum so much manageable. La Chapelle and Notre Dame are on the main island (ile de la Cite) and can be done in less than an afternoon, unless you want to go up to see the chimeres of Notre Dame, then a little more time.

The website doesn't have to be out-of-date, they could just still have one-day passes in stock they are selling. They aren't date encoded. However, I thought the one-day passes were the worst option economically, as the cost per day decreases the longer they are. However, if you really intend to go to all those sites in one day, it will def. save you money, as well as the waiting in line.

The website which I found the one day pass is here :
http://www.allo-france.com/city-brea...ums-passes.asp

I know that I shouldn't really pack everything in as I will miss the 'real feel' in Paris, but I'd like to fit the stuff I want to see in the short time I have.