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Is the Paris Museum Pass worth it? Break-even with EEA prices

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The 2-day pass costs €110. Even with the Louvre, Sainte-Chapelle, Conciergerie, Notre-Dame towers, Orsay, Armée and Rodin, you pay €2 more than for single tickets, and only in the 4-day example do you save €22. We calculate with the prices for EU citizens.

In short: at the ticket provider Tiqets, where you can book, the Paris Museum Pass costs €110 for 2 days, €129 for 4 days and €159 for 6 days (as of 5 Oct 2026). We calculate with the prices for EU and EEA citizens, because since 2026 you pay less at some venues than visitors from outside. With the Louvre, Sainte-Chapelle, Conciergerie, Notre-Dame towers, Musée d'Orsay, Musée de l'Armée and Musée Rodin you come to €108 individually, and the 2-day pass then costs €2 more. Only in the 4-day example with more museums does the pass save €22. With just the Louvre and Orsay, you pay €72 more with the 2-day pass. You can work out your own selection in the Paris Museum Pass calculator.

What the pass costs and what it does not include

The duration counts to the hour from the first visit: 48, 96 or 144 hours. If you only start in the afternoon on the first day, you therefore still have the pass on the third day until the same time.

  • There is one admission per venue. A second visit to the same venue is not included.
  • Special exhibitions are not included.
  • Metro, bus and RER are not included. You always pay for travel in addition.
  • The Centre Pompidou is closed until 2030, even though the issuer's home page still lists it.

We calculate with the pass prices at Tiqets, where you can book: €110, €129 and €159.

The break-even for each option

Break-even means: from this total of single tickets, the pass is cheaper. Travel plays no role, because the pass includes none.

OptionPass priceSingle tickets fromAverage per day
2 days (48 hours)€110€110€55
4 days (96 hours)€129€129€32.25
6 days (144 hours)€159€159€26.50

For the 23 venues for which we have a checked single price, the median price is €15. The range runs from €11 to €22. With admissions at the median price you therefore need 8 visits for the 2-day pass, 9 for 4 days and 11 for 6 days. How many visits you need depends heavily on which venues you choose. With expensive venues, fewer are enough: at the Louvre price (€22) it would be 5 admissions for the 2-day pass.

Why we calculate with EEA prices

Since January 2026, visitors from the European Economic Area (EU plus Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway) pay less at several venues. The example prices on the issuer's page, by contrast, are in part the higher prices for visitors from outside. For the Louvre and Sainte-Chapelle together, that is a difference of €16. The saving would therefore look bigger for you than it is.

VenueEEA pricePrice outside the EEA
Musée du Louvre€22€32
Sainte-Chapelle€16€22
Combined ticket Sainte-Chapelle and Conciergerie€23€30

One more point that shifts the calculation: Sainte-Chapelle (€16) and Conciergerie (€13) cost €29 individually, but only €23 as a combined ticket. If you visit both, you should compare with the combined ticket, otherwise you overstate your saving by €6. Switzerland is not part of the EEA: anyone who is neither a national nor a resident of an EEA country pays the higher price at the Louvre and Sainte-Chapelle.

Venues outside the examples

Versailles (€22 until 31 Mar, €32 from April), Arc de Triomphe (€16 until 31 Mar, €22 from April to September), Musée de l'Orangerie (€12.50 online) and the Basilica of Saint-Denis (€17) are included in the pass (as of 8 Nov 2026). In the examples below we calculate without these venues. If you visit one of them in addition within the validity period, the calculation for the pass comes out cheaper than shown here.

Example 1: two days with the big names

Day 1 on the Île de la Cité and at the Louvre, day 2 around Orsay and Invalides. All prices for EEA citizens.

AdmissionSingle price
Day 1: Musée du Louvre€22
Day 1: Sainte-Chapelle and Conciergerie (combined ticket)€23
Day 1: Notre-Dame towers€16
Day 2: Musée d'Orsay€16
Day 2: Musée de l'Armée€17
Day 2: Musée Rodin€14
Total individually€108
2-day pass€110
Result with pass€2 extra cost

That is a dense programme: three admissions per day each. Even so, the 2-day pass is just above the single tickets. With one more venue with an admission within the 48 hours, the calculation tips in favour of the pass. If the Louvre drops out on day 1, €86 remain individually, and the pass then costs €24 more. The price of the Musée d'Orsay (€16) comes from the issuer's overview, not from the museum's page. Check the closing days before your visit: the Louvre is closed on Tuesdays.

Example 2: four days with more museums

  • Day 1: Louvre (€22) and Musée des Arts Décoratifs (€15), together €37.
  • Day 2: combined ticket Sainte-Chapelle and Conciergerie (€23), Notre-Dame towers (€16), Crypte archéologique (€11), together €50.
  • Day 3: Château de Fontainebleau, €17.
  • Day 4: Musée d'Orsay (€16), Musée de l'Armée (€17) and Musée Rodin (€14), together €47.

Individually that costs €151. The 4-day pass for €129 therefore saves €22. We also checked whether a 2-day pass for the two most expensive consecutive days plus single tickets would be cheaper. In the best case that would be €174, more than everything individually. Here the 4-day pass is the cheapest solution.

When the pass is not worth it

  • Only the two big museums: the Louvre and Musée d'Orsay cost €38 together. With the 2-day pass you pay €72 more. Even with the combined ticket for Sainte-Chapelle and Conciergerie it is only €61, so you still pay €49 more.
  • You are under 26 and hold EU citizenship: the Louvre, Versailles and several national monuments then cost you nothing. The pass is then practically never worth it.
  • You are under 18: most venues are free anyway. There is no child pass.
  • With the 2-day and 4-day pass, one admission per day is not enough: even the most expensive venues with a checked price bring in only €44 over 2 days and €78 over 4 days with one admission per day.

What this means for your planning

The pass pays off if you are at least 26 (with EU citizenship, otherwise from 18) and manage several major admissions every day. With the 2-day pass, even three admissions per day as in example 1 only just fall short. The longer the option, the fewer you need to manage per day: €55 for the 2-day pass, €32.25 for 4 days, €26.50 for 6 days. You can find our recorded single prices under attractions in the Paris Museum Pass, and you work out your days in the calculator.

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Frequently asked questions

How much does the Paris Museum Pass cost?

At the ticket provider Tiqets, the Paris Museum Pass costs €110 for 2 days (48 hours), €129 for 4 days and €159 for 6 days (as of 5 Oct 2026). Metro and bus are not included.

From how many admissions is the Paris Museum Pass worth it?

At the median single price of €15, you need 8 admissions for the 2-day pass (€110), 9 for 4 days (€129) and 11 for 6 days (€159). With the Louvre and other expensive venues, fewer are enough. Prices for EEA citizens, as of 24 Sep 2026.

Are metro and bus included in the Paris Museum Pass?

No. The pass only includes admissions, one per venue. You pay for travel in addition.

Sources

Prices can change. Admission and card prices change, sometimes at short notice. We check admission prices at the official source and card prices with the ticket provider you book through. We show the date for every price and check all prices again once a month. The price shown to you at checkout is always the one that applies. If you spot an outdated price, let us know at info@citycardcheck.com.

Data source: Pass prices at the ticket provider Tiqets, where you can book (checked on 5 Oct 2026), and single prices of 23 venues from our price database (as of 24 Sep 2026, four of them 8 Nov 2026), EEA prices where available. Louvre, Sainte-Chapelle with combined ticket, Conciergerie, Notre-Dame towers, Musée Rodin and Crypte rechecked on 5 Oct 2026 on the venues' websites. Versailles, Arc de Triomphe, Orangerie and Saint-Denis checked on 8 Nov 2026 on the venues' websites, not included in the examples.

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