The best way to explore paris
I must concede that the investment has paid more than just. If you look at the sum you would have had to pay for the entrance to museums or sights, it is clear that the passport can save a lot of money. It works really great in everyday life. We did not know any problems. In the Louvre, we were able to go through just what really saved a lot of time. I would like to point out, however, the Palace of Versailles. There is no priority access included in the pass, which then led to the fact that we had to wait 2 hours for the entrance. The use of the attached Metro tickets is very easy and easy for everyone to understand. Why only 4 stars will surely ask some people? That has a simple reason. The pass allows you to look at museums and other sights even faster than other people, with the help of priority access, as quickly as possible without additional costs and effort. We had a 3 day pass. However, this is a personal assessment on the part of you, you have the feeling that you have to take as much as possible with you as much as possible, so that the money will pay off. This then led to the fact that we often in the days 3 or 4 attractions or sights were perceived equally, which could be very stressful. This remains like a personal taste, but in Paris, we have driven a bit as much as possible, although we could have done much less. Where then the price might have disturbed us. All in all, the Paris City Pass is more than just recommended.
The Seine boat trip was just wonderful. The metro tickets were fully utilized in fantastic weather. The waiting times at the museums and places of interest were understandably considerable by the security controls.
The City Pass for Paris really pays off if you want to experience a lot and you are over 26 years old (under 26, you pay very often no entrance). Unfortunately, the Eiffel Tower was not included in the Paris City Pass. What I found a pity is that despite the Paris City Passes you can not get around.
Turbopass was more than helpful. It has most of the important tourist attractions. A 4 day city pass has 5 days of unlimited access to public transport in zone 1 , 2 and 3. What I should have wanted to visit and I couldn't with this pass was Grand Palais. Overall it was great. Also I had some questions to ask, so I called a couple of times at Turbopass customer support and they were more than happy to help me and answer my questions. This is what I liked the most.
The open-bus lines were a very good addition to the turbopass. This hop-on-hop-off-bus allows you to view the interesting sights of Paris flexibly over 4 routes and to get information about the city through the Audioguide. The roof terrace in the Lafayette department store offers a great view - the house is definitely worth seeing from the style and decor. Breakfast in small boulangeries at squares and in side streets is always preferable to a hotel breakfast, because one gets the French way of life the best.
The pass is worth it for tourists who want to explore Paris on their own and at the same time see a lot of sights and cultural institutions.
Thanks to the 30% rebate of the CityPass for Paris stay was recommended. But you have to be a museum friend to him really to nützen.Sonst it is stressful.
extensive information material about sights, museums, city map, metro map etc. With ticket to get very quickly to queue past (except Palace of Versailles - here was the CityPass less useful). We would book the Turbo Pass again.
A must for every Paris visit
Good and useful, but not cheap. Nevertheless, I would do it again.
I was with a friend in Paris and we were very pleased with the Paris City Pass. Due to the travel time in September, we had luck, that we had not to wait gin lines in general. If it does, the City Pass was well to help us. Because the entrance fees to the sights of Paris as well as trips on public transport in Paris are very expensive, it was worth it in any case, to get the City Pass. I would do it again. The 2-day pass, however, had also served us.
The pass itself was good. A nice combination of everything. The tour in Montmartre was nice. A metro ticket would have been great. The individual offers were a bit confusing. You had to look at different PDFs, scan different QR codes and sometimes pre-book the museums. Well, that's hard to change. But bundling all the information in one app would have been great.
There were three of us in Paris and used the turbo pass for the first time. Here are my pros and cons: + the fast lane in the Louvre has paid off! It's just not really signposted and we needed something to find it. Nevertheless, we were inside within about 40 minutes. + there are plenty of offers in the program, there is something for everyone + ticket for public transport - meeting points could be better advertised. Lost a lot of time to find the right access. -The program online as well as the magazine are not up to date. For example the Opera Garnier is listed, but there is currently no cooperation. (A visit is still worth it!) - Better information on the conditions would be helpful. The Versailles Gardens are on the program, but are only accessible with a TurboPass if there is NO Musical Fountains Show. In this case, a ticket must also be purchased. TIP: Apply for the City Pass in good time and have it sent home! For many attractions you have to book a timeslot at least 24 hours before the visit! This is definitely more relaxed on a home PC with WLAN than with data roaming via smartphone in a café with poor reception ... In addition - with a turbo pass over 3 days you get a museum pass over 48 hours. You have to know to be able to plan well. Conclusion: is the turbo pass worth it? Depends on. Anyone visiting the Louvre and Versailles should be aware that both take a lot of time. There is less time to see the other attractions. Whether the purchase of the turbo pass pays off varies from case to case. In terms of costs, we unfortunately paid extra. However, if you want to see a lot and have already chopped off the big knockers, you will probably get your money's worth here.
I booked the Turbo Pass for myself and my 17 year old daughter. The pass for my daughter was actually not worth it, as admission to all attractions for minors in Sparks is free anyway. The metro ticket can also be bought on site. Since all visits to museums and sights have to be booked with a timeslot due to the pandemic, we did not have any faster access than everyone else. It was practical that you didn't have to worry about buying the tickets, that saved time. We also had to laboriously inquire about the Hop on Hop off meeting point, as it is not stated in the documents and the promised discount for a purchase at La Faayette could not be redeemed. The lady at the cash register didn't know that. In summary, I would say that such a pass is definitely worthwhile for adults if the conditions are normal, but I was annoyed about the almost 180 EUR.
There were a good amount and choice of visitable attractions included. The problem was, that we have to cue so many times for at least 30-45 minutes - but we booked the „turbo pass without cueing“... at Louvre about 60 minutes...
In some attractions it is mandatory to book timeslots in advance - but there is no hint for every attraction to do so in the turbopass documentation! So we were unable to visit the attractions we wanted!
The Customer was very nice because we had a problem with some vouchers. The Customer Service was vier helpful, nice and transparent...
But I don’t know if we book a turbopass again in Paris! In Rome instead the turbopass was very helpful and made our trip even better
Metro map worked great. Many museums / places visited, which we would not have visited otherwise. But at Versailles and Louvre each one hour waiting at the entrance, so no turbo. If you just want to get a taste of everything, you're well served here. If you want to see Versailles and the Louvre in particular, you should book tickets with a certain amount of time or guided tours in order to avoid waiting times.
Paid a lot, is not accepted everywhere, mostly only with guidance, the maps for metro and bus, hardly work, even after the exchange again and again problems, online card through mobile phone would be a good solution and bisl more information, because while a booklet, but very spartan.
We spent some days in Paris with Family and because we like to visit museums we ordered the card. Especially the Louvre was part of the planned attractions. Within Paris you can travel with the delivered card, but only for zones 1-3. We stayed outside of paris in zone 5 and needed to add tickets to the plan (and need to change train between the zones). Here it would be great to choose your zones!
If you want to visit Louvre, please do not use this ticket. They have a 4-class system there. The first class is the direct invitation of Department of culture and you can go straight to the entry. 2nd class are the people which ordered online directly at the webpage of the Louvre. The 3rd class are all of them who ordered the ticket here or at a similar pass system. And last but not least, if you have no ticket, you are not allowed to enter the Louvre anymore. You cannot buy tickets there!! What it mean to be 3rd class? If you look at the website, you can see, that the waiting time is told mostly with 30 min. But only if you have a 2nd class ticket! Ticket holder of City pass have to wait much longer!
You will be separated in two different lines. As the line for the 2nd class ticket holder will continuously flow inside the Louvre, will the other line for 3rd class card holders opened for 5 min, than closed for 20 minutes or more, than opened again for 5 min and so on. I waited in the line for 2 1/2 hours to come in. That was the reason we could not visit any other museum this day anymore.
I have no experiences with any other museum and this city pass, but for the Louvre it does not work as expected. Also for the most important point on our list, it was not suitable... to go to Eiffel tower. You have to wait and pay separately.