Arc de Triomphe

From what I can see (on other sites but not on their own) the Arc de Triomphe is free on the first Sunday of each month from November to March only. This is quite an extensive guide to free Sundays ...
http://en.parisinfo.com/discovering-paris/themed-guides/paris-for-free/free-cultural-outings-in-paris/free-admission-and-good-deals-in-museums-and-monuments-in-paris

Unfortunately the free day is a sucker play. While it sounds great I avoid them like the plague. The problem is that they are free for tourist and the locals and there are a few million more locals than tourists. Every free day I have seen is absolutely flooded by the locals. How impolite of them to take away a free day from the tourists. So don't plan on seeing a lot on a free day.

Thanks. Yes I am planning to avoid the places I want to visit on free Sunday. I will be able to see what I want to on a 2 day museum pass with the possible exception of the Arc. Evidently the Champs Elysees has gone pedestrian only on the first Sunday of the month. Just thought it would be nice to combine with free day at the Arc and take my chances, but it appears I will be a month early.

Trust David's link. I understand that they make these decisions in September for the coming year, which doesn't coincide well with guidebook publication schedules.

Hey, Frank. It's the locals who pay taxes to support the remarkable museums, monuments and patrimony throughout France. I think that they have every right to "flood" what they own. As a tourist and a guest, I do not mind paying an entry fee that helps support them. After paying for an airline ticket, hotels, ground transportation and food, the entry fees are a minimal part of my trip expense. I don't think it's a "sucker play" or that the residents are being impolite.

Some perspective ...
2 day Paris Museum Pass is 48€
4 day Paris Museum Pass is 62€
So for an extra 7€ (US$8) per day you can give yourself the complete flexibility of a 4 day pass.

Thanks David. Have come to that conclusion myself. For 2 extra days it's money well spent and not much of it.

The museum pass is GREAT: one of the very few tourist passes I'd recommend to anyone depending on interests and circumstances. We more than broke even on ours as 3 visits (2 stop-bys during night openings) to the Louvre in one week ALONE without tickets was a very nice plus! Well worth the $$.

The free Sunday issue aside, you may also visit the Arc during the day and again some evening if in the area as there's no limit to how many times you can do the attractions the pass covers.

Frank makes a very good point. Periodically the Chicago museums are free and on those days my adult children (who live in Chicago) go with their children and by 9:00 am the entrance lines are crazy long.

The "no-car zone Sundays" on the Champs-Elysees has been cancelled due to security reasons. No announcement has been made as to whether or not it will resume in the future.