Does anyone now if Paris L'Open Bus is the same as (or is now called) Open Tour Paris Bus? I cannot find a website for Paris L'Open Bus, but it is referenced in Rick Steve's tourbook and on 3rd party websites --- and it appears the buses are yellow and blue rather than red white and blue (like the pictures of the Open Tour Paris buses). If they are different, does anyone know the website for L'Open?
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Vacaville, Ca
1444 posts
All references to L'Open head to Open Tour. This link shows the original color scheme on the new site,http://www.paris.opentour.com/en/blog/the-benefits-of-lopen-tour-paris-buses/
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We took the open tour bus through Paris today and I’m sorry to report it was very disappointing. It’s expensive for what you get, and what you get is, a cheesy pretaped audio to listen to with unappealing music and very little worthwhile information. Of course it’s lovely to see the sights from the open deck of the bus, but much of the route doubled back several times, such that we were seeing the same things twice and three times. The bus was rarely synchronized with the audio, so you’d hear a description of something that you had already passed, or was a few
minutes ahead.
If possible, find a company that provides a live human being to lead your tour. There seemed to be other bus tour companies with energetic leaders all around us, so it’s out there. This just isn’t it.
Truly unimpressive, unimaginative and over priced.
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Seattle, WA, USA
784 posts
The advantage to L'Open Tour is that they have 4 routes. The disadvantages are: they are slow; lots of time wasted waiting for the next bus; poor choice for transportation from sight to sight - the Metro is faster. For an orientation tour, consider a 1 or 2 hour tour with a company like Foxity, then launch out on your own.