I am taking my 15 year old niece to Paris in June. Of course, she wants to go to the Louvre and see the "Big Three" plus the Egyptian exhibit, but I hesitate to try to find all of this by ourselves. I fear we will waste hours looking for these exhibits. I have taken the guided tour lasting about 3 hours, but don't think she would be interested in walking around for that length of time just for her "faves". Is there a site where I could hire a guide just for a short tour with her interests in mind? Or, are there other options that I have not thought of? Thank you.
Posted by
Paris
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There are great free maps available at the entrance, and signage is good throughout! You will not waste "hours", don't worry. And if you take a wrong turn, the worst that will happen is that you will see more art.
Posted by
Paris
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I bet the Louvre even has an online plan/map that shows the location of the "three biggies" and the Egyptian wing....
Posted by
OP
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Great suggestions...thank you.
Posted by
Paris
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Indeed, right on the front page of the Louvre website (in English) there is the "Explore" tab - scroll down a bit and you'll see that one of the options is something like "Follow our Trails" to see various things.
Posted by
Paris
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By the way, if your niece is 'into' ancient statues like the winged victory, Venus de Milo, and things you'll see in the Egyptian section, try to pop by the ancient Persian section and see the winged bull in the Khorsabad Courtyard. It's impressive, and back in the day (haven't been to the Louvre in almost a decade...), usually uncrowded.
Posted by
Washington DC
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I have no recent experience at the Louvre or in Paris more generally, but a lot of museums no longer have floor plans on paper for visitors. It's a significant cost saving for those that previously provided them for free. I don't mind the policy of charging a reasonable price for a site map, which is the policy at a lot of the free/donation-requested London museums. I need something I can mark up as I go, else I'm likely to miss part of the museum. A lot of museums don't post room numbers, so you can't even jot down the numbers of the rooms as you go through them. It's frustrating when museum staff point me to a diagram on the wall or to their website. If only I could remember to print the diagrams from the major-museum websites before leaving home.
Posted by
stevens point, wi, usa
1194 posts
Hello from Wisconsin,
If I had a 15 year old...I would find a nice seat along a pedestrian thorough fare and let them gawk the beautifully dressed Parisians.
Is saying that 'out of line'?
wayne iNWI
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In 2017 I took my then 15 year old grandson to the Lorie Valley and to Paris for the end of the Tour de France. His school friends helped get him excited to see stuff. So he really wanted to see the Mona Lisa and the Eiffel Tower. I let him pick one and then I picked one thing. There is a great jazz bar in a cave under ground Caveau de la Huchetie ( the info is in RS books) a 15 year old is old enought to go with their parents. My grandson did not want to go see the live jazz, wonderful dancing, so he stayed in the hotel and texted with his friends. I told him that someday he would regret that he didn't go, LOL he dose. J