Foxity Bus Tours in Paris
Foxity is one of the companies running bus tours in Paris for all the family, both during the day and of an evening so you can get to see the city of lights sparkling, yet they also offer a hop on and hop off service, along with special tours like on New Years Eve.
About Foxity Tours in Paris
Foxity have double decker buses with a space for wheelchairs in the lower deck, yet the top deck of the bus has retractable windows and roof, along with heating for the colder months, so that come rain or shine, you can still enjoy one of the bus tours in Paris they have to offer.
Now Foxity run different tours all year round and you can enjoy a standard two hour tour of the city being able to discover around 40 of the most popular and famous tourist attractions in Paris.
On this tour you will get to see sights like the Notre Dame Cathedral on the Ile de la Cite, the famous Musee du Louvre, the Place de la Concorde and the Champs Elysees Avenue, not forgetting famous monuments like the Arc de Triomphe and the Eiffel Tower.
However, you can also see these and many more landmarks, museums and monuments like the Fontaine Saint-Michel, some of the bridges such as the Pont Alexandre III, the Paris opera house called the Palais Garnier and Les Invalides, which is where you can visit the Tomb of Napoleon Bonaparte.
You may also be pleased to know that there are also audio guides available that provide different snippets of information, history and anecdotes about the sights you pass, and you are provided with a set of headphones free with your ticket. And the commentary is available in nine different languages including French, English, German, Italian, Japanese and Spanish, etc.
And all of the above mentioned sights are on both the two hour tour and the 1 day pass with Foxity. Now the 1 day pass, is actually a hop on and hop off aspect, and there are seven set points throughout the city where you can disembark and re-board to continue your travels, and these are at strategic locations close to famous attractions.
Yet there is also a Paris by Night tour, which is available at either 7.30pm or 9.30pm so that you can get to see numerous illuminations and understand why Paris is often referred to as the City of Lights. And this goes on a slightly different route to the daytime tours, as you also get to see places such as the Moulin Rouge with its famous red windmill.
Foxity also provide unique special tours in Paris at certain times of the year, like one on New Years Eve, with three evening departures available, although, as you can no doubt imagine, these do have to be booked well in advance due to a very limited number of places available.
However, if you fancy having a cruise on the River Seine as well, then this is also possible as Foxity have partnered with the Vedettes de Paris, so that you can enjoy a one hour sightseeing cruise departing from their dock just by the Eiffel Tower and also enjoy the two hour bus tour. And if you are on holiday in Paris for a few days, then you will be pleased to know that your ticket for the Vedettes de Paris River Seine cruise is still valid for two days after your bus tour with Foxity.
Accessing Foxity Bus Tours
Foxity provide very reasonable priced bus tours in Paris for all the family, and as of 2014 the cost of a two hour city tour is only €17 and a day pass for the hop on and hop off service is only €20. Yet children between the ages of 4 and 11 are only a cost of €5 for every paying adult and under 4s are free.
The Paris by Night Tour with Foxity is a cost of €22, and the cost for the two hour tour along with the River Seine cruise is normally €30, although by booking online you can sometimes get discounts reducing the cost down to around €26. And for New Years Eve 2014 the cost of this unique bus tour was only €22 and half price for young children.
You will be pleased to know that tour run all year round, and as we mentioned before, even the upper deck is heated in the colder months and you can be sheltered from the rain and wind via the retractable roof and windows.
And when you book your tickets in advance with Foxity, you can also guarantee seats on the top deck, ensuring you get the very best possible views of Paris and its many attractions, and there are several departure times available along with different departure points including at The Louvre and The Opera.
But we would like to point out that children must be accompanied by an adult, and seatbelts must be worn at all times, yet very young children do have to sit on an adults lap. However, on the lower deck there is a dedicated wheelchair space, although it is advisable to book prior if this is required, and no animals are allowed on board, only guide dogs.
You will find the main office and reception of Foxity is located in the 9th Arrondissement very close to the Opera Garnier, and even if you have not booked in advance, you can still purchase tickets on the day from this location, which is very easy to get to.
Now when it comes to public transport in Paris, to access the starting point of The Opera the nearest Metro station is called the Opera stop serving lines 3, 7 and 8 and the nearest RER train station is the Auber stop serving line A.
However, if you choose The Louvre departure point, then the nearest Metro stations are the Louvre - Rivoli stop serving line 1, the Pont Neuf stop serving line 9 and the Chatelet stop that serves lines 1, 4, 7, 11 and 14.
Paris Foxity open top bus tours route map and River Seine sightseeing cruises
Here you can see a map showing the Foxity routes for the Paris sightseeing tours that Foxity offer, which include the daytime sightseeing bus tour as a hop on and hop off option with bus stops close to many famous tourist attractions and others within easy walking distance. Whereas the purple route is the night bus tour travelling in a complete circuit where you can see Paris monuments all lit up, and the blue line shows the River Seine cruise with their partner Vedettes de Paris.
Paris Foxity sightseeing maps available:
Paris Foxity sightseeing map - PDF (3.099 MB)
Paris Foxity sightseeing map - Image (2.597 MB)
