About Open Tour bus sightseeing tours
Open Tour provide the most comprehensive tour bus service in Paris with four different routes and various ticket options including addons for other attractions or River Seine cruises, etc, meaning that you can enjoy the famous tourist attractions at your leisure and hop off at any stop you please, getting on another bus to see something different.
With commentary available in 12 different languages via headphones that are provided to you, children are also not left out with the Stories and Legends age appropriate commentary available in French, English And Spanish.
So below you will find Open Tour bus maps, timetables, ticket prices and information about these hop on and hop off tour buses that operate all year round, along with where the bus stops are located, not forgetting that there is also a night tour along with various options such as adding a River Seine cruise as well.
Paris Open Tour bus sightseeing tour map for Blue, Red and Green bus lines with stops and timetables
As you can see from the information and the maps there are three different bus routes that you can utilise as a hop on and hop off service, being the Paris Grand Tour blue line, the Montmartre and Grands Boulevards red line and the Latin Quarter and Montparnasse Tower green line with over 40 different bus stops for the Open Tour hop on and hop off sightseeing tours with a bus approximately every 15 to 20 minutes. Yet there is also an additional yellow line, which is a one-way Open Tour service that operates from Gare de Lyon train station going to Notre Dame Cathedral.
For those of you that choose specific ticket options, you can also enjoy a River Seine cruise, the Batobus water bus, which is another hop on and hop off service, entry to the Musee Grevin Waxwork museum, etc as you will also see from the ticket information.
Open Tour Blue bus tour stops:
1: Haussman - Opera - Visitor centre - 13 Rue Auber, 75009
2: Opera - 4 Septembre - 49 Avenue de l'Opera, 75002
3: Palais-Royal - Comedie Francaise - 3 Avenue de l'Opera, 75002
4: Musee du Louvre - Place du Carrousel, 75001
5: Pont Neuf - Quai des Orfevres - Face au 64 Quai des Orfevres, 75001
6: Notre-Dame - Visitor Centre - 4 Rue du Petit Pont, 75005
7: Musee d'Orsay - 8 Quai Anatole France, 75007
8: Concorde - 12 Place de la Concorde, 75008
9: Champs-Elysees - Grand Palais - 14 Avenue des Champs-Elysees, 75008
10: Champs-Elysees - Disney Store - 60 Avenue des Champs-Elysees, 75008
11: Champs-Elysees - George V - 116 Avenue des Champs-Elysees, 75008
12: Champs-Elysees - Open Tour Kiosque - 125 Avenue des Champs-Elysees, 75008
13: Trocadero - Avenue du President Wilson, 75016
14: Tour Eiffel - 69 Quai Branly, 75007
15: Pont de l'Alma - 87 Quai Branly, 75007
16: Pont Alexandre III - Invalides - 41 Quai d'Orsay, 75007
17: Concorde-Royale - 4 Rue Royale, 75008
18: Madeleine - 18 Place de la Madeleine, 75008
Open Tour Red bus tour stops:
1: Haussmann - Opera - Visitor centre - 13 Rue Auber, 75009
30: Trinite - 32 Rue Mogador, 75009
31: Moulin Rouge - Pigalle - 59 Boulevard de Clichy, 75009
32: Montmartre - Sacre-Coeur - 68 Boulevard de Rochechouart, 75018
33: Gare du Nord - 21 Rue de Dunkerque, 75010
34: Gare de l'Est - 129 Rue du Faubourg St-Martin, 75010
35: Republique - Face au 11 Boulevard Saint-Martin, 75003
36: Bonne Nouvelle - Grand Rex - 36 Boulevard de Bonne-Nouvelle, 75010
37: Grands Boulevards - Hard Rock Cafe - 16 Boulevard Montmartre, 75009
Open Tour Green bus tour stops:
6: Notre-Dame - Visitor Centre 4 Rue du Petit Pont, 75005
40: Luxembourg - Pantheon - 4 Place Edmond Rostand, 75006
41: Pont de Sully - Ile Saint Louis - Face au 3 Boulevard Henri IV, 75005
42: Bastille - Rue Saint-Antoine - 8 Rue Saint-Antoine, 75004
43: Hotel de Ville - 48 bis, Rue de Rivoli, 75004
44: Centre Pompidou - Chatelet - 24 Boulevard Sebastopol, 75001
45: Centre Pompidou - Beaubourg - 25 Rue du Renard, 75004
One-Way from Gare de Lyon to Notre-Dame - Yellow Line
2 Rides between 9:25am and 10:00am every day from March 3rd to March 31st
3 Rides between 9:25am and 10:00am every day from April 1st to November 1st
50: Gare de Lyon - 3 Rue de Lyon, 75012
6: Notre-Dame - Visitor Centre - 4 Rue du Petit Pont, 75005
Open Tour bus sightseeing tour ticket prices:
1 Day Bus Pass = Adult: €35 / Child: €18
2 Day Bus Pass = Adult: €39 / Child: €18
3 Day Bus Pass = Adult: €43 / Child: €18
1 Day Bus Pass + Night Tour = Adult: €50 / Child: €22
2 Day Bus Pass + Night Tour = Adult: €54 / Child: €22
3 Day Bus Pass + Night Tour = Adult: €58 / Child: €22
2 Day Bus Pass + BatoBus = Adult: €48 / Child: €22
2 Day Bus Pass + Bateau Mouches = Adult: €47 / Child: €22
Child is classed as between the ages of 4 and 15 - under 4 go free of charge.
Buying Open Tour bus tickets:
Tickets can be purchase from the driver or at the Open Tour office at 13 Rue Auber, 75009, Paris. Also Online at their website - https://opentourparis.com/en/ ( Now Tootbus Paris ) which are valid for one year.
Paris Open Tour bus sightseeing tour maps with stops and timetables:
Open Tour Bus Map and Timetables - PDF (4.455 MB)
Open Tour Bus Map and Timetables - Image (4.810 MB)
There are also the round trip night tours available as an add on or available separately, which last 90 minutes, and starting at either 9pm or 10pm depending upon the time of year, the departure point is at the Open Tour information centre at 13 Rue Auber by the Palais Garnier Opera House.
Free walking tours to discover Paris landmarks of The Louvre, Opera, Champs-Elysees etc are also available with the purchase of any Open Tour pass, with the meeting point being 10am daily outside the Musee de l'Orangerie in Tuileries Gardens, which means the closest Open Tour bus stop is No 8 called Concorde at the Place de la Concorde.
Additionally, you are provided with a booklet that has many special offers and discounts for various Paris museums and monuments such as La Conciergerie where Marie Antoinette was once held prisoner, Musee Fragonard perfume museum and shop, Tour Montparnasse panoramic viewing deck, not forgetting attractions like the Aquarium de Paris, Crazy Horse cabaret and La Mere Catherine historical restaurant.
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