What first trip to Paris would be complete without a visit to the Louvre? Certainly not ours. First off – this museum is huge! If you are coming here, then plan what you want to see. Unless you plan to spend more than a day here, you are not going to see it all and properly appreciate it as well. Everyone has a different appreciation of course so choose what you would like and also check their website in advance to see which areas are open or closed. With a museum of this size, there is likely always some areas under some level of renovation or maintenance. Of course, the Mona Lisa and the Venus de Milo are highlights on most everyone’s list but there is a lot to choose from. After about 4 hours for me though – total visual overload. Fortunately, we had seen most of what we came to see and were able to head out.

What a great experience to have. There are some fine art works to see here. It would be impossible to see every piece in one day, we saw two wings and where exhausted after that! The Mona Lisa is the one everyone wants to see. There is a queuing system to get to the exhibit where you then have a free for all scrum at the front with everyone jostling for pole position to get ‘the photo.’ I’ve heard people say how surprised they were that the painting wasn’t bigger than in real life, for me it was the opposite! There are plenty of food outlets with reasonable prices, surprisingly as you are a captive audience. There was a huge queue all around the pyramid to get in, but it did move quickly. All in all a fantastic place to be.

Obviously a must visit if you are in Paris. Count with 20min from your timeslot until you are actually inside and visiting the Louvre (security check etc). Also make sure you are queuing at the right place. The earlier you are there the earlier you will be let in from the slot you have reserved. There are plenty of places you can eat after the visit - inside the Louvre. If you want to visit Mona Lisa make sure you do it in the beginning as you will probably have to queue there, too and wait for your turn. As a lot of people seemed to be taking selfies with her it took quite a while even though the queue wasn't actually that bad. be prepared to spend a whole day there.

It has been a long-term dream to visit Louvre Museum one day and on a beautiful November day that dream came true. I had a pre-booked ticket for 10am so entrance was easy. I had only limited time to visit the museums so I had decided which areas I wanted to see (this time). What an excellent time to visit; there were other tourist of course but it was not crowded. I was able to see e.g Mona Lisa from the front row just after waiting a minute or two. Exiting the museum was bit odd; one had to walk a long way undegroung trough a mall until the exit. I hope I can visit again with more flexible schedule.

Seemed to us each portion of the Louvre has its own setting and mood and, and in my opinion, that is what makes it the most phenomenal museum in the world. This gave us the excuse to be surprised, wandering the halls without thought of where we were heade next. We loved being surprised by the Egyptian collection, phenomenal marble and stone statuary - Yes, Napoleon really was quite short - and the gallery with its 18th century painted ceiling and the French Crown Jewels below. (Galerie d’Apollon). Then there were the multitude of paintings. Now here I did need to make sure to see my favorites: The Lacemaker, The Grande Odalisque (reclining nude), and Liberty Leading the People. So satisfying. Then we wandered into Marly Court with its multiple stairwells and beautiful ancient statues of marble and stone. Surprise after surprise and all amazing.

Whenever you are in paris you must visit the biggest museum in world. It’s really amazing architectural. You can spent around half day. Better to buy a ticket earlier before arriving in paris because there is a very long queue. Highly recommend to visit. ❤️

Came to Paris for a work event but me and a colleague booked to visit the museum on our day off. Beautiful museum - you definitely should get a map so you do not get lost. We did not do the queue to see the mona lisa as it was very long but the zoom on my phone did the trick! The ceilings are so beautiful to look at just as much as the art work on the walls. there was so many beautiful things to see here - definitely visit!

To be clear, the content of the Louvre is totally a 5 star. How can it be anything else when you get to see the Mona Lisa and the Venus do Milo?! It's beautiful building along with the iconic glass pyramid outside which is great to see all by itself. My 4 star review of for the organisation. We'd pre booked for 11am and arrived in good time but the queuing outside was chaotic, we ended up waiting for quite some time - you also must pick up a map otherwise you'll struggle to follow the signage. A lot of people complain about the scrum at the Mona Lisa but actually I thought it was actually well managed, you get a good view and aren't really rushed. I think generally there were just too many people in the building itself, not the most relaxing cultural experience. Having said all of that, when you're standing in front of the Venus di Milo, you will forget all of that. There is so much breathtaking art here you could easily spend more than a day here, there is a pretty cool area where they have preserved the original foundations of the building, gives you a sense of how huge the building was at the start. An added bonus is the great shopping centre that you exit through!

We went to see the famous museum on a great day. It is highly recommended to buy the tickets online. Since it was a hectic week the lines were enormous so it was a good decision during Christmas. We wondered around viewing all exhibitions

The louvre is a truly incredible collection. I went during the temporary exhibit on Uzbekistan, and I highly recommend that exhibit if you can see it (it doesn’t require separate tickets or anything). The halls of Assyrian art (in the near-eastern section) and Islamic art are some of the most incredible collections, and generally those galleries will be much less crowded than ancient Egypt or the renaissance paintings, which are more popular but also more common in a lot of museums.