Eiffel Tower
The Eiffel Tower is a icon of Paris, pronounced in french as “Tour Eiffel”. The Eiffel Tower is an iron construction created in the 19th century to be a temporary exhibition for the Universal Exposition. It is one of the most easy recognized constructions in the world.
When visiting Paris you can’t get away with not being on the top of the Eiffel Tower once. Although the view might not be as great as on other historical buildings the Eiffel Tower is an monument representing the city for many years. At some points visiting the Eiffel Tower can take up quit some time as waiting lines tend to count up till 2 hours in high season.
Visitors can chose to go to the second floor (115m or 377ft) or all the way to the top (276m or 905ft). The second floor can be reached by stairs while the top
floor is only reached by an elevator. Three elevators are available while one two are in use at the same time, this is for maintenance. The top floor can also be reached from the second floor. If you are going to the top 
, take the stairs to the second floor where you will find interesting historic facts and events about the Eiffel Tower. But if you do not have much time, you might as well take the elevator to the top floor at once cause another waiting line will be there on the second floor. Both floors have restaurants for which a reservation should be made couple weeks ahead. The second floor has also a snackbar and a souvenirshop while the top floor has a historic view of Gustaf Eiffel’s office and engineerroom.
As paris is called the city of lights then the Eiffel Tower could be called
the monument of lights. At night the Eiffel Tower is fully lit which give a wonderfull unique view.
Admission Fees to Eiffel Tower:
| Adults | Youth (<25) | Children (<18) | |
| Stairs to second floor | 4.50 € | 3.50 € | 3.00 € |
| Elevator to second floor | 8.00 € | 6.40 € | 4.00 € |
| Elevator to top floor | 13.00 € | 9.90 € | 7.50 € |
Opening Hours for Eiffel Tower
| Daily | Elevators | Steps |
| From January 1 to June 12 | 9:30am to 11:45pm
Final lift up at 11:00pm
(10:30pm for top floor) |
9:30am to 6:30pm Final admittance 6:00pm |
| From June 13 to August 31 | 9:00am to 00:45pm
Final lift up at midnight (11:00pm for top floor) |
9:00am to 00:45pm
Final admittance midnight |
| From September 1 to December 31 | 9:30 am to 11:45 pm
Final lift up at 11:00pm (10:30pm for top floor.) |
9:30am to 6:30pm
Final admittance 6:00pm |
Location
Avenue Gustave Eiffel
75007 Paris
33 (0) 1 44 11 23 23
http://www.tour-eiffel.fr