Which Seine cruise combo to book
A Seine cruise is an easy add-on to almost any Paris plan, which is why it turns up in so many bundles. The question is what you pair it with.
- First visit, getting oriented: Seine cruise + Tootbus hop-on hop-off. The bus covers the big sights by road, the Bateaux Parisiens cruise shows them from the water. Good for a first day. A second Tootbus bundle uses a Vedettes de Paris electric boat, and there is also a Big Bus version.
- The classic pair: Eiffel Tower 2nd floor (with a summit option) + a Bateaux-Mouches cruise. This is the "billet combiné tour Eiffel bateau mouche" many people look for. Book the tower slot first; the cruise is easy to fit before or after. Smaller bundles pair the summit or the 2nd floor with a Vedettes de Paris cruise.
- Monuments on foot: the Paris City Card bundles the Panthéon, the Arc de Triomphe with rooftop access and a Bateaux Parisiens cruise, plus an audio guide app.
- Families: Seine cruise + Disneyland Paris, with a 1-park or 2-park day ticket, or Seine cruise + Parc Astérix. Both parks are outside Paris and take a full day, so do the cruise on another evening. Closer in, Seine cruise + Grévin Wax Museum and Aquarium de Paris + a family cruise with a live guide are easy half days.
- Museum people: a Bateaux Parisiens cruise pairs with the Musée d'Orsay, the Louvre (reserved entry with a guided tour, the lowest rated of these), the Musée de l'Orangerie, AURA Invalides or the Paris Museum Pass. Seine cruise + Palace of Versailles gets some of the best ratings here; Versailles needs a day of its own.
- Something different: a Vedettes du Pont Neuf cruise + the Ocean Planet exhibition at Atelier des Lumières, a cruise + a perfume-making workshop at the Fragonard Perfume Museum, or a cruise + the Moulin Rouge show with champagne.
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How the tickets work
You pay once and get a separate ticket for each part, usually on your phone. Several cruise companies appear in these bundles, and each leaves from its own pier: Bateaux Parisiens and Vedettes de Paris near the Eiffel Tower, Bateaux-Mouches at Pont de l'Alma, Vedettes du Pont Neuf on the Île de la Cité. Check the pier on your ticket.
Cruises usually run on a regular schedule through the day, while the Eiffel Tower, the parks and several museums have dated or timed tickets. Pick the fixed-time part first. Cancellation rules differ per part, so read the conditions on the booking page.
Tiqets covers all the common Seine pairings, so there are no extra combos from other platforms on this page. For everything else in the city, see the Paris combo tickets page, or read how combo tickets work.