Decision
The Best Louvre Night Tours, Compared
Private or a group of six, two hours or three, which publish a start time, which leave you inside, children, mobility, languages, and the museum's own tour.
Louvre Night Guides
These are the long reads for the choices you make before you book. The museum is open to everyone until 9pm on Wednesdays and Fridays, so the Louvre guided tours differ in who is with you, how long you stay and what it costs. Which one suits you? How do the hours fit together? Can you go without a guide, and is it dark when you come out?
Start with the night tours compared if you have not picked one yet, or with the plan for one evening if you have. The blog answers single questions in fewer words.
Itinerary
One Evening at the Louvre: A Plan from 5:30pm to 9pm
When to arrive, which door, Denon first or last, the Egyptian crypt, the Second Empire rooms, last entry, the rooms clearing, and the courtyard at 9pm.
Independent
Visiting the Louvre at Night Without a Tour
A timed ticket for a late night, who pays €22, €32 or nothing, the museum's own Friday tours, the audio guide, the free first Friday, and what a guide adds.
Prices
Louvre Night Tour Tickets and Prices (2026)
What each evening fare costs and covers, the ticket inside it, per person for two, children, what no fare includes, refunds, and a family of four worked out.
Seasons
Louvre Late Openings by Season: Dark at 9pm or Not
Sunset each month against the 9pm closing, the exhibitions and concerts by season, the free first Fridays, closed days on late nights, and 14 July.
The late-night hours are in the visitor guide, every meeting point is on the map, and every evening fare is on Louvre Tours.