★★★★★
A 6pm tour with a fun, informative guide; a small group inside a big crowd still felt personal.
Shannon · Australia · July 2026
Louvre Museum Night Tour for Up to Six, Ticket Included
Time set at bookingUp to 6 guestsPalais-Royal metro exit
Two hours with a licensed guide and no more than five other people. You meet at the metro exit on rue de Rivoli, go in with your ticket already bought, and see the most famous works in the building along with rooms most visitors walk past. It costs about half a private evening, and every booking fee is in the fare.
Six guests, one guide, and the fare with nothing added
$175.22 a person
The ticket and every booking and museum fee are in the fare, with nothing to pay on the night.
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Six at most
Small enough to hear the guide over the crowd and stand close to each work.
A licensed guide
Only guides with a state permit may speak to a group in the rooms.
Quieter rooms too
The route adds works most visitors pass without stopping.
Meet at the Palais-Royal metro exit on rue de Rivoli
You meet at the exit of Palais-Royal – Musée du Louvre station, on lines 1 and 7, where it comes up on rue de Rivoli. A representative waits there with a sign reading "VOYAGE". Be there ten minutes before your time, because the group walks in together.
The start time is shown when you choose a date. We do not print one here, because the listing gives none. Line 14 stops at Pyramides, nearby. Every exit and entrance is on the Louvre meeting points map.
Up to six guests, one guide
Six is the cap, and it changes what you can do in a crowded room. A guide with six people can stop in a doorway and talk, and everyone hears. One traveller put it well: a small group inside a big crowd still felt personal.
Your guide is licensed. In the Louvre only guides holding a permit from the French culture or tourism ministry may speak to a group in the rooms. Entry is by a separate fast-track entrance rather than the main queue under the Pyramid, but the security check applies to everyone. About twenty minutes of your two hours go on meeting and getting in.
The three icons on the route
You stand in front of the Mona Lisa in the Salle des États, where the crowd is always deepest. Guides on this evening know how to bring the group forward to the barrier and give everyone time for a photograph. Then come the two most famous statues in the building: the Venus de Milo in the Greek galleries of the Sully wing, and the Winged Victory of Samothrace at the top of the Daru staircase.
Galleries close without much notice, and works go on loan, so no evening can promise a single room. Your guide reroutes when one is shut. What each room holds, and where it is, is set out on what to see at the Louvre at night.
Michelangelo, Veronese and David
The route adds works by Michelangelo, Veronese and Jacques-Louis David, and a few rooms that most visitors cross without looking up. Veronese's banquet scene, the biggest painting in the Louvre, hangs in the same room as the most famous portrait in the world, and many visitors never turn round to see it. David's history paintings bring the story on to the French Revolution and Napoleon.
Travellers keep coming back to the same point. One traveller's guide took the group off the beaten path and still covered the highlights. Another was shown pieces that would otherwise have been walked straight past. If you have been to the Louvre before, this is where the second visit pays.
Important. This evening is not suitable for wheelchair users. A private guide can use the Pyramid's lift and the museum's own loan wheelchairs: compare the Louvre private night tours instead.
A quieter museum, not an empty one
The Louvre is open to everyone until 9pm on Wednesdays and Fridays. An evening visit means fewer people than at midday, not a closed building. One traveller in August found fewer people than expected but still found it overwhelming, and suggested a bottle of water, since not every room is air-conditioned.
That is the honest trade. You get a smaller crowd and a guide who knows where it gathers, for $175.22 a person. How the late nights compare with the rest of the week is on the visitor guide to the late openings.
Your two hours, from the metro steps to the last room
- At the start. Meet the sign at the metro exit on rue de Rivoli.
- First twenty minutes. Walk in together and clear security.
- The icons. The portrait in the Salle des États, then the Greek statues.
- The painters. Works by Michelangelo, Veronese and David.
- Off the main path. Quieter rooms on your guide's own route.
- At the end. Two hours after you met, questions answered.
Who this suits, and who should book something else
Book it if
- You are a couple or travelling solo and want a guide without paying for a private one.
- It is your first visit and you want the famous works with the story behind them.
- You like company, but not a crowd of thirty behind an umbrella.
- You want one price with the ticket and every fee already in it.
Book something else if
- A wheelchair user in your party needs a private guide. The private three hours from 6pm list step-free access, and the guide can use the lifts.
- You want your own pace and a longer evening. The same private three hours cost $336.54 a person for a party of two.
- You would like time alone in the galleries after. The private late-opening two hours end inside, so you can stay on.
- You are going on a Friday and want the cheapest guided option: the museum runs its own highlights visit in English at 6pm and 7pm, for €12 on top of the ticket.
What the $175.22 includes
In the fare
- Licensed English-speaking guide
- Small group of up to 6
- All booking and museum fees
- Louvre entry ticket
- A route through the highlights and lesser-known works
Not in the fare
- Tips for your guide
- Food and drinks
Know before you go
- Be at the metro exit ten minutes early. The group walks in together at the start time.
- Allow for the way in. About twenty minutes of the two hours is meeting and security.
- Bring water. Not every room is air-conditioned, and summer evenings are warm.
- Not for wheelchairs. The route is not suitable for wheelchair users.
- Free entry stays outside the group. Free admission for under-18s and young EEA residents applies outside a group tour.
- Phone ticket. Your ticket arrives on your phone; there is nothing to print.
What travellers said after two hours in a group of six
★★★★★
Fewer people than expected, but still overwhelming; there is no air conditioning, so bring water. The guide got everyone to the front at the Mona Lisa.
Jera · United States · August 2026
★★★★★
Worth the splurge and far more learned than on a first visit, though about 20 minutes of the two hours went on meeting and getting in.
Karen · United States · September 2026
Frequently asked questions
Small group or private?
A group of six costs about half a private evening and shares the guide. Private means your own route and pace: see the private three hours from 6pm, or weigh them side by side on the small-group night tours page.
Can I stay in the museum after the tour?
Where the two hours end is not published, so ask your guide at the start. Inside, you can stay until the rooms clear at 8:30pm on a late night, and any exit is final. The rest of the rules are on what to expect.
What time does it start?
No start time is published. You see the times still open when you choose a date.
Is the museum ticket included?
Yes, the ticket and every booking and museum fee. You pay nothing more at the door.
Can children come?
Yes, children can join. Free museum admission for under-18s applies outside a group tour, so check the fare for each child when you book.
Is it wheelchair accessible?
No, this route is not suitable for wheelchair users. The private evenings list step-free access and can use the Pyramid's lift.
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