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Louvre Evening Tour

Avoid the crowd and enjoy a Louvre evening tour. On Friday evening, the Louvre closes at 9:45 p.m. Why visit the Louvre during the most crowded hours when you can enjoy a quiet private after-hours tour of the Louvre at night and see the Mona Lisa or the Venus de Milo in much better conditions?

The Louvre is the most famous and most visited museum in the world. Long entry lines are not the sole problem; crowded or very crowded galleries are another, often not only in high season. It may partially or totally spoil your Louvre experience.

The crowd at the Mona Lisa at pick hours during daytime.

Given this situation, a private Louvre evening tour is the best choice to make the most of your stay at the Louvre.

In the evening, after 6 p.m., the line for security control is usually much shorter.

Instead of having a more and more crowded museum when doing your tour during normal daytime,

In the evening, the Louvre will become quieter and quieter while your tour continues.

Furthermore, the crowds will not only become smaller and smaller but will change to more and more art Lovers.

You will experience another more peaceful Louvre, probably having an impression of intimacy at the end of the evening. 

The absence of daylight in fall and winter reinforces this feeling of intimacy (there are many crystal roofs in the Louvre).

Accessing the most famous works of art at the Louvre is usually much easier during an evening tour.

A Louvre Evening Tour is your best chance to approach the Venus de Milo and, even more, the Mona Lisa without being totally overwhelmed by the crowd.

Usually, after 9 PM or 9:15 PM, there are fewer people in front of the Mona Lisa, so you will optimize your chance to see it in the best possible conditions at the end of the tour or just after it.

An evening tour is the best solution to maximize your Louvre discovery. Don’t miss it, furthermore, if it is a once-in-a-lifetime experience!

During winter, the special evening experience with continue after your Louvre Tour.

You will fully enjoy the charm of the city of light at night when leaving the Louvre as the famous museum is in the very center of Paris.

The “Comédie Française” at night, just beside the Louvre.

Our guide, Yves, is a genuine Louvre tour guide and truly knowledgeable. He has been improving his museum skills passionately and has received many outstanding reviews!

Unlike others, we charge the same price for our Louvre evening tour as our normal ones.

Our Louvre private tours are probably among the most affordable available.

The Louvre Private Evening tour is the best choice. If you are available on Friday evening, do not hesitate. The only possible drawback is if you want to see a specific gallery that is closed on Friday.

Indeed, some galleries close on specific days of the week. Traditionally, on Fridays, the Department of “Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas” is closed, and the Département of “Egyptian Antiquities” is only partially open. Check the Louvre rooms closure schedule to access the most accurate information.

Nevertheless, you cannot be 100 % sure that a specific gallery will be open on the day you come; the Louvre can close any gallery without prior warning.

There is no specific content for the Louvre evening private tour. Nevertheless, it makes a lot of sense to dedicate your Louvre evening private tour to discovering the usually most crowded Louvre galleries.

The most crowded wing is the Denon one. There is the Victory of Samothrace, Mona Lisa, and the other Da Vincci masterpieces, the jewel of the French Crown, and the most famous 19th-century French paintings (Coronation of Napoléon, Raft of the Medusa, etc.).

Then comes the Sully Wing, where are the Venus de Milo and the Ancient Egypt collection.

Our 2-hour Louvre Discovery Tour is designed to show you the maximum of the Louvre’s highlights. But there is a big problem: Many other people want to see the same masterpieces, and you will spend most of the tour time in very crowded galleries. Solution?

Book your Louvre highlight discovery tour as a Friday evening tour!

At nightfall, a nearly empty Daru Staircase (Denon Wing) with the Nike of Samothrace in the background.

It was a privilege to see the famous David’s Coronation of Napoleon without the usual day crowd. Credit: The Yorck Project—GNU Free Documentation License.

The Louvre has a fantastic Italian Renaissance, which King François I of France started in the early fifteen hundred. François I was fond of arts, and he invited Leonardo da Vinci to stay in his court in France; that is why the Louvre has such an amazing collection of da Vinci master pieces (Mona Lisa, Sainte Anne, etc.) We propose an amazing Louvre Italian Renaissance Painting Tour. However, there is a big problem: the Italian Renaissance paintings are in the most crowded part of the Louvre. So, if you want to follow our Italian Renaissance painting tour in the best possible conditions, no mistake, book it as a Friday Evening Tour!

Enjoy the Italian Renaissance Masterpieces until the end in a more practicable Great Gallery to discover the works of Caravaggio, which close the period. Credit: The Yorck Project—GNU Free Documentation License.

All our Louvre tours may be booked as a private evening tour if the corresponding gallery is open on Friday (always check that before all).
There is an important disequilibrium between the Louvre galleries. Meanwhile, at pick hours in Denon wing, the Great Gallery with its Italian paintings is always very crowded; at the same time, French or Dutch & Flemish painting galleries in Richelieu or Sully wings will probably be nearly empty.

So, if you book a French or Dutch & Flemish painting tour on Friday night, we will probably be nearly alone in the related galleries where you will have the impression of having the Louvre Museum only for you—an amazing experience.

Women alone in Marie de Medici’s Cycle by Peter Paul Rubens. Richelieu wing, Louvre.

At the end of the tour, the room where the Mona Lisa is becoming more negotiable. It is an excellent opportunity to discover the Louvre Venetian masterpieces, such as the amazing “Man with a Glove” by Titian. Credit: The Yorck Project – GNU Free Documentation License.

An authorized artist reproducing a Rembrandt Masterpiece in the Louvre.

What is the difference between Louvre after-hour tours, Louvre night tours, and Louvre evening tours?

They are the same: tours based on the late closing of the Louvre Museum at 9:45 p.m. on Friday evening.

Can we stay in the Louvre after the evening tour to see the Mona Lisa or the Venus de Milo in even better conditions?

Yes, if the Louvre is still open, this is a very good idea. The tour usually ends quite close to both the Mona Lisa and the Venus de Milo, and the later you are from them, the fewer people you will see there.

Example: You start your Louvre evening tour at 6:30 p.m., which ends at 8:40 p.m. You usually still have +/- half an hour before the Louvre teams start to evacuate the galleries for the 9:45 museum closing.

Meeting point OUTSIDE the Louvre Museum

Meeting point INSIDE the Louvre Museum