Private Napoleon in Paris Full Day Guided Tour
A Paris private tour to follow in Napoleon's footsteps all day long. It includes a Louvre tour (we purchase the tickets for you) to see the great Napoleonic Louvre paintings and the Napoleon Tomb at the Invalides (Invalides tickets not included), with a passionate, postgraduate, fully licensed tour guide.
The Emperor Napoleon I
Napoleon in Paris Full-Day Tour in a Nutshell
From 430 € for 1 to 2 people + 70 € per extra person
- +/- 7- or 8-hour walking tour in English
- Really private tour = your party only (6 people max.)
- +/- 6.5 to 8.5 km distance covered (without the museum walk)
- Postgraduate (MPhil) certified French national guide
- Availability: not on Mondays, Tuesdays or Thursdays
- Not available January 1st, May 1st & December 25th
- Best days for the tour: Friday, Saturday, Sunday
The Napoleon tour is not available during the Paris Fashion Weeks. In 2026, March 2 to 10 and September 28 to October 6.
Price does not include Louvre special tour tickets (€ 28 for people over 18, free under 18) and mandatory € 20 "right to speak" Louvre fees.
We will purchase both for you, as you can't buy them yourself.
Louvre tickets you can purchase online yourself are not tour compatible.
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What's the Tour About?
Napoleon Paintings in the Louvre
Paris Dreamed City of Napoleon
Napoleon Tomb in the Invalides
Your Private Tour Guide in Paris
Certified French national guide
BA, Magna Cum Laude, Heritage Development & Preservation
from Conservatoire des Arts et Métiers (Grande Ecole established in 1794)
Postgraduate from Paris Dauphine-PSL University
Napoléon in Paris Full Day Tour Content
The Napoleon full-day tour (+/- 7 or 8 hours) is based on the content of the 3-hour Napoleon in Paris tour, split into 2 parts (morning walk & afternoon walk), with flexible extra content added. The full-day tour is structured in 6 parts.
- 9:30 AM to 10:30 AM: Morning Napoleon walk (+/- 1 hour)
- 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM: Napoleon oriented Louvre tour (+/- 2 hours)
- 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM: Pause (sandwich / break) (+/- 1 hour)
- 1:30 PM to 2 PM: "Option Buffer" (+/- 0.5 hour)
- 2 PM to 4 PM: Afternoon Napoleon walk (+/- 2 hours)
- 4 PM to 5 PM: Napoleon Tomb (+/- 0.5 to 1 hour)
This program is presented with a theoretical schedule that is non-contractual and for product comprehension only. It may be affected by many contingencies, according to which the tour will have to be adapted.
The 2-hour Louvre tour includes the time spent in line at the security check. Except in case of contingency, we enter via the gate dedicated to private tours, which normally has far fewer people than the public gates.
No food, no drink included.
The half hour "Option Buffer" is a time reserve to be able to absorb contingencies and/or to better adapt the tour to your expectations: a slower pace, more time for a lunch break, or optionally to have an extra Napoleon walk in Saint-Germain-des-Prés crossing the Pont-des-Arts.
Photo: the Institut and the Pont-des-Arts. Optionally we may cross the Pont-des-Arts to have an extra Napoleon-related Walk in Saint-Germain-des-Prés.
Tour Flexibility, Options and Practical Aspects
The first, morning part of the tour is not flexible: we have to start on time and reach our half-hour entry time slot at the Louvre on time.
Once in the Louvre, the tour is much more flexible. You can favor the lunch break, the Louvre visit, or the extra walk; it is up to you (and the weather too).
Sandwich / Lunch break: lunch and its organization are not included in the tour. The most efficient break is to have a quick sandwich / lunch in the Louvre or the Louvre gallery (there are many possibilities in the Louvre's galleries and the Louvre's Mall). If you are a tour enthusiast, the lunch break can be less than an hour; that is not a problem for us.
Invalides and Napoleon's tomb: the tour is designed to end at the Invalides, entering the Invalides to see Napoleon's tomb.
Nevertheless, if you have already seen it or prefer to see it by yourself another day, just mention it during the booking process, and we will know that you prefer to spend more time on other aspects of the tour: Louvre extension tour or Saint-Germain extra walk.
Photo of some of the high reliefs around Napoleon's Tomb.
Things to know before Booking
Meeting Point
Next to the exit of the metro station "Grands Boulevards" in the 2nd arrondissement (district) of Paris.
Access: Metro station "Grands Boulevards", line 8 or line 9.
Napoleon in Paris Full-Day Private Tour Attention Points
- The tour is on foot, covering a +/- 6.5 to 8.5 km city walk, plus extra walking in the museums (Louvre, Invalides), so good health and comfortable shoes are mandatory.
- Prices do not include transportation, food, drinks, or any other extra services. Lunch is not included.
- A private tour means that the tour is for your party only, not that the Louvre or the Invalides is privatized.
- Some monuments can be presented from afar, for example the Arc de Triomphe.
- Tour duration, distance covered & content are purely indicative; they may vary due to contingencies.
Book your Napoleon in Paris Full day Tour
Just select the date you want for your Napoleon tour and follow the easy 4-step process below.
(1) Receive our OK email (48h free pre-booking)
(2) Pay for your tour via the payment link in our email
(3) Receive our
confirmation (email)
We buy the Louvre tickets for you. If we don't get them (very rare), you are fully refunded!
Nota bene: Step (1) free pre-booking is lost if no step (2) payment is received after 48h.
(4) WE WILL INFORM YOU ONCE WE HAVE YOUR LOUVRE TICKETS - THEN, AND ONLY THEN, PURCHASE YOUR INVALIDES TICKETS (NAPOLEON TOMB) ONLINE, choosing the 4 p.m. (16h) time slot for the day of your tour.
Private Tour Napoleon in Paris
Extended tour (+/-7 or 8 hours)For 1 to 2 people + 70 € for any extra person.
- A group of up to 6 people, exclusively yours.
- English language.
- We buy the Louvre tickets (€28/ticket) & "right to speak" (€20) for you; they are added to the final price.
- Invalides (Napoleon Tomb) tickets not included
Emperor Napoleon I in his study in the Tuileries. The portrait was painted by Jacques-Louis David, the official painter of Napoleon.
View of people entering the Louvre via the Richelieu Gallery coming from rue de Rivoli and Palais Royal. Photo by Serge Kutuzov on Unsplash.