What's Open in Paris on a Tuesday?

1. 09:00Trocadéro esplanade · about 40 min

2. Walk · 0.7 km · about 16 min

   09:56Eiffel Tower · about 121 min

3. 11:57Lunch break · about 60 min

4. Public transport (planner estimate) · 2.1 km · about 18 min

   13:15Musée Rodin · about 86 min

5. Public transport (planner estimate) · 2.8 km · about 20 min

   15:01Palais Garnier · about 67 min

6. Public transport (planner estimate) · 3.4 km · about 22 min

   16:30Arc de Triomphe · about 52 min

Louvre — Mon/Thu/Sat/Sun 09:00–18:00, Wed/Fri 09:00–21:00; closed Tuesday. Time-slot booking is recommended, also for free-admission visitors; tickets are sold on site only when attendance is low. Last entry 1 hour before closing. Closed 1 Jan, 1 May, 25 Dec.

Musée de l’Orangerie — Wed–Mon 09:00–18:00; closed Tuesday. Last admission 17:15. Closed 1 May, the morning of 14 July and 25 Dec. On the free first Sunday of the month, online time-slot booking is mandatory.

Marché aux Puces de Saint-Ouen.

Trocadéro esplanade — open-air, no ticket, no closing day.

Eiffel Tower — Daily 09:30–23:45 (last ascent 22:45). Non-EU visitor pricing may rise in 2026 per new heritage funding rules.

Arc de Triomphe — April–September: Wed–Mon 10:00–23:00, Tue 11:00–23:00; October–March: Wed–Mon 10:00–22:30, Tue 11:00–22:30 (last admission 45 minutes before closing). Closed on 1 May, 8 May, 14 July and the morning of 11 November; closes at 16:00 on 24 and 31 December 2026. May close at short notice for official ceremonies or bad weather.

Notre-Dame & Île de la Cité — Daily roughly 07:45–18:45 (varies by source, confirm before visiting). Reopened 7 December 2024 after fire restoration. Access can still be affected by ongoing finishing works and special services.

Montmartre & Sacré-Cœur — Basilica free entry daily 06:30–22:30; the surrounding Montmartre hill and streets are always open. Dome climb is a separate paid ticket with its own shorter hours.

Panthéon — Daily 10:00–18:00 (Oct–Mar) or 10:00–18:30 (Apr–Sep); last access 45 min before closing. Closed 1 Jan, 1 May, 25 Dec. Opens at 12:00 on the first Monday of the month.

Champs-Élysées.

Sainte-Chapelle — Daily 09:00–19:00 (1 April–30 September), 09:00–17:00 (1 October–31 March); last access 30 minutes before closing. Closed on 1 January, 1 May and 25 December.

The schedule above is what the MEVAYA planner builds for a Tuesday. It only contains stops that are open that day — the planner reads each stop's closing days and will not route you to a closed venue, even one marked as essential.

The day covers about 0.7 km on foot and 3 public-transport hops (about 8.3 km), used only where walking would cost more time than it saves.

Only one stop needs booking: Eiffel Tower. Everything else is free or sold at the door.

09:00–09:40 — Trocadéro esplanade. The terrace across the river that gives you the Eiffel Tower head-on, whole, with nothing in the way. Free, always open, and the reason every good photograph of the tower is taken from here rather than underneath it. It is a public open-air space with no ticket and no closing day.

09:56–11:57 — Eiffel Tower. Second floor is the one worth having — the view actually frames the city, where the summit mostly shows you haze. Stairs to level two are cheaper, quicker and far less queued than the lifts. Verified opening hours: Daily 09:30–23:45 (last ascent 22:45). Non-EU visitor pricing may rise in 2026 per new heritage funding rules. Book ahead: this stop needs a reservation or a timed ticket.

11:57–12:57 — Lunch. The planner reserves time to eat right after Eiffel Tower, so the afternoon continues from where the morning ended instead of detouring for food.

13:15–14:41 — Musée Rodin. A mansion and a three-hectare sculpture garden with The Thinker and The Gates of Hell out among the roses. There is a garden-only ticket for a few euros, which on a good day is the better purchase. Verified opening hours: Tue–Sun 10:00–18:30; closed Monday. Last admission 17:45. Closed on 1 January, 1 May and 25 December; closes at 17:30 on 24 and 31 December.

15:01–16:08 — Palais Garnier. The opera house that inspired the Phantom — a grand staircase built for being seen on, and a ceiling painted by Chagall. Self-guided visits run through the day when there is no rehearsal. Verified opening hours: Self-guided visits usually 10:00–17:00 (hours shown per day on the official page); last admission 1 hour before closing. Online booking is mandatory — no visit tickets are sold on site. Rehearsals often close the auditorium at short notice; no ticket guarantees access to it.

16:30–17:22 — Arc de Triomphe. Napoleon’s arch over the world’s most intimidating roundabout. The rooftop is a paid, separate ticket and one of the best views in Paris. Use the underpass to reach it — crossing the traffic on foot is not a thing you do. Verified opening hours: April–September: Wed–Mon 10:00–23:00, Tue 11:00–23:00; October–March: Wed–Mon 10:00–22:30, Tue 11:00–22:30 (last admission 45 minutes before closing). Closed on 1 May, 8 May, 14 July and the morning of 11 November; closes at 16:00 on 24 and 31 December 2026. May close at short notice for official ceremonies or bad weather.

Built by the MEVAYA planner from MEVAYA's curated Paris data. Opening hours were checked against official and independent sources in September 2026; the route, times and durations are the planner's own output, not estimates written by hand.