Cruise on the river Seine with Bateaux Parisiens

How to talk about Paris without speaking of the famous river that cuts the city? And nothing better than listening his story being told by himself! How is this possible? Meet the crusie with the Bateaux Parisiens along the river Seine.

I chose my boat cruise in a combo with the show of the Moulin Rouge in Paris City Vision if you want to know how the cabaret went I tell a little bit how it was the experience in this post here.

The cool thing is that they offer several types of rides, so it fits into everyones budget. Has option with dinner, or lunch, commented tours, Depending on the chosen ride the boat rout changes, going to the statue of liberty. In other times of the year like Christmas and new year, specific tours are available, so it's always good to check on the site the different options and prices. You can check out all these amazing and tempting options of Cruise on the river Seine with Paris City Vision on their website.

Route black | Cruise Tour & 6:15 pm Dinner cruise & 21hours
Orange route | 12:45 Lunch Cruise, 8:30 pm Dinner cruise & Festive Cruises

Returning to Cruise Tour, you don´t need to schedule time, just arrive some 15/ 20 Minutes before the desired time. Remember to check on the site the time grid, usually they leave every hour from 10:30am to 10:00 pm. To enter simply submit the ticket, and pass by the zig zag from the queue to board. In the queue still has vending machines for those who want to buy a last-minute water or lunch. Noting that the average price of these little bottles in the machine are 2 / 3 euros. As I was in lowcoast trip, mine came full from home, where I bought 5 l for 90 cents.

As you board you have two options, do the crusie on top or in the inside down stairs. Of course, the choice depends on the weather, but being able to choose I recommend going on top, the angle is more privileged. The Bateaux Parisiens provides an audio guide that can be accessed by your wifi phone and feature audio in several languages, only bad thing I about the guide was the fact that the app doesn't work in the background, so, you can't take pictures or use any other functions of the phone without running out of the Guide.

The audio trigger as you pass by specific points, most starts by going through one of the many bridges that cross the River. Speaking in rio, the character who narrates the story is the river Seine it self, as the important points of the city pass the audio guide tells a little bit about their stories and curiosities.

I planed to take the cruise around the time of sunset, and I had the privilege of seeing the Eiffel Tower completely gold with the late afternoon light. As the sun goes down the cold arrives, especially if you're on top, that is open, as I.

We went up the Seine coasting the left side of the river with the island of the city on the left. Gorgeous angles of Notre Dame can be registered there. On the right you can see ( practically from the whole town ) the huge golden dome of the Invalides that is covered with 12.65 kg of golden leafs. Since I was on the left side of the boat I couldn´t managed to register the dome on the tour, but follows one of the many photos I made of it during the trip.

Still on the left bank, right side of who rises the river Seine, You can view the large building of the National Assembly, also known as Palais Bourbon. The visit of the Assembly is possible upon reservation with at least 3 months in advance, is free and takes place in groups of up 50 persons , lasting 1:30. I didn´t go this time, but by the pictures it should be a SUPER ride.

Still on the left bank you pass by the Institut de France, a French academic institution founded in 1795, they manage foundations as, museums, libraries, palaces and castles. In addition to rewarding research projects of the academies that are part of the Institute.

From the top of the boat you can see one of the most common activities of the Parisians. Sit on the edge of the Seine river to rest, have a picnic, or just watch the coming and going of boats. Besides them people on bridges love waving at passers-by in the boats, in particular the children, It's almost like being part of a parade.

The boat offers bathrooms and bar. Note that the toilets close to use 15 Minutes before the end of the tour, but rest assured that they warn you about it. The return is made shortly after the end of city island, we returned by the right margin, down the river, with the island of the city left. The tome of the return is one of the moments that you have the most beautiful view of the river and the Ilê de la Cité, well at least in my opinion.

At the end of the tour, with the Eiffel Tower totally gold, absolutely everyone on the boat started taking the typical pictures and I couldn´t resist, I did a combo.

Taking approximately 1 h it´s a ride that I super recommend. View City on the other angle is very interesting, In addition to being a good opportunity to rest your feet already well worn to run the city of light. As boarding is on the side of the Eiffel Tower a good thing is after the ride to see the sunset and the light of the city from the top of the famous Tower or Camp de Mars lawn.

Tip of the out of touch – Cruise on the river Seine

Take your headset to take advantage of the audio guide.
Pass filter and take a hat and sunglasses as the Sun.
If your ride was more pro late afternoon take a scarf and a sweater because as the sun goes down the cold arrives.

Important Information – Cruise on the river Seine

Schedule | Cruise Tour
Output of the Eiffel Tower |: daily from 10:30 to 10:00 pm hourly
Address
Port de la Bourdonnais, 75007 Paris | the side of the Eiffel Tower
Duration
about 1:00