Le Louvre museum guided tour

The Louvre presents works of Western art from the Middle Ages to 1848, ancient civilizations that preceded and influenced, and Islam’s arts.

• What you will discover first, is the Louvre's incredible architecture: one of the largest royal palaces in the world, expanded and embellished since the fifteenth century until today. The transformations carried out from 1984, with the new pyramid and the public reception areas, actually reveal the Louvre as the largest museum in the world.

• Then your private guide will take you to priceless masterpieces that made the Louvre its tremendous fame. During your two-hour session, he will make custom comments about iconic art works. He will adapt the tour to meet your wishes. He will guide you through the huge museum to contemplate the most interesting works at your own pace.

• Some of the Louvre masterpieces : Mona Lisa or the Virgin of the Rocks by Leonard da Vinci, the Venus de Milo, the Winged Victory of Samothrace, the Code of Hammurabi, Liberty leading the People by Delacroix, the Wedding at Cana by Veronese, the Man with a Glove by Titien, the Raft of the Medusa by Gericault, the Seated Scribe, the Dying Slave by Michelangelo, the Lacemaker by Vermeer, the Madonna of Chancellor Rolin by Jan Van Eyck, Baldassare Castiglione by Raphael, the Fortune Teller by Caravaggio, Gilles or the Embarkation for Cythera by Watteau, Bathsheba at her bath by Rembrandt, Grande Odalisque by Ingres, Eliezer and Rebecca by Poussin, etc...

Suggestions :
• If you plan to visit other museums during your stay in Paris, buy the Paris Museum Pass to see as much as you can during 2 or 4 consecutive days.
• Other museums that we highly recommend : Orsay, Pompidou Centre, L’Orangerie, Rodin, Marmottan, Guimet, Nissim de Camondo, Galiera Fashion and Textiles, the Bourget Aerospace Museum...