Louvre Museum Guided Visit

Louvre Museum Guided Visit with Pickup but NO return to your hotel or apartment

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• Duration: around 3 hours
• Available year-round: on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays
• Hotel/apartment pickup is included but there are no return since the tour ends at Le Louvre.
• Hotel/apartment departures at around: 13:30 (1:30PM)
• Languages: English, Español, Français, conducted by a qualified guide-interpreter
• Entrance ticket included and No Queuing
• Tour with Air-conditioned minibus
• Ticket delivery: Voucher issued online (no tickets needed)
• Rate per person including taxes and services (Free for child under 4)
• Free 30 days access to online French lessons included

Detailed Description

Enter the Louvre museum where your guided visit is focused around 3 worldwide famous works: the Venus de Milo, the Winged Victory, and Mona Lisa painted by Leonardo da Vinci at the beginning of the 16th century. For more details about these works of art, visit 'Additional Information' section below.

Those avid for further knowledge may wish to extend their visit by exploring other departments in the world's largest museum.

Important to say that this Louvre guided tour is conducted by a qualified guide-interpreter in only one language during the visit, your choice: English, Español, Français.

• Do you wish to visit Le Louvre on your own? Then the one day Louvre Museum pass will be your ticket, or Paris Museum pass, again no queuing.
• Many customers who purchased Louvre Museum guided visit also purchased Metro & Bus Paris Visite pass to cover transportation needs during their stay.

Terms and Conditions and Cancellation Policy

Three worldwide famous works

"Victory of Samothrace" Samothrace (island in the North Aegean Sea) Circa 190 BC

For the Greeks, the goddess of Victory (Nike) was a beautiful young woman endowed with wings. This exceptional monument, raised upon the isle of Samothrace, set in a niche overlooking the sanctuary of the Great Gods, celebrates success at sea. The goddess stands on the prow of a galley, resisting the gusty storm, her right arm undoubtedly held high. It was an ex-voto of the Rhodians for a victory won at the beginning of the 2nd century BC: the attitude and the animated draping prefigure the reliefs for the altar of Pergamum.

"Venus de Milo" Melos (the Cyclades islands) Circa 100 BC

In spite of lacking attributes, the size and the attitude of this statue allow its identification as a goddess: Aphrodite, often represented half nude, or Amphitrite, goddess of the sea, venerated on the island of Melos. The style is characteristic of the late Hellenistic period, which revives classical themes while innovating. Thus the slipping drapery on the hips entails a closed stance and introduces an instancy to the figure. It hides the joint between the two blocks of marble that were sculpted separately, as were the left arm and leg, according to an utterly new technique.

The Mona Lisa (1479 - d. before 1550) also known as La Gioconda 1503-1506

If Vasari is correct, the portrait which Leonardo took to France, that was acquired by François I, was of the Mona Lisa, who in 1495 married Francesco di Bartolomeo di Zanoli del Giocondo. The title "La Gioconda" would thus derive from this notable Florentine's surname. But in Italian "gioconda" also means a light-hearted woman. With a lasting effect on Italian art, this portrait stood for an ideal. The smile that gives her life is, however, a feature of many of Leonardo's figures. Several scholars have concluded that the portrait was worked on over a long period, starting around 1505-1506 in Florence, and it was finished during the course of Leonardo's peregrinations in Milan or Rome.