Paris Museum and City Passes: Do They Really Save You Money?

These passes will usually get you into many of the Paris museums or attractions.

They are available for different lengths of time like 1, 3, 5 or even 7 days. Sometimes they are actually offered by the city or the city's museums or the city's transit authority. Sometimes they are offered by a private company that has an agreement with the city or the attractions that are included.

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The Carte Muses et Monuments or Paris Pass in Paris gets you into 63 museums and monuments in Paris and the surrounding area. Yes that's a lot of sightseeing to do. You get an unlimited number of visits and get to go in a special entrance so you can skip the lines. This is a great deal if you're into museums... you can pop in and out of the Louvre and others and have time in between for a head clearing walk in the park.

Paris Museum and City Passes: Do They Really Save You Money?

Whenever you consider city passes or transit cards or museum cards... just consider if they really save you money. We've evaluated others and chosen not to get them. If you're only seeing one museum or taking one metro ride, just pay for the one, the "pass" will cost you too much.

So when you're planning a trip to visit Paris with it's many museums and attractions, check into a city pass. You can find out about these on the internet. You can buy these ahead online too.

You can almost always wait and buy them at one of the museums included or at a tourist information office. One way or the other, it's good idea to have the information ahead and have time to think about it so you don't have to waste time deciding when you are standing in front of the museum. These passes will be validated at the first attraction you visit, and your time will be calculated from that.

Look at the price of the Paris Pass and which museums and attractions are included. Are you even interested in museums? Do you want to go to many of the attractions included, or are there many that just don't interest you?

Will you have time to see them during the 1, 3, or 7 days that the city pass is valid? Will seeing that many places have you running around more than you would like? You have to travel the way you want.

Or maybe you want to just sit in a sidewalk cafe with your camera and snap the world going by!

You don't want to pay for more than you will use, but for many people the Paris Pass is well worth the investment.

Paris Museum and City Passes: Do They Really Save You Money? TateShots: Dorothy Bohm Video Clips. Duration : 3.70 Mins.

Prussian-born photographer Dorothy Bohm invites us into her London home as she discusses her life and work. After fleeing to England as a child at the outset of the Second World War, photographer Dorothy Bohm studied photography at a Manchester college before moving to Hampstead in 1956. Over the next three decades she built a reputation as one of Britain's leading photographic artists, earning particular acclaim for her images of street culture in London and Paris. TateShots met her at her home to find out what photography has meant in her life. Bohm is one of the photographers featured in an exhibition at Tate Britain this summer, that explores how some of the biggest names in international photography have portrayed London and its communities over the years. Another London, Tate Britain 27 July -- 16 September 2011

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