Bir Hakeim is the nearest Metro station to the tower, about 5mins walk from it.
The Eiffel tower is really a spectacular sight! It's massive and it totally lives up to my expectations. When I was sight seeing in London, I was so disappointed with Big Ben because in my mind he was much bigger, but this French icon didn't let me down.
Now the number one thing you must have if you want to visit the Eiffel Tower is patience. It is at least a 45minute wait at the base of the tower. Thirty minutes is spent lining up for tickets, and another 15mins to go through security and wait for the lift to take you up to the 2nd floor, thats about 1/4 of the way up.
Once the lift takes you up to the 2nd floor, you're ushered/pushed out and can walk around for as long as you like...
Once you're satisfied and have taken all the photos you want, you then join another queue, the one that takes you all the way up to the top. Thats at least another 45minutes. It is a long wait, but if you have a travel buddy its not so bad.
View from the top, the Arc de Triomphe and just imagine all the pictures above, only smaller.
I'm guessing this tiny bar is located all the way up in the sky for those fellas who decide to propose right at the top of the Eiffel Tower, and celebrate her saying yes with champagne.
Suzanne and I discussed this and I definitely would NOT want to be proposed to at the top of the Eiffel Tower because 1. omg, its a 2hour wait to get to the top and 2. its so packed with people there is no privacy at all! The dude wont even have enough space to get down on his knee... Seriously, the top section of the tower is totally swamped.
Unless the guy can rent the whole tower for the day, I dont think its a romantic idea at all.
While walking round the top, we spotted a toilet sign (they have toilets up there!) and although we weren't needing to we decided to go anyway.
I mean, how many people can say they peed over Paris eh? (prob thousands)
Get this, even to go back down its another 30ish minute wait. Yes, again we waited but it was worse getting down because there was no respect for the queue and people were going past and joining on near the top of the line. Grrrr.
To keep you occupied while waiting they have a list of countries and their distance from the tower up on the walls...
Negaraku!
Overall, I would say if you are in Paris and have the time then you should definitely go up the Eiffel Tower. I mean, its a once in a lifetime thing, and its not like I'm gonna be going up it anytime in the near or distant future.
The waiting time is sucky but if you go prepared for a long wait then its fine.
Bring a book if you're going on your own.
No comments:
Post a Comment