Eiffel Tower Guide
Find all your answers to the Eiffel Tower here: Directions, hours of operation, admission prices, travel tips and more!
The famed Eiffel Tower, completed in 1889 just in time for the World's Fair that year, stands at 1063 feet tall. Alexandre Gustave Eiffel, who was the lead architect on the 2 year project, also lead the building of the Statue of Liberty in the United States.
Guide to Touring the Eiffel Tower
Cost: €8.20 (2nd Level) / €13.40 (Top)
Hours of Operation: 9:30 AM – 11:45 PM
Closest Metro: Ecole Militaire (Line 8)
Website: Eiffel Tower
Fun Facts about the legendary Eiffel Tower
→ The Eiffel Tower, despised as an eye-sore by most people when it was first built, was supposed to be torn down and sold for scrap metal after 20 years
→ The Eiffel Tower is composed of over 18,000 total iron pieces!
→ The Eiffel Tower is still the tallest structure in Paris, and until 1930 was the tallest structure in the world
→ The cost of building the Eiffel Tower was almost 8 million French Francs in 1930, which is approximately $54,000,000 USD in today's money