Paris Tourist Sightseeing Boats
 Vedettes de Paris
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The Vedettes de Paris prides itself on using "real boats with a human scale where a warm welcome and a relaxing atmosphere are the golden rule"; in other words, they're a bit smaller than the leviathans used by their competitors. The Etolie holds just 50 for dinner, and the Paris Iena and Trocadero only 40. Paris Montmartre and the Paris Montparnasse are also anything but glass-enclosed giants -they've been going since 1999!
They operate one hour sightseeing cruises throughout the year, 2 hours dinner cruises and various other options.
Location:
The Vedettes de Paris ticket office and embarkation pier is at Port de Suffren, just to the west of the Pont Iéna (on the left as you look at the Seine from the Eiffel Tower).
Vedettes de Paris
Port de Suffren, 75007 Paris (next to the Eiffel Tower)
Phone: 01-44-18-08-03, 01-47-05-74-53; E-mail: comm@vedettesdeparis.com
Métro: Bir-Hakeim (line 6);
RER: Champ de Mars (line C)
Bus: lines 44, 69, 82, 87 (Champ de Mars); lines 22, 30, 32, 63, 72 (Trocadéro)
Car: access from the Bir-Hakeim Bridge, Left Bank; large free car park reserved for passengers.
Website: www.vedettesdeparis.com
Route Maps of Cruises
Paris Sightseeing Cruise
The cruise lasts for 1 hour (departure and arrival at the foot of the Eiffel Tower) and there is a commentary in French and English (with Italian, German, Spanish available on request). You can get a cruise brochure in French, English, Italian, German, Spanish, Japanese, Chinese.
Timetable:
High season (Easter to September) departure every 30 minutes from 10am to 10pm, and Saturdays from 10am to 11pm
Low season (October to Easter) departure every hour from 11am to 6pm
Prices:
Adults: €13
Children aged 4-12: €5
Children under 4: free
Stop-off at Notre Dame:
You can stop off at Notre Dame (port of call: la Tournelle) on certain schedules. Note that if you get off at Notre Dame, you will not be able to re-embark to go back to the Eiffel Tower.
Dinner Cruise - Evening on the Seine
These go every day (except 14 February, 14 July, 31 December). Basically a more intimate style of evening than the bigger boats. As mentioned above, the boats don't offer so many places, and you get to sit alongside panoramic windows.
Prices:
€81.00 per adult €32.00 per child (under 12) Wine not included.
Embarkation from Marina de Paris (near Musee Orsay) at 8.45 pm, departure at 9.15 pm. Return to the quay at 11.15 pm.
Related articles: Dinner Cruises on the Seine | Paris Sightseeing Buses
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