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Paris on a Budget - Visiting Paris Attractions on a Budget

By Mark Kahler, About.com

Eiffel Tower, ParisMark Kahler, licensed to About.com

Paris Pass gives you free access to about 60 Paris attractions. It's doubtful you'd visit every one of them.

However, among that larger number are some top attractions: The Eiffel Tower (9 EUR); Versailles (12 EUR); Paris Exhibition (10 EUR); Bateaux Parisiens River Cruise (11 EUR); The Louvre (9 EUR). Those five together are 51 EUR ($79 USD), which is more than half the price of the pass.

Adults pay 85 EUR for two days ($132 USD). The pass also allows free transit for two days on the Metro.

Take a look at their list of attractions and decide how many you would visit anyway. Consider something else, too: you bypass admission lines at attractions. In effect, you've already got your ticket for each place. Time is money on vacation, too!

Some art lovers block out days rather than hours to visit the Louvre Museum and it's entirely possible to do so and still not see everything. No matter. This is a great value at 9 EUR ($14 USD) for admission. There are few places on earth like it.

If you're not necessarily an art lover, you still need to invest a few hours to have the Louvre experience. Arrive later in the day on Wednesdays and Fridays and you'll receive a discount of up to 3 EUR. If your itinerary takes you there on the first Sunday of the month, you'll pay no admission. The same is true every July 14.

Remember that some of the best attractions and experiences in Paris are either free or--like the Louvre--available at a price that doesn't begin to reflect their values. For some ideas along those lines, check out five free things to see in Paris.

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