Les Invalides and Napoleon's Tomb Guided Tour

Explore Napoleon's Tomb and Les Invalides on a 2-hour tour with a licensed expert French guide and skip-the-line entry.

Getting started

Meet your licensed expert French guide at the exit of La Tour-Maubourg metro stop on line 8. After a brief introduction, you will walk together to Les Invalides and use your skip-the-line entry to access the complex. Tickets are handled by your guide, so you can move straight past the main lines and begin your 2-hour guided tour without delay.

What to expect

Les Invalides: Dôme and Napoleon's Tomb

Les Invalides is a historic complex crowned by the golden dome, where the Dôme Church and Napoleon's Tomb sit at its heart.

Features

• Inside the Dôme Church, you enter a gilded interior and stand beneath the golden dome while your guide explains how Les Invalides became the resting place of Napoleon Bonaparte.
• At Napoleon's Tomb, you view the monumental sarcophagus and hear the story of his exile and the journey to return his remains to Paris.
• Skip-the-line entry to Les Invalides, including the Dôme and Napoleon's Tomb, is included so your group bypasses the general ticket queues and heads directly inside.
• A semi-private or private guided tour is available as per the option you select, with a maximum of 8 guests to keep the visit intimate and allow questions in French throughout.

Musée de l'Armée

Within Les Invalides, the Musée de l'Armée holds extensive collections related to French military history and Napoleon's era.

Features

• Your licensed expert French guide leads you through key Napoleonic collections that focus on military campaigns, personal artefacts, and uniforms.
• Exhibits connected to Napoleon's life and wars help you understand the context of the tomb and the role of Les Invalides in French history.
• Skip-the-line entry to the Musée de l'Armée is included as part of your ticketed access, so you transition smoothly from the Dôme area into the museum during the 2-hour guided tour.
• The structured 2-hour guided tour keeps the pace unhurried while still covering the core sections of the Musée de l'Armée most relevant to Napoleon and the golden dome complex.

Wrapping up

Your guided visit concludes inside Les Invalides, where the formal 2-hour tour ends, and you can continue exploring the complex on your own or make your way back via the nearby La Tour-Maubourg metro station.