Private 2-Hour Guided Tour in Orsay Museum Paris

Name: Private 2-Hour Guided Tour in Orsay Museum Paris
Brand: Napoleone Tour
SKU: 13405P5
Price: 105.33 USD
Rating: 5.0 (168 reviews)

Paris, France

Paris 2 Hour Private Guided Tour to Orsay Museum

2 hours
Offered in: English

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Overview

Take in the highlights of France’s national art collection with a private tour of the Orsay Museum, one of Paris’s most popular museums. Enjoy skip-the-line entrance and follow your guide on a tour of the museum’s extensive exhibitions. Admire the striking museum building; learn about impressionist, post-impressionist and Art Nouveau styles from your expert guide; and see masterpieces like Monet’s ‘Blue Water Lilies,’ Cézanne’s ‘Apples and Oranges,’ and Renoir’s ‘Montmartre.’

Private guided tour of the Orsay Museum
Discover some of the best bits of France’s national art collection
Marvel over famous paintings like Monet’s ‘Blue Water Lilies’ and Cézanne’s ‘Apples and Oranges’
See works by Delacroix, Monet, Renoir, Van Gogh, and more
Enjoy priority entrance with skip-the-line tickets
This private tour can be customized to your interests and ensures you’ll receive personalized attention from your guide

What's Included

Private guided tour
Professional guide

Transportation to/from attractions

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

Musée d'Orsay
Esplanade Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, 75007 Paris, France
Meeting point at the rhinoceros statue

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

What To Expect

Musee d'Orsay

2 hours • Admission Ticket Included

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received within 48 hours of booking, subject to availability
A minimum of 2 people per booking is required
Wheelchair accessible
Stroller accessible
Near public transportation
Transportation is wheelchair accessible

Surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Most travelers can participate
Multilingual guide
Wheelchair accessible, please advise when booking
This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate

Cancellation Policy

This experience is non-refundable and cannot be changed for any reason. If you cancel or ask for an amendment, the amount you paid will not be refunded.

This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.

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Reviews

5.0

168 reviews

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Professionale!

Bryan_M, Apr 2024

Maurizio is the best tour guide I’ve ever had, on any tour, anywhere in the world. I learned more from him on one tour than during a semester of Art History. He connects artists to apprentices and points out details of paintings in a way Ive never heard When a medical emergency happened with a family member during a tour he took charge running to find museum officials, helping translate with paramedics and even following up the following day to see how things were going. Could not recommend him more!

Book it with Maurizio Tammaro!!

MillerH, Mar 2024

Having Maurizio Tammaro as our guide!! Absolutely awesome experience with him and he’s so knowledgeable!! Truth be told, I wasnt excited to go when my wife booked it, but because Maurizio Tammaro, I had a blast!! Thank you!!

Well worth the time and cost that opened us up to a better understanding of painting

gmguardino, Oct 2023

The beauty of the architecture. Outstanding guide, who is not only very knowledgeable, but had a great presentation. We appreciate it more than ever to learn about the impressionist form of art.

Amazing

Daisy_C, Aug 2023

Mauricio was amazing! As a dad he kept the visit very entertaining for my kids!!! Two thumbs up! Daisy and family

Our favorite tour!

Jamie_A, Jul 2023

Maurizio is the best tour guide. He has a gift for storytelling so it is fun to learn about the art and artists. Our teen was still recounting some of the stories days later. Maurizio has a degré in art history, so he was able to answer our questions about other artists that we liked our pieces that caught our eye. He really knows his stuff, and presents it in such an enjoyable way.

Recommend Napoleone Tours

Rosemary_D, May 2023

This was absolutely the best 2 hours we could have spent at the Musée D’Orsay. Mauritzo brought art and artist to life for us with his animated descriptions of the life and times of the artists. This gave us an opportunity to view these masterpieces with a different perspective. Absolutely loved this tour!!

Lively and Fascinating

Michelle_H, Mar 2023

An engaging and energetic tour! We learned so much about the rise of Impressionism and the connection between many of the artists. Mauricio brought the era to life for us.

Would not recommend

Sarah_W, Dec 2022

We schedule a private tour and misunderstood the time, which was totally our fault (it started at 1400 and we planned to arrive at 4pm). When we realized our mistake, we called to tour company and first asked for a credit, which they refused because they said they (meaning we) had already purchased tickets to the museum for that day. We said we understood and asked that they send us a photo of the tickets so we could try to go to the museum on our own. They agreed but then never sent us the tickets, so we lost all our money and missed out on the experience of going to the museum ourselves with the tickets we had paid for. Very disappointing and terrible customer service.

Response from Host, Dec 2022

Hello Sarah, Your tour was scheduled at 2pm. It was a private tour and the guide was there just for you at the scheduled time. That is the reason why this tour was explicitly not refundable, so that is why you could not be credited. He called multiple times but no answer. You call us 2 hours later demanding for tickets that were impossible to use on your own, since they were expired. I told you that I would send them to you anyway as proof but that they were useless, also the guide was doing another tour and that I was not sure I would be able to send them soon. I told you how to get new tickets on your own since these were useless and also because the museum was closing in 1 hour anyway. We don't do the rules at the Orsay Museum, yet you did not seem to understand or accept my explications. You lost the tour and its completely your fault, we answered to your call immediately and tried to help. That's wonderful customer service, for a "very disappointing and terrible" customer, giving 1 star to a devoted company for nothing. I understand your frustration, but it's mean and childish to punish us for your own mistakes.

Art Revealed by Mauricio

Jeff_S, Sep 2022

Mauricio brought the collection at the D’ Orsay to life for us, giving us an detailed understanding of the complex stories behind the artists and their works. He has given us an appreciation for art that we did not know existed before. He encouraged us to appreciate art in a way we have not realized was possible until this museum and his narrative.

Best way to see Musee D’Orsay for us ordinary but curious folks

Joanna_M, Jul 2022

Our family of 4 really enjoyed our Musee D’Orsay tour with Napoleone Tour’s Mauricio. He did a great job of interweaving the historical time period and then comparing the types of paintings “allowed” by the Academy vs those that were rejected. And how a rising middle and upper class due to the Industrial Revolution, embraced these rejected painters. It was a wonderful 2 hours of history and art and we highly recommend this tour.

Manifique!

Ursula_F, Jul 2022

Wonderful guide and tour - highly recommend The only complaint is being forced to write this review longer than intended

Best Tour Ever

Elizabeth_R, Dec 2021

Cannot recommend this tour enough. Mauricio was an amazingly knowledgeable, engaging, and fun guide. Will absolutely be booking tours with this company on future trips to Paris.

Our guide was extremely...

Stephen_M, Nov 2021

Our guide was extremely knowledgeable and brought the paintings to life. We highly recommend his service

Making Impressionism Come Alive

TerryJ_L, Oct 2021

Our 2 hour visit to Orsay Museum was outstanding. Maurizio (Napoleone tour) was the perfect guide to explain the beginning of the impressionists and a timeline of the different artists and the progression and development of each of their styles. We also appreciated his explanation of society's reaction to their art and the interlinking of the individual artists personal lives. I would recommend to anyone Maurizio as a guide and especially if this is your first visit to the museum of modern art.

This was a wonderful, eye opening experience led by a knowledgable lover of impressionist art.

Lucy_A, Aug 2021

I learned more details about the lives of the impressionist painters and how they related to each other.Their styles were unique and memorable and I enjoyed the comparisons our guide showed us.He brought their stories to life. Our guide, Maurizio was a wealth of information and he kept us moving quickly through the crowds so that we were able to see so much more in the time allotted.

Fun and educational.

jerrysuncity, Jul 2021

Our guide, an art history major, was so knowledgeable that we learned things that would not have been possible on our own. Top that with his great personality. We really had a wonderful time and a lot of fun. He also had picture on his iPad so we could compare different paintings. If you want to have a good time learning about art, this is your guy.

The only way to see the Musee D’Orsay!

Kristen_R, Feb 2020

Maurizio was fantastic! Our tour brought the paintings to life! The fascinating details behind the painters and the stories for their paintings - we could have kept going! Thank you Maurizio!

Lovely

Hala_O, Dec 2019

One of the best tours, my Mom and I had a great time, we got to learn about the development of impressionism in a fun and engaging way. We definitely recommed Napoleone Tours.

The art came to life!

Ken_W, Dec 2019

What an amazing tour! Our private guide, Maurizio was terrific. I consider myself educated but know very little about art history. The tour was outstanding and I really felt that we got everything and more out of our 2 hr visit to the Musee d’Orsay. Very highly recommend!

Favorite Paris museum

Kevin_M, Nov 2019

Privileged to enjoy a 2 hour private tour for 2 with Mauricio. He was educated, interesting and humorous. Made his points but also willing to tailor tour to our interests. Museum focuses on 19th & early 20th century art, perhaps my favorite period. And the former railroad station, offering panoramic views of Paris from the top floor, is magnificent. Look up Mauricio; you won't be disappointed.

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