Paris: Big Bus Panoramic Night Tour by Open-Top Bus
★ 4.4 · 5,085 reviews
- 2h, Open-top bus after dark
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- Free cancellation
After dark
A Paris night tour starts at $32 for two hours on an open-top bus past the lit Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame and the Moulin Rouge. Above that sit an evening cruise with dinner on the Seine from $73, the Moulin Rouge show ticket at $158 with Champagne, the dinner show at $284, and a private boat with Champagne for your own group at $445. All eight evening listings start in Paris and run between one and a half and four hours. The bus suits a first night; the cabarets suit a night you have planned around.

Quick answer
The short answer. For the lights alone, take the two-hour open-top night bus at $32 — 4.4 across 5,085 reviews. For a meal with the view, the evening cruise with dinner runs $73 for 105 minutes. For a show, the Moulin Rouge ticket with Champagne is $158 and is the most reviewed evening listing on this site at 4.7 across 18,888 reviews.
Four kinds of evening
Lights, dinner, a show, or a boat of your own: pick the kind of night first, then the price.
The eight evening listings on this site are four different nights out, and the price tells you which one you are looking at.
The bus, $32. Two hours on an open-top deck with the city illuminated. The listing names the Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame and the Moulin Rouge as the front-row sights, and it has an optional audio guide. It is the only night option here under $73.
A boat with a meal, $73 to $127. Two evening cruises with dinner on the Seine. The 105-minute one is the more reviewed, 4.3 across 12,357 reviews; the two-and-a-half-hour one serves three or four courses with live musicians and is rated 4.5 across 4,728 reviews.
A cabaret, $158 to $284. Show only or dinner and show at the Moulin Rouge, or dinner and show at Paradis Latin for $201. The Moulin Rouge tickets page takes these apart ticket by ticket.
A private boat, $445. A small boat on the Seine for your own group with Champagne and a guide, rated 5.0 by 403 people. The price is per listing as shown; check the group size on the listing before you compare it with the others.
Every night option here
Prices, lengths and ratings are the live listing figures. Nothing here is a tour of the daytime sights with the lights turned off.
The cheapest way to see the city lit. Front-row seats on an open-top deck past the Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame and the Moulin Rouge, with an optional audio guide. 4.4 across 5,085 reviews, and the listing offers Free cancellation.
Dinner on board as the boat moves along the Seine after dark. The most reviewed of the two cruises with a meal, 4.3 across 12,357 reviews, and the lowest rated of the boats here. Free cancellation on the listing.
An à la carte meal of three or four courses with live musicians as the Eiffel Tower and the other riverside landmarks pass by. 4.5 across 4,728 reviews; Free cancellation on the listing.
A seat for the Féerie show with Champagne, feathers and rhinestones included. 4.7 across 18,888 reviews; the next most reviewed evening listing has 12,357.
A combined evening city tour and show ticket, with Champagne at the show and the option of adding a river cruise. Rated 4.0 across 1,623 reviews, the lowest rating on this site; the show-only ticket above is $158 and rated 4.7.
A three-course dinner before a modern show that the listing describes as poetic, sensual and funny. 4.7 across 1,434 reviews, and the cheaper of the two dinner-and-show evenings: $201 against $284 at the Moulin Rouge. Free cancellation on the listing.
The Féerie show with a dinner from a menu of traditional French food, vegan options listed. 4.8 across 3,890 reviews — the highest rating of the four cabaret listings.
A small boat on the Seine for your own group, with a guide and Champagne, past the sights and lights of the city. 5.0 across 403 reviews, the highest rating of any evening listing here. Free cancellation on the listing.
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The night bus, the more reviewed cruise with dinner, the three cabaret evenings and the private boat. Live prices and ratings.
★ 4.4 · 5,085 reviews
★ 4.3 · 12,357 reviews
★ 4.7 · 18,888 reviews
★ 4.8 · 3,890 reviews
★ 4.7 · 1,434 reviews
★ 5.0 · 403 reviews
Every trip, current fare
All eight night options with cost per hour worked out. The bus is cheapest by the hour; the private boat is the most expensive and the best rated.
| Tour | Length | Price | What you get | Cost per hour | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paris: Big Bus Panoramic Night Tour by Open-Top Bus | 2 h | $32 | Open-top bus after dark | $16.00 | 4.4 · 5,085 |
| Paris en Scène - Seine River Panoramic Views Dinner Cruise | 105 min | $73 | Evening dinner on the Seine | $41.71 | 4.3 · 12,357 |
| Paris: Bateaux Mouches® Dinner Cruise on the Seine River | 2.5 h | $127 | Three or four courses, live music | $50.80 | 4.5 · 4,728 |
| Paris: Moulin Rouge Cabaret Show Ticket with Champagne | 2 h | $158 | Féerie show with Champagne | $79.00 | 4.7 · 18,888 |
| Paris: Dinner Show at the Moulin Rouge | 4 h | $284 | Dinner and the Féerie show | $71.00 | 4.8 · 3,890 |
| Paris: Evening Sightseeing Tour and Moulin Rouge Show | 4 h | $190 | City tour plus Moulin Rouge show | $47.50 | 4.0 · 1,623 |
| Paris: 3-Course Dinner & Show at Paradis Latin Cabaret | 3.5 h | $201 | Three-course dinner and show | $57.43 | 4.7 · 1,434 |
| Top Private Cruises in Paris with Champagne + more surprises | 90 min | $445 | Private boat with Champagne | $296.67 | 5.0 · 403 |
Which night, if…
Worked out from the prices, lengths and ratings above, not from taste.
The open-top bus at $32. Two hours, the three big illuminated sights named on the listing, and the lowest price of any evening here.
The 105-minute evening cruise with dinner at $73 if the budget matters; the 2.5-hour one at $127 if you want three or four courses and live music, and the higher rating.
The show-only Moulin Rouge ticket at $158: two hours, Champagne included, 4.7 across 18,888 reviews.
The Moulin Rouge dinner show at $284 is rated 4.8; the Paradis Latin dinner and show at $201 is rated 4.7 and costs less. Both are an evening of three and a half to four hours.
The private boat with Champagne at $445. Ninety minutes, rated 5.0 by 403 people.
The city-tour-plus-show listing at $190 is rated 4.0 across 1,623 reviews. The night bus at $32 plus the show-only ticket at $158 covers the same evening with the ratings 4.4 and 4.7.
Deciding between show-only, dinner-show and the bundle? The three Moulin Rouge tickets, taken apart.
Moulin Rouge tickets compared→Worth it?
At $32 the night bus is a clear yes on the numbers: 4.4 across 5,085 reviews, two hours, and the sights the listing names are the ones people come to Paris to see lit. The daytime one-hour Seine cruise on this site costs $20 and is reviewed 91,739 times, so if you only take one boat, that is the one; the evening cruises here are a meal first and a cruise second, priced accordingly.
The cabarets are worth it when the show is the point. The show-only ticket at $158 carries 4.7 across 18,888 reviews, and both dinner-and-show evenings are rated 4.7 or higher. The one evening listing to think twice about is the $190 bundle at 4.0, when its two halves can be bought separately for $32 and $158.
For other ways to see the river, the Seine cruise page lists every boat from the one-hour cruise to the private charters.
Common questions
The open-top night bus is $32 for two hours. An evening cruise with dinner starts at $73, the Moulin Rouge show ticket is $158, the dinner show is $284, and a private boat with Champagne is $445.
The listing names the Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame and the Moulin Rouge as the front-row sights, all illuminated, from an open-top deck. It runs two hours and has an optional audio guide.
Between an hour and a half and four hours. The private boat is an hour and a half, the shorter cruise with dinner is 105 minutes, the bus and the show-only Moulin Rouge ticket are two hours, Paradis Latin is three and a half hours, and the Moulin Rouge dinner show and the city-tour bundle run four.
Yes on both. The 105-minute cruise is sold as an evening cruise with dinner on the Seine; the 2.5-hour cruise serves an à la carte meal of three or four courses with live musicians, at $127.
It costs $190 and is rated 4.0 across 1,623 reviews, the lowest rating on this site. The night bus at $32 and the show-only ticket at $158 are the same two pieces bought separately, rated 4.4 and 4.7.
By rating, the private boat with Champagne: 5.0 across 403 reviews at $445. By number of reviews, the Moulin Rouge show ticket: 18,888 at 4.7.
The night bus, both evening cruises with dinner, the Paradis Latin dinner and show, the city-tour-plus-show bundle and the private Champagne boat each list Free cancellation. The two Moulin Rouge-only tickets do not list it, so read the cancellation line on those listings before you pay.
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