Seine River Cruise and Paris Canals Tour: Uncover Hidden Gems of Paris on Water

Experience the beauty of Paris from the water with a Seine River Cruise and Paris Canals Tour. Discover hidden gems, pass by major attractions, and enjoy special holiday treats. Book now!

Duration: 2 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Musee d’Orsay - Orsay Museum : Departure or arrival point of the cruise
  • Place de la Bastille - Your boat will pass under the Bastille Square
  • Canal Saint-Martin - Sail on this amazing canal and discover Paris in a different way ! Discover : locks, footbridges liftbridge and the most beautiful monuments by the Seine… and of course…
What's Included
  • Live onboard commentary
  • Cruise
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
  • Hotel pickup and drop off
  • Food and drinks, unless specified
Additional Information

Embark on a journey along the River Seine and experience a unique perspective of ancient Paris from Canal Saint Martin. Observe several of Paris’ key landmarks including Notre Dame and The Louvre from your waterway view. Navigate through tunnels, locks, and beneath bridges as you journey through some of the lesser tourist-infested Parisian neighborhoods…

Location
Paris Canal Parc de la Villette
Avenue Jean Jaurès
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Hillary_f
Oct 6, 2024
Secret passages on a boat - Very interesting to ride up the canals through the locks. So much better than just a trip around the island. Having taken several Seine cruises over the years, I enjoyed the change of pace and saw thi gs I have never seen before.
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Justin
Oct 1, 2024
The Goldilocks experience for Paris boat tours - Booked this tour to see the narrower canals of Paris on a smaller more intimate boat and couldn’t be happier with the experience. Both our tour guide and boat captain were great in teaching us about the 9 locks required before entering the river Seine. The pace of the cruise was great for enjoying unique views of Paris from the water. We especially enjoyed the many tunnels. The boat was even equipped with a small snack bar, for anyone looking for a beverage or small bite to eat.
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Amysp
Sep 16, 2024
Husband’s favorite tour during our stay in Paris - Beautiful day for a cruise down the Seine and into the canal system. Going through the locks was fascinating! My husband is really into infrastructure and how things work, and absolutely loved it! We started at the Orsay pick up and ended in La Villette. Really enjoyed the LaVilette area and can’t say that we would have gone there without this cruise. Nice walk area along the canals for strolling and many restaurants along the way. The tour guide spoke in both French and English, which got to be a little bit confusing. To get all the info out in a timely manner using both languages, he was really rushed. Sometimes was hard to understand him in English between speaking so fast and with his French accent. Just a small critique for what was a really great experience.
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Darren_c
Sep 3, 2024
Best canal trip ever - This was just an amazing trip one of my favourite things we did the history and stories from the staff were incredible I would highly recommend and do it again
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Susanne_p
Sep 2, 2024
Siene boat and canal tour - The locks and canals, commentary was very good. Only thing I would impove would be better signage at pick up point.
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Danielabm8377da
Aug 5, 2024
Nice tour with knowledgeable guide - Very nice tour! On time. Interesting views. Guide was amazing and very very kind, with lots of information to share in both french and english and was kind enough to translate more specific words to spanish for us as well. My only suggestion for improvement would be having another speaker on the rear of the boat so the sound was clearer.
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Mike_v
Aug 10, 2024
Long, pretty tour - Very friendly captain and guide! Beautiful tour on the Seine and through tunnels. A bit too much locks, but they are nice to see. Thanks for the history lessons!
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Stay703769
Jul 19, 2024
Boring - choose another cruise - The cruise starts off well at Musee d’Orsay but becomes very boring as you have to go through 9 locks which takes a long time. It is interesting for the first couple of locks but after that it is very slow and boring. Also the sound system was very poor so you couldn’t understand what the guide was saying.
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John
Oct 6, 2024
Subterranean boat trip - We spent 2 hours out of 2.5 waiting in locks or in a 2km tunnel. We did not see anything on the Seine as they needed to get back quickly. We could not hear the commentary. I believe they said refunds would be issued. As we paid TripAdvisor I assume you will obtain the refund.
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635elskev
Sep 8, 2024
Terrible. - Just DON'T...really waste your money. As described earlier, a lot of locks, sees quite little of Paris, you are constantly in the dirty exhaust fumes and the Guide talks lousy English.
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1 Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).