A Louvre Museum private family tour removes the one variable every shared tour has to compromise on: pace. At EUR 319, this is a fully private booking, meaning your guide works exclusively with your family rather than splitting attention across a mixed group of strangers, with a route built around whichever masterpieces and stories actually hold your children's interest.

What makes the Louvre private family tour different?

Every other family-oriented Louvre option on this site still involves sharing a guide with other families, even at a capped group size. This tour does not: it is just your family and the guide for the full two hours, covering masterpieces by da Vinci, Ghirlandaio, Ingres and Michelangelo at whatever pace keeps your group engaged. If one child wants to linger at a single painting while another is ready to move on, a private guide can genuinely adapt in a way a shared tour cannot.

What should you expect during the tour?

The guide leads your family through the Louvre's permanent collection with skip-the-line access, weaving together art history and storytelling aimed at making famous works feel approachable rather than academic. The booking recommends this format for children over five years old; younger children can attend free of charge but are less likely to stay engaged for the full two hours given the pace and subject matter.

Who should book the private family tour?

This fits families where a shared group pace would not work well, such as groups with a wide age range between children, families who simply prefer not sharing a guide, or anyone for whom budget is not the primary constraint. Families looking for a lower-cost family-focused option with other families sharing the guide should book the private family tour with reserved entry instead, which runs the same storytelling approach at a fraction of the price in a semi-private or standard group format.

What does the price include?

The EUR 319 rate covers the Louvre entrance ticket, which runs EUR 28 per adult on its own, and a private guide for the full two-hour visit. It does not include food, hotel transport, or gratuities. As with every Louvre ticket, visitors under 18 and EEA residents under 26 can enter free of charge with valid ID and proof of residency, though the private guide fee itself is not reduced by a child's free admission.

Getting to the meeting point

Your private guide coordinates a meeting point near the museum directly with you after booking, typically close to the Louvre Pyramid and the Palais-Royal - Musée du Louvre metro station on lines 1 and 7. All visitors pass through the same security check regardless of ticket type, so build a few minutes of buffer into your plan. Current entry procedures are published on the official Louvre visiting rules page.

Insider tips for a private family visit

Tell your guide about your children's specific interests before the tour starts, whether that's Egyptian mummies, famous paintings, or just wanting to see the Mona Lisa and move on. A private tour's biggest advantage is flexibility, and guides generally use it well when given a clear sense of what will actually hold your family's attention rather than defaulting to a standard highlights route.

How does this compare to other Louvre family options?

For a lower-cost family-focused tour that still uses interactive storytelling, the Louvre private family tour with reserved entry runs a similar approach in a semi-private or group format. Couples without children are better served by the standard Mona Lisa and Louvre masterpieces guided tour. Families who'd rather skip a guide and move at their own pace should consider the self-guided reserved entry ticket. The full lineup of Louvre tours has every option.

Planning the rest of your visit

The Louvre is closed on Tuesdays. Because this tour is fully private, you have more freedom to shift the start time around nap schedules or other family commitments than a fixed-departure shared tour allows, which is worth using if your family's day has other moving pieces.