Paris Seine River Sightseeing Cruise with Commentary by Bateaux Parisiens

Poorly run boat tour

Very poor audio on boat to point cohldn’t understand much at all. Long lines and little direction. Not well run.

Mediocre

The ride and the scenery was very nice. The audio does not reach the outside deck but they don’t tell you that when you buy tickets online. When you get there, there is a sign how to download the audio. By that time it is too late.

This is not worth it!

For just a boat ride, then this was ok. As a tour, it was awful. The whole ride was narrated in French and the so called ‘audio tour’ access through a QR reader was just a few summary podcasts of structures along the river, but not synced to what one is viewing from the boat! In addition, they kept losing contact. We had no idea what we were viewing! Save your money, but if you want a boat ride along the Siene then just buy a boarding ticket on the property. It’s a lot cheaper. Or, look for better scenic rides with appropriate narration. Very disappointed.

Nice boattrip

Nice bosat with good wiew. Good VoiceOver tælling about what too see. Would be batter ifvthe stories about what to see was told both Way.

Beautiful Sights

The voyage was simply beautiful. It was relaxing and scenic. It also seemed a bit longer than advertised. The only drawback was the app for the narrative was confusing and not user friendly.

Average Cruise Ride not worth it

A lot of people on the boat with one or other person blocking the view with a quiete annoying behavior most of the time. It's not possible to enjoy scenic views and just enjoy the tour.

Recommended

Great cruise to see many monuments at once. Highly recommended! Audioguide was short and informative.

Great Experience

Booked the ticket day of and got on at whatever time it we wanted to that day. We got on the 6:30 departure with no line, just walked right on. The views and the guided tour was amazing!! would 100% recommend anyone to do this

Peaceful ride

This river cruise was very relaxing. It was a nice day out and there was a gentle breeze from the ride. I would definitely recommend

Paper tickets

Boat ride was fine, the problem was that we booked through Viator to avoid lines and still had to do the line to get a paper ticket because the QR code from Viator did not work.

Great price

Really good price for the trip, very easy to book and use app or you can print, would definitely use again

Great Experience

The boat fills up fairly quickly, best to get there before the time for the tour. It's unfortunate that the tour is in French. The do have QR codes to listen to the tour in your language. Otherwise it was great to see all the iconic spots by the boat.

Something to do in Paris

Very nice sightseeing around the Seine, done at night to see the wonderful lights of Paris main building. Also nice with a 14yo

I highly recommend!

I am visiting from the U.S. for a few days on vacation. While looking for excursions I saw this great opportunity that I could not pass on. The route was extremely scenic and rich in history.

Lovely boat trip

Nice view of famous landscapes, like Tour Eiffel, Notre Damme, Muzee d'Orsay. Waiting time wasn't bad either

Recent cruise

Nice to see the beauty of Paris. Reminder to those taking future cruises, bring your AirPods, etc. so you. An hear the audio

You get what you pay for

It's a 17 dollar tour. Not great and not terrible. There are probably 300 people on the boat with you. Some outdoor roof seating and some covered internal seating. The "tour" played on the boat speaker is a series of landmarks that were simply pointed out, spoken in French, English, and Spanish. If you download the audio tour on your phone it has 12 stops with a 1-1.5 minute description. You just show up when you feel like and get in line, so you could be unlucky and show up when a bunch of other people do and have to wait quite a while. Overall it was a fun experience if you set your expectations.

Enjoy

Enjoyed the one hour boat ride. You will see many sights. Good photo opportunity and relaxing ride. Plan ahead and purchase ticket online. Go before sunset with lines are shorter

Okay

Long lines. Be ready to wait one hour or so in line , so plan accordingly . Overall good experience.

Enjoyable!

Booked through Viator at the docks last minute. No set time. So easy to board the boat. Informative and enjoyable to view the historical land marks from the river.

It is just okay

The tour is good but you can’t hear the audio when you’re upstairs. They don’t tell you to download the app unto you get there. It is too late because signal was not good. I missed a lot of the important spots

Did not make it, please send me refund

I missed my flight to Paris and my flight instead was re—routed, so I was not able to go. Can I please get a refund back on this?

Great overview of the area.

It was nice seeing the sights at a glance and learning more about many things in the area. It was one of the highlights of our visit to paris.

River trip

Long queues to get on boats but an enjoyable cruise along river. Disappointed didn’t go down as far as notre dame as advertised. Interesting audio.

River trip Paris

Great friendly staff, very helpful. Trip was well worth the money, easy to find the departure spot. Very well organised.

Had to listen in French

When I booked the tickets , it asks to select the audio language, which I did. Then you get to the boat and the overhead audio is in French and it’s loud. You can scan a QR code to hear the facts in your own Language but I didn’t have headphones so I couldn’t hear it . So we basically had no idea what they said the whole time . There were some phone looking things there that supposedly translate that also didn’t work .

River Cruise

We were on an overly crowded boat and the top deck was closed. The views from inside were less than spectacular as we could only see the boats and graffiti covered concrete walls lining the river. It was impossible to see the landmarks being described by the narrator.

It was okay

For the price it was okay but due to high water they had to turn around early. Pretty dissappointing

Great way to relax a bit

A very nice relaxed experience. We sat up top and had a great view of everything. Note chairs are more comfortable inside, as outside is just a bench. the boat offers you a QR code to scan for an audio companion or you can just listen to the occasional broadcasts from the boat about points of interest. For us it was a value to sit a while as we’ve been walking non stop. Boat was clean and had rest rooms aboard. Easy to use digital tickets that scan right off your phone.

Don’t bother - many other options available!

Don’t bother; the queues are insane and the boat is closed off except for a few seats on the roof and around the edges; some of the sliding doors also couldn’t open - (however your ticket is valid for a month from date of booking so if you want to go with this option, book for your first day in Paris so that you have options) - even cruises are the busiest time so suggest morning. Cruise goes extremely fast via the main sights; live commentary is very average; most of the handsets were broken and the audio on the few that worked kept breaking up. Staff not that helpful - sort of just shrugged when we told them the handsets didn’t work and they blamed it on guests pulling on the wires. There are many other options along the Seine that have no queues, much more rooftop seating and outdoor seating downstairs.

Enjoyable cruise / Long line

The Seine River cruise was enjoyable. However, we had to wait 45 minutes in line in order to take it. Purchasing ahead of time isn't much help.

DON’T DO IT!!!

Horrible experience!!! We had prebooked tickets, but still had to wait in a single very long queue. Safety check was a joke. We were driven onto the pontoon like cattle and had to wait there for over half an hour. Once the boat docked people squeezed aboard and our son was almost crushed. Once aboard people were standing in our view because the boat was overcrowded, so you couldn’t see a thing. And finally, all toilets aboard were closed because of defects. DON’T DO IT!!!

Awful

Couldn’t make it, because of 2 hour queue, don’t recommend it at all. Maybe in a cruise with dinner your spot will be reserved. Otherwise don’t recommend a regular boat tour.

Massive lines

We booked online expecting to be able to get on a boat pretty quickly. When we arrived the que was all the way to the bridge. Looked like 2 hour wait with small kids was not going to work. Couldn't go on the boat and no way to get your money back. Better if not buying online but seeing what the que is like.

Badly managed, long queues even with precooked tickets

We spent E47 on tickets, when we showed up it was an hour queue, (we asked people at the top how long it took them), we didn't queue, I've never seen anything like this when you buy tickets for something in advance. Very badly managed. A lot of tired and miserable families in the queue. No refund either.

Relaxed atmosphere, wonderful cruise

The staff checking the tickets in the line were really friendly and lovely and the whole cruise had such a relaxed atmosphere. Everybody was very chilled and this made the trip so enjoyable

View of Paris from the river cruise

Nice tour.....well organized. We checked in at the visitors booth 30 minutes early and they guided us to the line for the boat. They scanned our confirmation from Viator and went upstairs on boat to select our seat. Tour was 1 hour long but that was enough to see all of the sights on the river. I was expecting to receive ear phones and an English speaking recorder but everything is handled via an app on your cell phone. The trip was worth it as you get to see some of the major building of Paris from a nice view.

See the sights

We chose to take an evening cruise so that we could see all the sights lit up. It was a very relaxing way to do so. There were plenty of seats above and below deck

As described

Great way to view Paris, on this 1 hour long cruise along the Seine. Choice of seating upstairs on the open top (better panoramic views), or downstairs. Toilets and vending machines onboard. The live commentary was pretty basic, unless you wished to listen to the complete tour on your smart phone (by scanning the QR code), as the handheld multilingual devices were not in use. Would recommend.

Nice views

We took the boat tour to catch the Eiffel Tower at night, which we greatly enjoyed. The boat tour is a fun experience to see some of the major sights from the Seine. Also fun for the kids, my 11 year old daughter really enjoyed it.

Nice experiencw

An overall nice cruise. I just feel that it could have been a bit more informative. But all tgether we enjoyed it.

Great to do

Great experience. Loads of room on the boat. Inside and outside. I read there was no commentary on previous reviews, but there is. U just listen to it yourself on your phone.

Pleasant ride

Pleasant hour long boat ride. Up one side and down the other. Not much audible commentary. They told us about an audio guide site but none of us could download. Maybe if it was provided ahead if time when we were some place with wifi?

Sights of Paris by boat

Well worth the trip to see the sights of Paris from the Seine. Booking in advance saves time at the dock.

Riverboat ride

Just a nice ride on the river. Beautiful day… beautiful scenery enjoyed seeing Norte Dame and the work they continue to do in restoration

Wonderful way to view the sights!

It was great to see the sights this way! Sometimes it was hard to keep up with the narration. We enjoyed being on the Seine especially after an earlier walking tour. Great views of everything! Great value!

Never again trip advisor

Had to make separate call for each excursion to get vouchers price for each item was much higher than at the site also couldn’t get a refund for hop on boat

Don't waste your money

Audio guides did not work and the QR code version was not audio but long blurbs of text. Don't book unless you just want a boat cruise with no guide

Relax

Nice relaxing way to get info while on the Seine! Only downside is that it is pretty crowded and there is no human tour guide.

Must

A must do while in Paris. Made easy with a Viator pass, purchase tickets online. Rain or shine they have indoor seating