The Eiffel Tower is a metal tower built in 1889 as an exhibit for the World Exhibition to mark the centenary of the French Revolution. The tower was named after the engineer who designed it – Gustav Eiffel.
Today, the Eiffel Tower is Paris’s greatest landmark and it’s symbol. The Eiffel Tower is visited by about 5.5 million tourists annually.
The tower is 300 m high (324 m with a later installed antenna) and consists of a total of 3 floors, which can be reached in two ways – stairs and an elevator. The number of lifts in use is 7.
When you look at the tower from afar, it really looks fascinating. However, as you approach him, that impression is slowly diminishing. When you find yourself at the foot of the tower itself, you will see only a pile of iron and a building that is not as charming as it seemed at first. At least that’s my impression.
The tower makes a particularly good impression at night and you can then see it in full splendor. Every night the tower lights up in some color and it is truly a sight not to be missed.
As for the tower itself, the most important piece of advice I can give you is to arm yourself with patience, because the crowds are huge. And so it is at all times of the year. First of all, there is a queue to approach the entrance to the base of the tower. Here, the queue is again waiting to buy tickets, and then the queue for each lift, ie upstairs separately, is again waiting. When buying tickets, you choose whether you go all the way to the top of the tower with an elevator, whether you go on foot, ie stairs, or make a combination of the two ways (somewhat by elevator, and further on foot). The price of the ticket also depends on you, which is best checked on the spot, according to your wishes.
If you are in good shape, my advice is to walk to the top of the tower, because this is how you will enjoy the most and experience the size of this building.
You can also visit the restaurant at the top of the tower, and enjoy the magical view of Paris.
I will remind you again that there is a queue for each lift individually. So you can get to the first floor, then take a walk and rest, and then wait for the lift line that will take you to the second floor, etc. all the way to the top.
And when you climb to the top of the tower it looks like this….
I let the pictures speak for me from the top of the tower, and I will let you see for yourself what the experience and feeling is like. Everyone got a different impression.
As for my impression… Well, I am not thrilled with the tower. This is one of the few things I would not visit again when I returned to Paris. It is certainly wonderful when you reach the very top and see that beautiful Paris from such a great height, everything is so bright and shining, but then again there is the other side, which is that you have lost half a day waiting in different rows, and that you are you have come to this top of the tower almost too tired, and your return to the accommodation is still awaiting you. I think it’s too much effort to get to that one moment of beauty. But that’s just my impression.
I maintain my view that the beauty of the Eiffel Tower is precisely in our view of him from afar. And I gave the title to this article precisely because I experienced the tower in one way until I found myself at it’s bottom and in those huge lines, and then I completely changed my mind and view of this building. It is up to you to visit this landmark of Paris yourself and gain your opinion, which may be the exact opposite of mine, you never know! I have heard a number of conflicting comments, such as the fact that people admired the tower just when they saw it from close up. Tastes are diffrent.
Have you ever visited Paris and visited the Eiffel Tower? What are your impressions? Write to me! 📩
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