Tomb of Napoleon Bonaparte tickets and tours for 2026 include entry, guided visits and Napoleon-focused walks in Paris. Check ticket inclusions, tour format and current availability before booking.
A practical entry option for visitors who want Napoleon’s Tomb and the Army Museum in one booking.
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These three options appear in descending review order. Compare admission scope, guided format, traveller feedback and starting price before choosing an entry ticket, a Les Invalides guided visit or a Napoleon-focused walk.
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Most reviewed
★★★★★ 4.595754 · 11,035 reviews
It has the most reviews among these three options. Choose it for entry to Napoleon’s Tomb and the Army Museum, with a lower listed starting price than the guided choices shown.
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Guided option
★★★★★ 4.624158 · 88 reviews
This guided tour has more reviews than the other guided option shown. Choose it if a guide at Les Invalides and Napoleon’s Tomb matters more than the lower walking-tour starting price.
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Napoleon walk
★★★★★ 4.694614 · 24 reviews
This Napoleon walking tour starts below the other guided option and names Les Invalides and tomb entry. Consider it for a Napoleon-focused walk, then check booking details for the tour format.
Compare self-guided entry with two guided options. The table shows starting price, traveller feedback, review volume, and whether you want Army Museum access or a Napoleon-focused walk.
| Option | From | Rating | Reviews | Format | Includes | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Invalides: Napoleon’s Tomb & Army Museum EntryStraightforward entry with the lowest listed starting price here. | €17 | 4.595754 | 11,035 | Entry ticket | Napoleon’s Tomb and Army Museum entry | Travellers who want self-guided entry and the strongest review volume. |
| Paris: Les Invalides & Napoleon’s Tomb Guided TourGuided visit focused on Les Invalides and Napoleon’s Tomb. | €50 | 4.624158 | 88 | Guided tour | Guided Les Invalides and tomb visit | Visitors prioritising a guide and more historical context at Les Invalides. |
| Paris: Napoleon Walking Tour with Les Invalides & Tomb EntryNapoleon-focused walk that names tomb entry at Les Invalides. | €47 | 4.694614 | 24 | Walking tour | Napoleon walk and tomb entry | Travellers who want a Napoleon-focused walking tour with tomb entry. |
These three options differ in format, focus, traveller feedback and starting price. Answer four quick questions to narrow the choice between independent entry, a guided Les Invalides visit and a Napoleon-focused walking tour.
Choose your visit focus, pacing, preferred format and main priority.
The lowest starting price may suit independent entry, while guided options fit visitors who want more context.
Tickets and tours can have different arrival instructions, access routes and practical limits. Check these details before paying, so your visit fits your schedule, bags and mobility needs.
A timed slot can leave little time for the full museum
Online tickets use a selected entry slot. A later slot may suit a short tomb visit, but it can leave too little time for the wider collections before closing.
Fix: Check the entry window on the booking page before you pay. Choose an earlier slot if you want to see the Army Museum as well as the tomb, and check the opening hours for your visit date.
Your tour meeting point may differ from the museum entrance
Les Invalides has public entrances on Rue de Grenelle and Place Vauban. A guided option may use its own meeting point, so following the general museum map pin can cost you part of the tour.
Fix: Read the meeting instructions on the exact tour listing before booking. Save the stated address and meeting-point details on your phone, rather than relying on a map search for Napoleon’s Tomb.
Large bags may not fit in the cloakroom
Ticketed visitors can use the free cloakroom, but it accepts bags only up to 55 x 35 x 25 cm. A larger suitcase may stop you from entering with your belongings.
Fix: Measure bags before travelling to Les Invalides. Use the cloakroom only for items within the published limit, and arrange separate luggage storage if you are carrying a larger case.
The Dôme and Napoleon’s tomb are not step-free
Museum spaces have lifts, but the Dôme has exterior and interior steps. A visitor may book expecting accessible museum access, then find that the tomb itself cannot be reached by wheelchair.
Fix: Check the Dôme accessibility note before choosing a ticket. If someone in your group has reduced mobility, contact the museum before travel to confirm the current accessible entrance and suitable museum routes.
Use these details to plan a visit to the Tomb of Napoleon Bonaparte inside Les Invalides. Find opening times, visit length, museum access, transport, facilities, accessibility and the separate evening experience.
Les Invalides is open daily from 10:00 to 18:00, with ticket sales ending 30 minutes before closing.
The museum closes on 1 January, 1 May and 25 December. There is no regular weekly closing day.
On the first Friday of each month, there is an evening opening from 18:00 to 22:00. Ticket offices close at 21:00 on those evenings.
A late arrival leaves little time for the wider museum collections. The closing time applies to the museum, not just the tomb.
Allow about 30 to 60 minutes for the tomb and Dôme, or much longer for the Army Museum collections.
A tomb-focused visit suits travellers with limited time. Add time for the Dôme architecture, memorials and nearby church spaces.
Many visitors allow around 2 to 3 hours for selected museum galleries. A complete visit across the collections and Dôme can take more than 4 hours.
Choose an earlier entry slot if you want to see more than the central sarcophagus. The site is larger than a quick tomb stop.
The main museum ticket includes Napoleon I’s tomb, the Dôme church, permanent collections and selected museum spaces.
Daytime admission covers the permanent Musée de l’Armée collections, the church of the Dôme, Napoleon I’s tomb, current temporary exhibitions, the Musée de l’Ordre de la Libération and the Musée des Plans-Reliefs.
Guided tours, cultural activities, concerts and AURA Invalides are separate experiences. A daytime museum ticket does not automatically include them.
A valid Paris Museum Pass can be shown at the entrance without advance booking under the museum’s published arrangements.
Varenne on Metro line 13 is convenient for the Dôme side, while Invalides and La Tour-Maubourg also serve the complex.
Invalides is served by Metro line 8, line 13 and RER C. La Tour-Maubourg is on Metro line 8.
Bus lines 28, 63, 69, 82, 83, 92 and 93 stop around the wider Invalides area. The best stop depends on which side of the complex you need.
There is a paid car park at 23 rue de Constantine. Visitors arriving by car should allow for central Paris traffic and access changes.
A free audio guide is available through the museum Wi-Fi, so bring a charged phone and your own headphones.
Use the Wi-Fi network Musee_Armee, then scan the QR codes along the route or use the museum web app. The guide covers the Army Museum, Musée de l’Ordre de la Libération and Musée des Plans-Reliefs.
Free loan devices are available at reception from 10:00 to 16:45, subject to stock and an identity document.
Using a phone for the guide can use battery. Headphones make the visit easier in the busier galleries.
Toilets are available inside the museum, and Quartier 1670 serves food near the south reception area.
Accessible toilets are available in museum areas. There are also two toilet blocks in the Cour d’Honneur, on either side of the Church of Saint-Louis des Invalides.
Quartier 1670 is open daily from 10:00 to 18:00, with lunch served from 11:00 to 15:00. It has extended opening during first-Friday evening sessions.
A cash machine is in the hall near the ticket desk on the Place Vauban side. Angelina is a seasonal tearoom, usually open from 4 April to 6 November.
The Dôme church and Napoleon’s Tomb are not wheelchair-accessible because the route has exterior and interior steps.
Other museum spaces are accessible and have lifts, but this does not provide a step-free route to the Dôme and tomb.
Wheelchairs can be borrowed at reception desks on the Esplanade des Invalides and Place Vauban sides, subject to availability and an identity document.
Disabled visitors and one accompanying person receive free admission with valid proof, although an admission ticket is still required. Contact the museum before travel for the current accessible entrance.
Visitors under 18 enter free with official ID, but they still need to collect an admission ticket.
The huge sarcophagus, gilded Dôme, armour and military objects can hold children’s interest, especially on a shorter visit.
The museum runs family activities for ages 3–6 and 7–12. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
Quartier 1670 has a children’s menu for under-12s, snack packages and high chairs. The Dôme has steps, so plan carefully with young children and strollers.
Professional photography and filming in museum spaces require prior permission.
Requests involving the Dôme church and Napoleon’s tomb must go through the museum communication service before the visit.
Photography rules for ordinary visitors can change by gallery, exhibition or event. Follow signs and staff instructions during your visit.
Concerts may have separate restrictions. Do not assume that recording or photography is allowed during a performance.
No. AURA Invalides is a separate evening sound-and-light experience inside the Dôme.
The experience lasts about 50 minutes and takes place after sunset. It uses projection mapping, music and lighting inside the historic church.
AURA tickets must be bought online in advance and are not sold on site. Entry is only through Place Vauban.
Arrive 20 minutes early for access and security checks. Late arrivals cannot enter after the session begins.
Many visitors see the central tomb, take a photo and leave. The Dôme makes more sense as a royal chapel later reshaped into a national memorial. Its architecture, tombs and military setting connect Louis XIV’s France with the empire Napoleon created.
The tomb changes a royal chapel into a carefully staged monument to power, memory and military history.
Les Invalides began as a home for soldiers who had served the royal army. Veterans first entered the institution in 1674. From 1677, Jules Hardouin-Mansart built the Dôme as its royal chapel.
That original purpose explains the building’s scale and form. The high dome, ordered columns and painted interior were designed for ceremony. Napoleon’s burial gave the space a second meaning, without removing its earlier royal identity.
Louis-Philippe ordered Napoleon’s remains returned from Saint Helena in 1840. Architect Louis Visconti then transformed the centre of the church to receive the imperial tomb. Napoleon I was laid to rest here on 2 April 1861.
Look down from the circular opening before walking around the crypt. The raised viewpoint makes the reddish quartzite sarcophagus appear as the centre of a complete architectural composition, not as an isolated coffin.
The green granite base, marble balustrade and surrounding sculpture direct attention inward. Twelve Victory figures reinforce the monument’s language of military achievement and imperial remembrance.
The Dôme holds more than Napoleon’s tomb. Vauban, Napoleon II, Joseph and Jérôme Bonaparte, Generals Bertrand and Duroc, and Marshals Foch and Lyautey are also commemorated here.
These burials link several periods of French military history. The building moves from Louis XIV’s monarchy to Napoleon’s empire, then to later national memory. That long timeline is easy to miss when attention stays only on the sarcophagus.
Start with the dome above, then the tomb below, then the surrounding memorials. The contrast matters: a church built for royal ceremony became a place where France arranged military history around one powerful central figure. Once you see that structure, each sculpture and chapel becomes part of the same argument.
Yes. Napoleon’s Tomb is inside the Dôme des Invalides, and regular admission requires a Musée de l’Armée ticket unless you qualify for free entry.
The standard museum ticket also includes permanent collections and other specified museum spaces. You do not need to buy separate admission tickets for the tomb and Army Museum.
Yes. Tickets are sold at Les Invalides, including the south ticket office near the Dôme at Place Vauban.
You can also book online and present your ticket on your smartphone. Booking ahead is convenient if you have a preferred visit date or limited sightseeing time.
Follow the entry window shown on your ticket. The museum does not publish a universal late-arrival grace period for every ticket type.
Arrive within your reserved window and allow time for security checks. If you are delayed, contact the ticket provider or ask museum staff about your options.
Allow approximately 30–45 minutes to see Napoleon’s sarcophagus, the circular crypt and the Dôme’s main architectural features.
For Napoleon’s Tomb and selected Army Museum galleries, plan around 2–3 hours. Exploring the museum’s extensive collections can take more than four hours.
The Musée de l’Armée normally opens daily from 10:00 to 18:00, including Mondays and Sundays. Ticket offices close 30 minutes before the museum.
The museum closes on 1 January, 1 May and 25 December. Military ceremonies and special events may occasionally affect access, so check the official schedule before visiting.
Yes. A valid Paris Museum Pass provides admission to the Musée de l’Armée and Napoleon’s Tomb under the pass conditions.
The pass is useful if you plan to visit several participating Paris museums. Separate experiences, such as AURA Invalides and certain guided tours, are not automatically included.
Visitors under 18 qualify for free museum admission, but they still need an admission ticket and must present official proof of age.
Eligible visitors under 26 who reside in the European Economic Area may also receive free access to permanent collections. Check the conditions before travelling.
No. The Dôme des Invalides, which houses Napoleon’s Tomb, has steps outside and inside and is not accessible to wheelchair users.
Other areas of the Army Museum have accessible routes and lifts. Visitors with disabilities and one accompanying person can receive free museum admission with valid proof of eligibility.
Yes. The Musée de l’Armée provides a free cloakroom for visitors with an admission ticket. Bags must not exceed 55 × 35 × 25 cm.
Large suitcases cannot be assumed to fit the museum’s storage facilities. Arrange alternative luggage storage if you are arriving directly from a hotel, airport or train station.
The south entrance at 2 Place Vauban is convenient for visitors heading directly to Napoleon’s Tomb and the Dôme des Invalides.
The north entrance at 129 Rue de Grenelle is useful for exploring the wider Army Museum. For the first-Friday evening opening after 18:00, use the Rue de Grenelle entrance only.
Varenne on Metro Line 13 is a convenient station for reaching the Dôme des Invalides. La Tour-Maubourg on Line 8 is another nearby option.
You can also use Invalides station, served by Metro Lines 8 and 13 and RER C. Choose your station according to the museum entrance you plan to use.
Yes. The museum provides a free digital audio guide with a dedicated route covering the Dôme and Napoleon’s Tomb.
Bring a charged smartphone and headphones. You can access the guide through the museum’s visitor platform and use the on-site Wi-Fi where available.
Follow the museum’s photography signs and staff instructions. Rules may differ for personal photographs, temporary exhibitions and special events.
Professional photography, commercial filming and equipment setups may require prior authorisation. Do not touch the sarcophagus, sculptures or historic decorations.
Yes. Quartier 1670 is the museum’s on-site restaurant, located near the south reception and ticket-office area.
It normally opens from 10:00 to 18:00, with lunch service from 11:00 to 15:00. Visitors can also find cafés and restaurants around Rue de Grenelle and the nearby École Militaire neighbourhood.
No. AURA Invalides is a separate immersive evening experience inside the Dôme des Invalides, featuring projection mapping, music and architectural lighting.
Regular daytime museum admission does not automatically include the show. Check the selected AURA ticket for its entrance, arrival instructions, schedule and cancellation conditions.
Each attraction has its own visitor guide, covering opening hours, ticket options and practical route advice. One thing to plan around: the same ticket covers the army museum in the surrounding buildings, which is larger than most visitors expect and turns an hour into half a day. Several places below carry his mark too — the arch he ordered, the cathedral he was crowned in, the canal he decreed.
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