Opening times in Paris
Opening times in Paris
All banks and most shops are closed on National Holidays
Museums
In Paris museuems open at 9 or 10am and close between 5 and 6pm. Usual closing days are Monday or Tuesday, with a few exceptions mentioned in our information pages. Some are even open 7 days a week, such as some of the major monuments which can even be visited as late as 11pm or midnight.
Many museums have a late-night opening once a week until 9 or 10pm. On public holidays – in particular, 1 January, 1 May and 25 December – many museums and monuments are closed.
Museums open 365 days a year:
Tour Eiffel
Tour Montparnasse
Musée Grévin
Musée Jacquemart-André
Notre-Dame de Paris
Shops
Generally 09:00 - 19:00 (Mon to Sat)
Most shops are closed on Sundays, and several on Mondays! Several shops close in August.
Banks
Generally...
09:00 - 16:30/17:00 (Mon - Fri)
09:00 - noon (Sat)
Post Offices
Generally 08:00/09:00 - 18:30 (Mon to Fri) / 08:00/09:00 - noon (Sat)
Paris-Louvre Post Office (52 Rue de Louvre, 75001), open 24 hrs.
Restaurants
Generally open between 12:00 - 14:00 and 19:30 - 23:00
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