The comparison table of the 4 Paris passes
Four passes dominate the Paris market, and they don't play in the same league. The Turbopass targets the complete trip, the Paris Museum Pass focuses on national museums, Go City works à la carte, and the Paris Passlib' is the official tourist-office pass. Here are the essentials side by side, at indicative January 2026 prices:
| Criterion | Turbopass | Museum Pass | Go City | Passlib' |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2-day price | ~€90 | €79 | from ~€84 (Explorer) | variable options |
| 3-day price | ~€130 | — | depends on choices | variable options |
| Eiffel Tower | Yes | No | Yes (optional) | Yes (depends on option) |
| Transport included | Yes (zones 1-5) | No | No | Yes (depends on option) |
| No. of attractions | 70+ | ~50 museums | 2 to 7 of your choice | curated selection |
| Skip-the-line | Yes | Yes (museums) | Yes | Yes (partial) |
| Ideal for | First full trip | Museum lovers | À la carte trip | Official discovery |
This table already settles half the cases: if you want the Eiffel Tower and transport in a single bundle, only the Turbopass (and certain Passlib' options) ticks both boxes. If you're only after museums, the Museum Pass has the lowest entry price. What's left is working out how much you'll actually visit.
Turbopass vs Museum Pass: the key trade-off
This is the real dilemma for 8 travellers out of 10, because these two passes look alike on the surface — but their logic is opposite. The Paris Museum Pass (€79 for 2 days) is a national museums and monuments pass only: Louvre, Orsay, Orangerie, Versailles, Arc de Triomphe, Sainte-Chapelle, Panthéon, Conciergerie… It includes neither the Eiffel Tower, nor transport, nor river cruises or sightseeing buses.
The Turbopass (from ~€130 for 3 days) covers all of that, plus the Eiffel Tower and transport in zones 1-5. It costs more up front, but it also replaces your transport pass (≈ €28 for 3 days) and your Eiffel Tower summit ticket (€45). In other words, a good part of the price gap is offset from the very first day.
Our simple rule of thumb: a 100% museums trip → Museum Pass; a first "I want to see it all" trip, Eiffel Tower included, without worrying about transport → Turbopass. If you're still unsure, we broke down the euro-by-euro maths in "is the Paris Museum Pass worth it?". And to check it against your exact route, the savings calculator compares the two in a few clicks.
When to choose Go City
Go City doesn't work like the others: instead of "unlimited" access, you build your own pass. Two options coexist. The Go City Explorer (from ~€84) lets you pick a fixed number of attractions — from 2 to 7 — from a list, to use over 60 days. The Go City All-Inclusive works by duration (1 to 7 days) with access to the whole catalogue, in the style of the Turbopass but without transport.
Go City shines in one specific case: the traveller who already knows what to visit and refuses to pay for dozens of sites they won't see. If your trip fits into 3-4 targeted attractions (Eiffel Tower + a cruise + one or two museums), the Explorer can beat an "all-inclusive" pass on price. On the other hand, it doesn't replace transport: plan for a Navigo pass alongside. We compare this à la carte approach in our full Go City Paris review.
The case of the official Passlib'
The Paris Passlib' is the only pass issued by the city's official tourist office. Its appeal isn't the raw price, but the curation: the options often combine a selection of sites, a Seine river cruise, a panoramic bus and, depending on the version, a transport component. It's a pass designed for guided discovery rather than maximum optimisation.
Because its options are variable and sometimes less clear-cut than the Turbopass or the Museum Pass, it appeals mainly to travellers who want a "turnkey" framework endorsed by the city, without spending hours comparing tickets. If the official angle reassures you and you're after a structured discovery over 1 to 3 days, the Passlib' has its place — details in our Paris Passlib' guide.
Which pass for your profile
The most reliable shortcut is still to start from your travel profile rather than the pass. Here are our matches:
✅ The pass made for you
- First trip, seeing the must-sees → Turbopass (Eiffel Tower + transport included)
- Museum lover, museums morning and afternoon → Paris Museum Pass
- Family with children → Go City or Turbopass (child rates; museums already free for EU under-18s)
- Express 2-day weekend → 2-day Turbopass or a targeted Go City Explorer
- Small budget, chosen visits → individual tickets or a 2-3 site Go City Explorer
❌ When no pass is worth it
- You visit just 1 site a day and stroll the rest of the time
- You come mainly for the neighbourhoods, cafés and free walks
- A lone child under 18 (EU): museums are already free
- Very short trip centred on 1 or 2 specific monuments → single ticket
Two profiles come up again and again in our conversations. The weekend traveller: read our 2-day Paris itinerary, often better served by a targeted 2-day pass. And the active 3-day traveller: our 3-day itinerary is calibrated to get full value out of a Turbopass or a Museum Pass.
Turbopass Paris — the most complete for a first trip (Eiffel Tower + transport included)
See the Turbopass offer →Our recommendation
After putting all four passes through their paces against the official 2026 prices, here's the honest summary: there is no perfect pass for everyone, but an obvious choice once your trip is down on paper.
Our default choice
For a first trip of 2 to 4 days where you want to see plenty — Eiffel Tower included — without juggling transport tickets, the Turbopass is our default recommendation: it's the only one that bundles everything in one go. If your trip is 100% museums, switch to the Museum Pass, which is cheaper. If you're targeting 3-4 specific attractions, look at Go City. And in every case, test your route in the calculator before you buy.
Museum Pass, Go City and Passlib': official links coming soon — meanwhile see the all-in Turbopass. See the Turbopass offer →