- I worked as a tour guide in Paris and have taken hundreds of tourists around the city.
- However, I often saw travelers repeat the same mistakes over and over again.
- In my opinion, staying in a hotel near the Eiffel Tower isn’t worth the money.
After years of living in Paris for school, I worked as a tour guide in the city from 2019 to 2020.
During this period, I spent a lot of time on top of the Eiffel Tower, inside the Louvre, and taking hundreds of tourists around Paris. I even came out of retirement to show visitors around during the Summer Olympics.
Much to my surprise, though, I found many tourists still made the same mistakes I saw them making years ago.
Here are the five most common missteps I notice when tourists visit Paris.
