Pre booking paris attraction tickets - moulin rouge

kredman9959

I am going to Paris in February but want to prebook 2 tickets to see the moulin rouge show. I have looked on many websites but cannot find any reviews on the majority of them.
Does anyone know of the most reliable websites to use? And the best price?
Thanks.

NeverEnough

We pre-booked Paris attractions via Expedia and also a pre-booked chauffeur from Charles de Gaulle to the hotel, it worked ok for the attractions - we chose Lido, not Moulin Rouge - but it was a bit like a factory processing, and be warned, don't admit you have a camera on you or they will want to snatch it from you at front of house even if you have no intention of using it in the show. The dinner we chose was mediocre but it was edible and the seats were fine. The place is a bit jaded and they do several shows a night so its really like a processing centre, as I said, but the experience was worth it and the show was good - I guess the shows will get boring if you see them frequently!!! The dinner on a river boat on the Seine was also ok, actually very nice, less of a "processing plant" than the Lido, but beware of being completely mugged and ambushed by curio sellers when you disembark and others are trying to get to the kiosk in a kind of scrum, to buy a photo keepsake taken of them onboard. We also did a bus tour of the lights of Paris which was good. Only hassle was finding a taxi after these events to get back to the hotel, not quite as easy as London or New York, and the quiet dimly lit streets of Paris very late at night are not really the place I would like to be. Speaking French, even a bit, certainly does help a tad.

You can buy all these attraction tickets once you arrive in Paris - there are bargains at the tour operators premises for same-day vacancies - one of the main ones operates from premises opposite the Louvre and there are a load of options to choose from - I would say when we return some day, we will rather go and see what is available on the day. Of course, if you're travelling in peak holiday periods that's probably not a good idea, but we try to travel off peak.

Expedia prices were reasonable. Our only problem was that the car didn't turn up at CDG to collect us and it took nearly 3 hours for Expedia to sort it out; we weren't pressed for time luckily and had a few coffees, and it was sorted in the end. Will take a taxi or the metro connection next time.

joerugby

You can simply telephone the Moulin Rouge and reserve a table.

We booked for the after dinner show on a Friday night which was spectacular. The champagne was good but I'm glad we didn't eat there

Bonne chance!

busiscoming2

I don't know how much you would normally pay to visit the MR. Is this any good to you? http://www.attractiontix.co.uk/search.aspx?keywords=moulin+rouge&Nav=Home you can get 4% back via Quidco too. I used them this year to buy tickets for a foreign attraction with no problems.