hi guys welcome to another episode of
ultimate pocket list and on today's show
I'm here at the Eiffel Tower
join me as I show you what it's like at
the top
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the totally fell or the Eiffel Tower in
English is Paris's most famous landmark
and it's the most visited attraction
here in the city of Paris but what's it
like to actually go around I highly
recommend that you get off at Trocadero
metro station it's not the closest metro
station by any means but the reason why
is because you can literally walk around
the corner and you'll be met with this
platform with a very lovely view of the
tower I highly recommend taking lots of
pictures here but don't be one of those
guys that tries to hold up the Eiffel
Tower try going down a level and there's
plenty of places for you to sit on a
ledge and take pictures with the Eiffel
Tower in the background don't be
surprised if you come across a few
weddings here as Paris is a very
romantic city and lots of people choose
to get married here take a short walk
toward the Eiffel Tower and you really
don't mind the walk because of the
lovely views that you get when you're
walking towards it it's actually as big
as you think it is now a quick word of
warning there's lots of street hustlers
who will try and take money away from
you and lots of street sellers try to
sell you street crap don't take these
guys on for love nor money but when you
do gets the entrance you'll notice that
the queues are pretty long especially if
you don't have a breathable ticket so if
I were you I would book online and book
a time slot and arrive that the queue
would be significantly shorter than if
you were just to turn up on the fly but
it's still pretty warm anyway
and believe it or not this is just the
queue to get through security security
is pretty tight here and this queue
actually took about 25 minutes to
actually go through and it only allows
you access to the Eiffel Tower Park
you've not got anywhere near the Eiffel
Tower itself although having said that
it's a pretty nice Park you'll need to
go through another lot of security and
queue again and this time for about half
an hour just to get to the lifts of this
place
and it can get quite tiresome especially
with a very slow-moving queue but once
you're at the front of the queue it's
pretty crowded and you'll be waiting a
while to actually go into the lift but
once you're in the lift it's actually
quite a pleasant ride book the views
from the lift are actually quite nice
that is unless you're scared of heights
then it's probably not a good idea it's
actually kind of cool to see the lift
level out which is pretty awesome and
when you do get to the second floor the
views are absolutely stunning yes
the views are actually worth it if you
get the lift for the second floor and
there's two sections of it there's the
upper floor without a railing and
there's the lower section where there's
a case to prevent you falling for your
death but is just in case you wants to
commit suicide I can't imagine what the
views out here are absolutely to die for
no pun intended take your time to
explore this place guys because this is
about as quiet as it's going to get
because if you choose to go up a little
bit further it's going to get
significantly busier so take your time
and take lots of pictures
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but obviously I didn't come all this way
just to sit on the second floor no I'm
here to go all the way to the top now
the top of the Eiffel Tower you can't
buy a ticket to the top on the day you
have to literally book in advance online
and surprise surprise
the queue to the top is pretty
outrageous you'll be spending another 20
to 25 minutes queuing for the lift to
get to the top floor so yeah
be prepared for that and once again
don't be surprised if there is a lot of
unpleasant people trying to elbow you
out of the way but the lifts right to
the top is actually kind of cool and you
don't realize how high you go until
you're actually in the lift and then it
becomes immediately obvious when you get
to the top it's quite crowded because
it's significantly smaller than the
second floor but the views up here are
simply worth it so if you do want the
overall highest view of Paris this is
pretty much the way to go if you're
feeling flush with money you can buy
champagne and caviar at a very inflated
price and you could check out Gustave
Eiffel office he actually used to work
up here and his office is still
relatively intact but take your time to
absorb the views and take lots of
pictures here guys because the views are
pretty damn amazing all these views as
good as the ones on the second floor I
think so and is it actually worth the
money to go up here I'm 5050 but
obviously you can make up your own mind
on that but anyway there's other
interesting bits such as places to kiss
I tried to kiss somebody nobody kissed
me back on a shape
and it tends to get quite crowded up
here so if our uke when it gets busy
like this take the lift back down to the
second floor by the way there's also
berries
gift shops and various eateries on the
second floor just in case you get hungry
or want to spend some money and if you
did want to climb the stairs or fall
down you can do but I seriously
seriously couldn't be bothered with that
the first floor is infinitely more
roomier there's a lot more space to move
around and in general the views are very
similar
they've even got that old winery on the
first floor this somewhat glass floor
which is but it's quite sturdy brick
damn it
no ever mode anyway there's different
things to see when you're up here such
as video presentations things that show
you how the Eiffel Tower works and
overall if you didn't want to eat in
that swanky restaurant you can do but is
seriously overpriced take the lift back
down once you get bored of this and that
pretty much concludes your stay of the
Eiffel Tower be sure to explore the park
on your way up but if I were you I would
head towards the back of the Eiffel
Tower towards the shun DeMars whereby
you've got the best picture
opportunities of the Eiffel Tower itself
create some distance between you and the
tower and you've got some interesting
photo opportunities especially with
various lakes and ponds in front of you
as good as this is during the day I
highly recommend coming back at night
the Eiffel Tower blows up like a
Christmas tree at night and they put on
this sparkly magical light show on the
hour every hour and it's kind of cool to
sit back chill out with a whiner of beer
and just watch the tower glow the darker
it gets the more glowy it gets and I
highly recommend that you do the exact
same thing i'ii go to Trocadero and
absorb some of the views and enjoy the
light show especially when it's on a day
like this where you can see the light
beams for miles on end
I highly recommend that you do this
again at night what's over all guys even
though it's a pain in the ass to queue
for everything I highly recommend that
you do this at least once in your life
okay I'm sold what do I need to do well
you need to come here to the Eiffel
Tower it's served by about three
different metro stations and I highly
recommend you start off at Trocadero
because it gives you some nice views of
the tower from up high you can actually
walk to the Eiffel Tower but using the
metro is infinitely easier the cost to
do it well it all depends on whether or
not you want to use the lift or the
stairs and whether or not you want to go
to the top or not the prices are on the
screen security is really tight and I
highly recommend that you look at the
rules before you go in because they
might confiscate things off you and
obviously as mentioned throughout this
video the queueing is a real pain in the
ass
it really is busy and don't be surprised
if you spend more time queueing then you
spend actually at the tire itself but I
highly recommend that you do this anyway
even if the queues are a bit of a pain
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and we'll see you in the next episode
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