Paris

No doubt that Eiffel Tower is one of the main symbols of Paris.

Notre Dame, Louvre, Arc of Triumph, Montmartre, Versailles, Disneyland - these sites are the most attended by tourist over the years as well, but the Tower is a must see no matter for how long are you staying in the city.

Let's take a closer look at this engineering excellence of 1889

As I have noticed the best way to see the Eiffel Tower on the palm of your hand is to get to Trocadero square. On this frame below you can see it in the middle of the photograph taken from the Second floor.

By the way, if you take a sight a bit higher you will see La Défense - a business quarter of Paris

View from Trocadero

Once you've seen it from the side, you probably think about the summit.

There are three levels of the Tower that are reachable by tourists:

– First floor - right above the arch - 57 meters high
– Second floor - the next level over the Olympic rings - 116 meters high
– Top floor - 276 meters high

You can choose the way go upwards: by lift or by stairs.
All actual data about tickets and fares can be found here: https://www.toureiffel.paris

And since there were no tickets available for the lift summit I bought the tickets for the "stairs summit". Using them you can reach for the first the second floor. If you wish to see Paris from the Top floor, you should buy another ticket for another type of lift.

View from the ground. First floor

There are several cafes on the first floor, so that you can plan your breakfast or dinner on the picturesque bank of the Seine

Lifts are installed in two legs of the Tower and you can see them move easily.
By the way, these Otis lifts have two floors to carry as much visitors at once as possible.

And the stairs leading to the second floor look like this.
They are quite safe, so no worries during the summit appeared

Once you are on the second floor you will find that it consists of two levels: lower and upper.

In my humble opinion the lower part of the second floor provides the best view, because you can easily push your camera through the security steel net and there are no obstacles disturbing you

View from the second floor to the Top

One of the main cons of using lifts in the Eiffel Tower is that you will be forced to stand in a queue.
No matter you go up or down.

And it feels like stairs will save your time.
At least when you are going down