Musée de l'Armée - Les Invalides: Napoleon's Tomb - Small Group Guided Tour at Musée de l'Armée & Napoleon's Tomb

The Musée de l'Armée Les Invalides Napoleon's Tomb Small Group Guided Tour is a 90-minute guided tour in Paris covering the military museum galleries and the Dôme des Invalides, where Napoleon Bonaparte is buried. The Invalides complex was commissioned by Louis XIV in the 1670s as a hospital for wounded soldiers, and the Dôme Church, completed in 1708, has housed Napoleon's remains since 1840. Groups are kept small to allow close engagement with the guide throughout.

The tour moves through museum galleries tracing Napoleon's career from his early military campaigns and the reforms he introduced, including the Napoleonic Code, through to his exile and death on Saint Helena in 1821. Inside the Dôme Church, the guide covers the return of his remains to France and the significance of the red quartzite sarcophagus at the centre of the crypt. Skip-the-line entry is included, so there is no queuing at the door. Tickets cover the guided visit with a live guide; hotel transfers and gratuities are not included. The tour begins at Café de l'Esplanade, 52 Rue Fabert, and is not suitable for wheelchair users. For more things to do in Paris, browse the full city listing.