New Year's Eve 2024 in Paris: Tips, Events and Offers

Paris is not only the city of lovers and romance, it is also the capital of ephemera, shopping and fashion. It is full of nightclubs and museums of international importance. If you have decided to celebrate New Year's Eve in Paris, you might plan to spend the evening with your family or your partner, or choose to mingle with the crowds and celebrate New Year's Eve on the streets of the French capital. In Paris, the opportunities to properly greet the New Year are endless, you'll be spoilt for choice!

Plan New Year's Eve in Paris: flight+hotel offers and tours

As at any other time of the year, the cost of a hotel in the centre can be prohibitive, at this time prices are further inflated. Our advice is therefore to choose a hotel located in a slightly peripheral area, but perhaps close to a bus stop or metro station. Parisian public transport is quite efficient and its operation is guaranteed even on festive days until late at night.

Paris New Year Offers: Flight + 4 nights in a Hotel

• Cheap flights: Return Rome - Paris from €140.00

• Where to stay: 4 nights in Paris from €480.00

• Flight+hotel package:
  Flight + 4 nights/5 days in a 3/4 star hotel - from €620,00 per person

The unmissable tours and activities

What to do on New Year's Eve: programme and events

It is a tradition in Paris to take to the streets and squares after dinner to exchange greetings and celebrate with friends. The scenery is dreamy, with shop windows adorned with garlands and bright decorations, trees and avenues decorated with characteristic Christmas lights. The options to worthily welcome the New Year, however, are not limited to street celebrations, so we have selected three great alternatives for all tastes.

1 - Paris on the square: Champs-Élysées

New Year's Eve in the square in Paris is a sparkling and fun party, to be spent alongside many French people but also surrounded by people from all over the world. At the Champs-Élysées, the big party starts as early as 9 p.m.: our advice is to arrive a little earlier than 9 p.m., perhaps as early as the late afternoon, in order to avoid the worst crowds and to take advantage of the free opening of the metro, from 5 p.m. on 31 December and 12 noon on 1 January. As a reminder, all metro lines remain in service all night. The fixed programme of the last few years, organised by the City Council, is a magical celebration revolving around one of the most beautiful monuments in Paris, the Arc de Triomphe. From 11 p.m. until 1 a.m., you can enjoy an unmissable spectacle featuring light games and video projections, all completely free of charge. The evening also includes the big New Year's Eve parade with floats, fanfares and animations through the Champs-Elysées, staged from 1 p.m. until 6 p.m. on 1 January.

2 - New Year's Eve on the Seine

If you have chosen Paris to celebrate New Year's Eve but want to avoid the crowds in the squares and clubs, you can choose a romantic dinner cruise on the Seine, on one of the many Bateaux Mouches. This solution is particularly suitable for couples, who will have the opportunity to take part in an itinerant party around the city with great food, champagne and the company of that special someone. The boats offering this possibility are operated by the Bateaux-Mouches company. The programme includes dinner, with a classical music atmosphere, and return at 2 a.m. for a total of €390.00 per person. The meeting point for departure is at Pont de l'Alma 32, Port de la Conférence (Rive Droite), at least one hour before departure, which is at 8.30 pm. To get to the embarkation point, you can take metro 9 and get off at the Alma-Marceau stop, or bus 63 and get off at the Jean Nicot - Eglise Americaine stop.

3 - Parisian cabaret evening

New Year's Eve at the Moulin Rouge, located on Boulevard de Clichy at number 82, offers a programme that includes dinner and the Revue Féerie show starting at 7 p.m. Accompanied by the Moulin Rouge Orchestra, your dinner will be followed by the declaration of wishes and the show. The evening does not end there! Starting at 2 a.m., the dancing event with DJ set will begin. The programme is tempting but the fare is not exactly cheap: if you manage to find a free seat, it will cost you a whopping €750.00.

The best youth venues, clubs and discos for New Year's Eve

1. Nouveau Casino - disco, 109 Rue Oberkampf, Get directions - Website

2. Les Planches - night club, 40 Rue du Colisée, Get directions - Website

3. La Bellevilloise - club, 21 Rue Boyer, Get directions - Website

Climate and useful info

• Climate: The climate tends to be rainy and average temperatures range from a minimum of 3°C to a maximum of 8°C. Recommended clothing is therefore typical heavy winter clothing, possibly waterproof, especially jackets and shoes - find out more about the climate in Paris

• Getting there: Paris is served by 3 airports; Charles de Gaulle which is about 25 km north-east of the centre; Orly which is about 15 km south, and Beauvais Tillé about 88 km south. Flights from Rome to Paris take approximately 2 hours.

• How to get around: We recommend using efficient public transport, particularly the metro, always moving at least an hour in advance. Avoid taxis, which are expensive and difficult to use given the high demand.

• Useful passes and cards: To save on transport we recommend the purchase of the Paris Passlib card which includes all city transport, including boats on the Seine.

• Average cost of New Year's Evedinner: If you plan to spend NewYear's Eve in a club, budget for an average cost, per person, of at least €250.00.