🇫🇷 Louvre Museum Guide: The Smartest Route (No Backtracking!)

With 20+ visits under my belt, here’s the ultimate path to see 50% of the Louvre’s highlights without getting lost! 📍 Entry Tips ✔ On time? Use the Pyramid entrance. ✔ Late? Enter via Carrousel du Louvre (mall access). ✔ Storage: Fits 20-inch suitcases. 🚶♀️ Step-by-Step Route 1️⃣ Venus de Milo (Sully Wing) From Sully entrance → pass arched halls → Hall of the Caryatids → Venus! 2️⃣ Winged Victory of Samothrace (Denon Wing) Left from Venus → long corridor → grand staircase → Nike statue atop! 3️⃣ Mona Lisa (Denon Wing) Right from Nike → Italian galleries → Venetian Room → Mona Lisa (brace for crowds!). 4️⃣ French Paintings + Michelangelo Gallery Red Room: Liberty Leading the People. Downstairs: Renaissance sculptures. 5️⃣ Apollo Gallery + Greek Antiquities Back to Nike’s staircase → left to gold-drenched Apollo Gallery (crown jewels!). Nearby: Greek vases. 6️⃣ Egyptian Antiquities Straight ahead → pharaonic treasures by dynasty. 7️⃣ Mesopotamia + Hammurabi’s Code Left from Egypt → Room 231 → Code of Hammurabi (world’s oldest laws!). 🛍️ Exit Strategy Don’t miss the two gift shops for souvenirs! #LouvreHacks #ParisTravel #ArtLovers #MuseumSmart 🖼️