Overview
- The Eiffel Tower, the Louvre and the Musée d'Orsay announced earlier closing times this weekend and into next week, with the Eiffel Tower limiting weekend hours to 16:00 and the Louvre and Musée d'Orsay reducing afternoon service.
- Météo-France warned of extreme heat across large parts of the country, assigning the highest red alert to 24 départements and orange to 59 while urging 'absolute vigilance.'
- SNCF plans to operate around 3,700 TGV high-speed trains over the weekend but will suspend about one in three intercity connections during the hottest hours to protect passengers and infrastructure.
- The measures respond to sustained high temperatures near 35°C in Paris and follow a similar late-June heat episode that already prompted precautionary early closures of major sites.
- Organizers say the adjustments are meant to reduce health risks, ease working conditions for staff and avoid infrastructure strain, and the high volume of holiday travel raises the chance of further service limits or crowding.