Well, they got their exhibits for free, didn't they?

I really enjoyed the garden there - we spent hours happily. And we don't have a lot of palaces where I'm from.

And I didn't really enjoy the Louvre, especially compared to Musée d'Orsay and Centre Pompidou.

Yeah I made that mistake when visiting Paris for the first time: budgeted half a day for the Louvre and an entire day for Versailles. Should the other way around or as you say, skip the Versailles.

As far as French palaces go, I liked Fontainebleau way more.

TBH the most interesting thing in Louvre is that crowd in front of Mona Lisa, which is an art performance by itself.

> I’d wager that you could 10x for non-EU tourists

Except for normal people, where $400 a ticket is absolutely prohibitive. I can't imagine being able to take a family there at that sort of price. (To be honest, even at $40 that could add up quickly.)

I firmly believe institutions like museums should be accessible by everyone. I understand higher prices for non-EU people, on the logic that they need more income somehow and tourists are more likely to be able to afford it -- so long as they keep student prices, family/children prices etc.

Lol, I mean, if we ignore the experience of all the people who are priced out, then sure? Appreciation of culture shouldn't be reserved for the rich.

I have a similar line of thought every time I go to a national park. I dont really like hanging out around a bunch of strangers’ kids, but this would prevent a lot of families from being able to afford to go do things like this, and it’s good to let kids be exposed to things like really amazing art and national parks. Poor people should be able to enjoy them too.

> better experience for all

for the well-off*

Compared to the price of a round-trip plane ticket to Paris, hotel, and food for the whole trip, this ticket increase is immaterial for tourists. And the whole point of the article is that the price increase is only for non-EU citizens.