<p class="ingestion featured-caption">I've lived in Paris for three years, and I've always wanted to take a boat tour.Moriah Costa</p><ul class="summary-list"><li>I took a boat tour that cruised by nearly all the <a target="_blank" class href="https://www.businessinsider.com/best-things-to-do-in-paris-what-to-skip-american-2024-1">major monuments in Paris</a> and only cost about $20.</li><li>It was crowded, and some buildings were difficult to see, but I found the guide informative.</li></ul><p>I'm an <a target="_blank" class href="https://www.businessinsider.com/paris-surprising-things-about-living-in-france-from-american">American who's lived in Paris</a> for almost three years. After all this time, I still had one thing on my bucket list: Tour the city by boat.</p><p>I took advantage of a good summer weather day and went on an hourlong tour with Vedettes de Paris that cost 20 euros, or about $22.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.cntraveler.com/story/paris-olympics-2024-travel-advice">Over 15 million tourists are</a> set to flood the city this month for the Summer Olympics, and I'm not that interested in fighting through crowds on the streets. Luckily, the boat tour sails by several of Paris' most famous landmarks, so I thought it would be a good way to get my fix from a more comfortable distance.</p><p>Here's what it was like.</p>