The Eiffel Tower has three main visitor platforms, commonly described as its three floors.
They are the first, second, and third levels. The first and second levels contain visitor facilities and restaurants, while the third level is the top public observation level. These platforms break the tower’s enormous height into distinct destinations for visitors ascending by stairs or lift.
The wording can cause confusion because the tower also contains an intermediate level associated with its historic lift system, and technical descriptions may count residual or non-public floor space. Those areas are not normally treated as one of the tower’s three main visitor floors. For a standard trivia question about the principal levels open to visitors, three is the accepted answer.
The first level is more than 57 metres above the ground, the second is about 116 metres up, and the top public platform is roughly 276 metres high. Visitors can climb stairs to the first two levels, while the highest level is generally reached by lift.