The security guard found them the next morning.
Two American tourists fell asleep on the Eiffel Tower
This week, two drunken American tourists entered the restricted area on Paris' famous Eiffel Tower and stayed overnight.
The two men snuck into the restricted area and fell asleep, only to be woken up the next morning by a security guard during a routine security check. As a result of the incident, emergency personnel launched an investigation and the opening of the Eiffel Tower to ticket holders was delayed by an hour.
According to media reports, the men slept between the second and third levels of the tower and posed no additional security threat other than infiltration on site.
The Eiffel Tower is 1,084 feet tall and has over 7 million visitors each year, according to the official website.
Due to the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions and more With the free movement of travelers across the continent, Europe is seeing a surge in the number of tourists.