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Eiffel Tower

Built in 1889 by Gustave Eiffel for the World's Fair, the Iron Lady rises 330 metres and remains the ultimate symbol of Paris.

Louvre Museum

The world's largest museum and former royal palace, the Louvre holds 35,000 works including the Mona Lisa and Venus de Milo.

Notre-Dame de Paris

A Gothic masterpiece on the Île de la Cité, Notre-Dame reopened in December 2024 after a historic restoration.

Arc de Triomphe

Commissioned by Napoleon in 1806 to honor the Grande Armée, it crowns the Place de l'Étoile at the top of the Champs-Élysées.

Sacré-Cœur

White basilica atop Montmartre, completed in 1914, offering one of the finest views of Paris.

Musée d'Orsay

A Belle Époque train station turned museum, Orsay holds the world's largest Impressionist collection.

Centre Pompidou

A bold architectural icon by Piano and Rogers, home to Europe's largest modern art museum.

Musée de l'Orangerie

An elegant gallery in the heart of the Tuileries, home to Monet's monumental Water Lilies and the Walter-Guillaume collection.

Palace of Versailles

Residence of French kings from Louis XIV to Louis XVI, Versailles is Europe's most grandiose palace.

Sainte-Chapelle

13th-century royal chapel built by Saint Louis to house the Crown of Thorns.

Panthéon

Neoclassical mausoleum in the Latin Quarter where France's greats rest: Voltaire, Hugo, Curie, Zola.

Palais Garnier

Second Empire jewel by Charles Garnier (1875), setting of the Phantom of the Opera.

Les Invalides

17th-century monumental complex with a gilded dome, housing Napoleon's tomb and the Army Museum.

Montmartre

A village perched on its hill, Montmartre was home to Picasso, Modigliani, Renoir and Toulouse-Lautrec.

Le Marais

A historic aristocratic quarter turned trendy heart of Paris, mixing mansions and boutiques.

Saint-Germain-des-Prés

The literary heart of the Left Bank, home to Sartre, Beauvoir, Hemingway and legendary cafés.

Latin Quarter

The student quarter around the Sorbonne, medieval lanes, bookshops and lively bistros.

Champs-Élysées

"The world's most beautiful avenue" runs 1.9 km from Concorde to the Étoile.

Île de la Cité

Historical cradle of Paris in the middle of the Seine, the founding site of Lutetia.

Luxembourg Garden

A French garden commissioned by Marie de Medici in 1612, the most beloved Left Bank park.

Tuileries Garden

Paris's first public garden, designed by Le Nôtre, between the Louvre and Concorde.

Buttes-Chaumont

Romantic 19th-century park in the 19th arrondissement, with cliffs, a lake and the Temple of Sibyl.

Bois de Vincennes

Paris's largest green space to the east, with a medieval castle, lakes and zoo.

Parisian Cafés

From Flore to Procope, cafés are a Parisian institution, places of debate and rendez-vous for three centuries.

Bakeries & viennoiseries

The Parisian baguette, butter croissant and pain au chocolat are a religion.

Parisian Bistros

Small restaurants with market cooking, daily blackboard and gingham tablecloths.

Paris Markets

Over 80 covered or open-air markets shape Parisian neighborhood life.

Fine Pastries

Paris is the world capital of pastry: éclairs, mille-feuilles, macarons and signature creations.

Trocadéro

The esplanade of the Palais de Chaillot, built for the 1937 World's Fair, facing the Eiffel Tower across the Seine.

Champ-de-Mars

A vast lawn between the Eiffel Tower and the École Militaire, a former parade ground now the favourite picnic garden of Paris.

Place des Vosges

The oldest square in Paris, inaugurated in 1612, framed by rose-brick pavilions and regular arcades in the heart of the Marais.

Place du Tertre

A small village square at the top of the Montmartre hill, filled with the easels of portrait and landscape painters.

Moulin Rouge

A cabaret opened in 1889 at the foot of Montmartre, birthplace of the French cancan and immortalised by Toulouse-Lautrec.