Things to do

1 Musée du Louvre

The world's largest museum unsurprisingly also contains one of the world's most important collections of art and antiquities. To complete the superlatives, the building was once France's largest royal palace.

Address: Musée du Louvre, 75001
Phone: 01 40 20 50 50
Opening info: Open 9am-6pm Mon, Thu, Sat & Sun, 9am-9:45pm Wed & Fri
Closing info: closed Tue & public holidays
Admission charge: Admission €9 (subject to change); reduced price of €6.50 after 6pm Wed & Fri; free 1st Sun of month; under 18s free; under 26s free Fri after 6pm
www.louvre.fr

2 Musée d'Orsay

This remarkable conversion has turned a former railway station into one of the world's leading art galleries and is, for many, reason alone to visit Paris.

Address: 1 rue de la Légiond'Honneur, 75007
Phone: 01 40 49 48 14
Opening info: Open 9:30am-6pm Tue-Sun (Thu till 9:45pm); closed 1 Jan, 1 May, 25 Dec
Admission charge: Admission €7.50 (€5.50 Sun & 18-25s, under 18s free); combined ticket for museum and temporary exhibitions €9.00 (€7.00 Sun & 18-25s). Tickets can be bought online.
www.musee-orsay.fr

3 Eiffel Tower

Some six million visitors a year ascend to the top of this most famous Paris landmark for the spectacular views. It was erected for the Universal Exhibition of 1889.

Address: Champ-de-Mars, 7e
Phone: 01 44 11 23 23
Opening info: Open: Lift 9:30am-11:45pm daily (last adm for top: 10:30pm) (mid-Jun-1 Sep: 9am-12:45am; last adm for top: 11pm); Stairs 9:30am -6:30pm daily (mid-Jul-1 Sep: 9am-12:30am; last adm midnight)
Admission charge: Admission: €4.00 (stairs); €4.50-€11.50 (lift, depending on level)
www.tour-eiffel.fr

4 Notre-Dame

This great Gothic cathedral, founded on the site of a Roman temple, was completed in 1334 and is a repository of French art and history. It also represents the geographical heart of France.

Address: 6 pl du Parvis-de-Notre-Dame, 75004
Additional info: 01 53 10 07 00 (towers)
Additional info: 01 42 34 56 10 (cathedral)
Opening info: Open: cathedral 7:45am-6:45pm daily; towers Apr-Sep: 10am-6:30pm daily (until 11pm Sat-Sun Jun-Aug); Oct-Mar: 10am-5:30pm daily
Admission charge: Adm towers: €8.00 (€5.00 18-25s, under-18s free, free 1st Sun of month)
www.notredamedeparis.fr

5 Sacré-Coeur

The terrace in front of this monumental white-domed basilica in Montmartre affords one of the finest free views over Paris.

Address: Parvis du Sacré-Coeur, 75018
Phone: 01 53 41 89 00
Opening info: Open 6:45am-10:30pm (basilica), 9am-6pm (dome and crypt) daily
Admission charge: Admission €5.00 (dome and crypt only)
www.sacre-coeur-montmartre.com

 

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