List and map with information about the main must-see tourist attractions in Paris, France. Ranked by popularity.

Louvre1

Louvre

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The Louvre, or the Louvre Museum (French: Musée du Louvre), is the world's most-visited museum, and a historic landmark in Paris, France. It is the home of some of the best-known works of art, including the Mona Lisa and the Venus de Milo. [1]

Search Popularity [a] 100% score
Eiffel Tower2

Eiffel Tower

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The Eiffel Tower (French: tour Eiffel) is a wrought-iron lattice tower on the Champ de Mars in Paris, France. It is named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel, whose company designed and built the tower. Locally nicknamed "La dame de fer" (French for "Iron Lady"), it was constructed from 1887 to 1889 as the centerpiece of the 1889 World's Fair. Although initially criticised by some of France's leading artists and intellectuals for its design, it has since become a global cultural icon of France and one of the most recognisable structures in the world. The Eiffel Tower is the most visited monument with an entrance fee in the world: 6.91 million people ascended it in 2015. [2]

Search Popularity [a] 76% score
Montmartre3

Montmartre

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Montmartre is a large hill in Paris's northern 18th arrondissement. It is 130 m (430 ft) high and gives its name to the surrounding district, part of the Right Bank. Montmartre is primarily known for its artistic history, for the white-domed Basilica of the Sacré-Cœur on its summit, and as a nightclub district. [3]

Search Popularity [a] 59% score
Moulin Rouge4

Moulin Rouge

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Moulin Rouge ("Red Mill") is a cabaret in Paris, on Boulevard de Clichy, at Place Blanche, the intersection of, and terminus of Rue Blanche. The original venue was destroyed by fire in 1915. Moulin Rouge is southwest of Montmartre, in the Paris district of Pigalle on Boulevard de Clichy in the 18th arrondissement, it has a red windmill on its roof. Today, the Moulin Rouge is a tourist attraction, offering predominantly musical dance entertainment for visitors from around the world. [4]

Search Popularity [a] 51% score
Notre-Dame de Paris5

Notre-Dame de Paris

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Notre-Dame de Paris (meaning "Our Lady of Paris"), referred to simply as Notre-Dame, is a medieval Catholic cathedral on the Île de la Cité (an island in the Seine River), in the 4th arrondissement of Paris. The cathedral, dedicated to the Virgin Mary, is considered one of the finest examples of French Gothic architecture. [5]

Search Popularity [a] 51% score
Champs-Élysées6

Champs-Élysées

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The Avenue des Champs-Élysées is an avenue in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France, 1.9 kilometres (1.2 mi) long and 70 metres (230 ft) wide, running between the Place de la Concorde in the east and the Place Charles de Gaulle in the west, where the Arc de Triomphe is located. It is known for its theatres, cafés and luxury shops, as the finish of the Tour de France cycling race, as well as for its annual Bastille Day military parade. [6]

Search Popularity [a] 49% score
Arc de Triomphe7

Arc de Triomphe

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The Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile (lit. 'Triumphal Arch of the Star') is one of the most famous monuments in Paris, France, standing at the western end of the Champs-Élysées at the centre of Place Charles de Gaulle. [7]

Search Popularity [a] 46% score
Centre Pompidou8

Centre Pompidou

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The Centre Pompidou, more fully the Centre national d'art et de culture Georges-Pompidou, also known as the Pompidou Centre in English, is a complex building in the Beaubourg area of the 4th arrondissement of Paris, near Les Halles, rue Montorgueil, and the Marais. It houses the Bibliothèque publique d'information (Public Information Library), a vast public library; the Musée National d'Art Moderne, which is the largest museum for modern art in Europe; and IRCAM, a centre for music and acoustic research. [8]

Search Popularity [a] 43% score
Fondation Louis Vuitton9

Fondation Louis Vuitton

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The Louis Vuitton Foundation (French: Fondation d'entreprise Louis-Vuitton) is a French art museum and cultural center sponsored by the group LVMH and its subsidiaries. It is run as a legally separate, nonprofit entity as part of LVMH's promotion of art and culture. The art museum opened on October 20, 2014, in the presence of President François Hollande. [9]

Search Popularity [a] 41% score
Panthéon10

Panthéon

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The Panthéon (from the Classical Greek word πάνθειον, pántheion, '[temple] to all the gods') is a monument in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, France. It stands in the Latin Quarter, atop the Montagne Sainte-Geneviève, in the centre of the Place du Panthéon, which was named after it. [10]

Search Popularity [a] 41% score
Place Vendôme11

Place Vendôme

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The Place Vendôme, earlier known as Place Louis-le-Grand, and also as Place Internationale, is a square in the 1st arrondissement of Paris, France, located to the north of the Tuileries Gardens and east of the Église de la Madeleine. The original Vendôme Column at the centre of the square was erected by Napoleon I to commemorate the Battle of Austerlitz; it was torn down on 16 May 1871, by decree of the Paris Commune, but subsequently re-erected and remains a prominent feature on the square today. [11]

Search Popularity [a] 41% score
Sainte-Chapelle12

Sainte-Chapelle

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The Sainte-Chapelle (English: Holy Chapel) is a royal chapel in the Gothic style, within the medieval Palais de la Cité, the residence of the Kings of France until the 14th century, on the Île de la Cité in the River Seine in Paris, France. [12]

Search Popularity [a] 41% score
Jardin du Luxembourg13

Jardin du Luxembourg

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The Jardin du Luxembourg, known in English as the Luxembourg Garden, colloquially referred to as the Jardin du Sénat (Senate Garden), is located in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, France. Creation of the garden began in 1612 when Marie de' Medici, the widow of King Henry IV, constructed the Luxembourg Palace as her new residence. It covers 23 hectares (56.8 acres) and is known for its lawns, tree-lined promenades, tennis courts, flowerbeds, model sailboats on its octagonal Grand Bassin, as well as picturesque Medici Fountain, built in 1620. [13]

Search Popularity [a] 30% score
Palais Garnier14

Palais Garnier

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The Palais Garnier (Garnier Palace), also known as Opéra Garnier (Garnier Opera), is a 1,979-seat opera house at the Place de l'Opéra in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, France. It was built for the Paris Opera from 1861 to 1875 at the behest of Emperor Napoleon III. Initially referred to as le nouvel Opéra de Paris (the new Paris Opera), it soon became known as the Palais Garnier, "in acknowledgment of its extraordinary opulence" and the architect Charles Garnier's plans and designs, which are representative of the Napoleon III style. [14]

Search Popularity [a] 30% score
Place des Vosges15

Place des Vosges

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The Place des Vosges, originally Place Royale, is the oldest planned square in Paris, France. It is located in the Marais district, and it straddles the dividing-line between the 3rd and 4th arrondissements of Paris. It was a fashionable and expensive square to live in during the 17th and 18th centuries, and one of the main reasons for the chic nature of Le Marais among the Parisian nobility. [15]

Search Popularity [a] 30% score
Place de la Concorde16

Place de la Concorde

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The Place de la Concorde is one of the major public squares in Paris, France. Measuring 7.6 ha (19 acres) in area, it is the largest square in the French capital. It is located in the city's eighth arrondissement, at the eastern end of the Champs-Élysées. [16]

Search Popularity [a] 27% score
Musée Rodin17

Musée Rodin

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The Musée Rodin (English: Rodin Museum) in Paris, France, is a museum that was opened in 1919, primarily dedicated to the works of the French sculptor Auguste Rodin. It has two sites: the Hôtel Biron and surrounding grounds in central Paris, as well as just outside Paris at Rodin's old home, the Villa des Brillants at Meudon, Hauts-de-Seine. The collection includes 6,600 sculptures, 8,000 drawings, 8,000 old photographs and 7,000 objets d'art. The museum receives 700,000 visitors annually. [17]

Search Popularity [a] 19% score
Seine River Cruise18

Seine River Cruise

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The Seine is a 777-kilometre-long (483 mi) river in northern France. Its drainage basin is in the Paris Basin (a geological relative lowland) covering most of northern France. There are 37 bridges in Paris across the Seine (the most famous of which are the Pont Alexandre III and the Pont Neuf) and dozens more outside the city. [18]

Search Popularity [a] 16% score
Orsay Museum19

Orsay Museum

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The Musée d'Orsay (English: Orsay Museum) is a museum in Paris, France, on the Left Bank of the Seine. The museum holds mainly French art dating from 1848 to 1914, including paintings, sculptures, furniture, and photography. It houses the largest collection of Impressionist and post-Impressionist masterpieces in the world, by painters including Berthe Morisot, Claude Monet, Édouard Manet, Degas, Renoir, Cézanne, Seurat, Sisley, Gauguin, and van Gogh. [19]

Search Popularity [a] 14% score

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[1] Text from Wikipedia: Louvre. Gotten 2023-02-28. It is licensed CC BY-SA 3.0.
[2] Text from Wikipedia: Eiffel Tower. Gotten 2023-02-28. It is licensed CC BY-SA 3.0.
[3] Text from Wikipedia: Montmartre. Gotten 2023-03-01. It is licensed CC BY-SA 3.0.
[4] Text from Wikipedia: Moulin Rouge. Gotten 2023-03-01. It is licensed CC BY-SA 3.0.
[5] Text from Wikipedia: Notre-Dame de Paris. Gotten 2023-02-28. It is licensed CC BY-SA 3.0.
[6] Text from Wikipedia: Champs-Élysées. Gotten 2023-02-28. It is licensed CC BY-SA 3.0.
[7] Text from Wikipedia: Arc de Triomphe. Gotten 2023-02-28. It is licensed CC BY-SA 3.0.
[8] Text from Wikipedia: Centre Pompidou. Gotten 2023-03-01. It is licensed CC BY-SA 3.0.
[9] Text from Wikipedia: Fondation Louis Vuitton. Gotten 2023-03-01. It is licensed CC BY-SA 3.0.
[10] Text from Wikipedia: Panthéon. Gotten 2023-03-01. It is licensed CC BY-SA 3.0.
[11] Text from Wikipedia: Place Vendôme. Gotten 2023-03-10. It is licensed CC BY-SA 3.0.
[12] Text from Wikipedia: Sainte-Chapelle. Gotten 2023-03-01. It is licensed CC BY-SA 3.0.
[13] Text from Wikipedia: Jardin du Luxembourg. Gotten 2023-03-01. It is licensed CC BY-SA 3.0.
[14] Text from Wikipedia: Palais Garnier. Gotten 2023-03-01. It is licensed CC BY-SA 3.0.
[15] Text from Wikipedia: Place des Vosges. Gotten 2023-03-01. It is licensed CC BY-SA 3.0.
[16] Text from Wikipedia: Place de la Concorde. Gotten 2023-03-01. It is licensed CC BY-SA 3.0.
[17] Text from Wikipedia: Musée Rodin. Gotten 2023-03-01. It is licensed CC BY-SA 3.0.
[18] Text from Wikipedia: Seine. Gotten 2023-03-01. It is licensed CC BY-SA 3.0.
[19] Text from Wikipedia: Musée d'Orsay. Gotten 2023-02-28. It is licensed CC BY-SA 3.0.