Sights & Attractions in Paris

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Ancien Cloître Quartier
Hidden in the shadows of Notre-Dame is this magical, often-overlooked...
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Neighborhoods / Streets Ile de la Cité and Ile St-Louis
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Bois de Boulogne
When Parisians need a day in the great outdoors close to home...
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Parks Western Paris
 
Canal St-Martin
The once-forgotten canal has morphed into one of the city's hippest...
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Bodies of Water Canal St-Martin, Bastille, and Oberkampf
 
Carrefour de Buci
This colorful crossroads (carrefour is French for "intersection")...
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Neighborhoods / Streets St-Germain
 
Castel-Béranger
It's a shame you can't go inside this house, considered the city's...
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Houses / Mansions Western Paris
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Centre Georges Pompidou
Love it or hate it, the Pompidou is certainly the city's most...
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Houses / Mansions The Marais
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Cour du Commerce St-André
Like an 18th-century engraving come to life, this charming street...
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Neighborhoods / Streets St-Germain
 
Eglise St-Sulpice
Dubbed the Cathedral of the Rive Gauche, this enormous 17th-century...
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Religious Sites St-Germain
 
Hôtel des Invalides
Les Invalides (pronounced lehz-ahn-vah-leed), as this Baroque...
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Memorials / Monuments La Tour Eiffel and Les Invalides
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Jardin des Tuileries
The Tuileries was once the place to see and be seen in Paris...
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Parks The Faubourg St-Honoré and Les Halles
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Jardin du Luxembourg
The Luxembourg Gardens has all that is charming, unique, and...
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Gardens / Arboretums St-Germain
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The Louvre
The most recognized symbol of Paris is the Tour Eiffel, but the...
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Museums / Galleries The Faubourg St-Honoré and Les Halles
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Musée Carnavalet
If it has to do with Paris history, it's here. This collection...
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Museums / Galleries The Marais
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Musée Cernuschi
Italian banker Enrico Cernuschi came to Paris for his Republican...
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Museums / Galleries Les Grands Boulevards
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Musée d'Orsay
Opened in 1986, this gorgeous, renovated Belle Époque...
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Museums / Galleries St-Germain
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Musée Guimet
One of the best smaller museums in Paris, the Guimet National...
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Museums / Galleries The Champs-Elysées
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Musée Jacquemart-André
Perhaps the city's best small museum, the opulent Musée...
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Museums / Galleries Les Grands Boulevards
 
Musée Marmottan Monet
A few years ago the underrated Marmottan tacked Monet onto its...
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Museums / Galleries Western Paris
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Musée National du Moyen-Age
Built on the ruins of Lutecia's Roman Baths, the Hôtel...
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Museums / Galleries The Quartier Latin
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Notre-Dame
Looming above place du Parvis on the Île de la Cité...
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Religious Sites Ile de la Cité and Ile St-Louis
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Opéra Garnier
Haunt of the Phantom of the Opera and the real-life inspiration...
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Arts / Performance Venues Les Grands Boulevards
 
Palais-Royal
This most romantic and quiet of Paris gardens, enclosed within...
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Squares The Faubourg St-Honoré and Les Halles
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Place des Vosges
The oldest square in Paris and—dare we say it?—the...
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Squares The Marais
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Rue Mouffetard
This winding cobblestone street is one of Paris's oldest—it...
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Memorials / Monuments The Quartier Latin
 
Sacré-Coeur
It's hard to not feel as though you're climbing up to heaven...
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Religious Sites, Viewpoints Montmartre
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Sainte-Chapelle
Built by the obsessively pious Louis IX (1226-70), this Gothic...
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Religious Sites Ile de la Cité and Ile St-Louis
 
Tour Eiffel
If the Statue of Liberty is emblematic of New York, Big Ben is...
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Memorials / Monuments La Tour Eiffel and Les Invalides
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