Champs-Élysées

Making the Most of Your Time

This neighborhood is an essential stop for every first-time visitor to Paris, and returning travelers will find plenty to do, too. Try to leave yourself a long day to tour some museums around Place du Trocadéro before heading to the Champs-Élysées, worth a walk from end to end. Stop for lunch or dessert at one of the cafés or tea salons. And try to detour down the Avenue Montaigne, Paris's answer to Rodeo Drive. If your time is limited, you can just come for a stroll at night, when the Champs is alight: there are bars and nightclubs for all tastes, or you can keep it low key and head to one of the big movie houses with cushy seats showing English-language films (look for v.o. for version originale).