Montmartre & Northern Paris
Looking more like a dramatic street-art installation, Paris' 'most beautiful basketball court' was redone in 2017 by Parisian design studio Ill-Studio in…
Must-see attractions in Paris
Paris
Modernised in 2018, this 1931-opened aquarium in the basement of the art deco Palais de la Porte Dorée, beneath the Musée de l'Histoire de l’Immigration,…
Paris
The Wine Museum, headquarters of the prestigious International Federation of Wine Brotherhoods, introduces visitors to the fine art of viticulture with…
Cathédrale de la Sainte-Trinité de Paris
Paris
Shimmering gold onion domes top this striking Russian Orthodox cathedral by the Seine, which was designed by famed French architect Jean-Michel Wilmotte…
St-Germain & Les Invalides
Situated in a lovely 19th-century hôtel particulier (private mansion) at the end of a courtyard, the foundation houses the collection of Jean Dubuffet …
Montmartre & Northern Paris
Sister windmill to surviving Moulin Radet on the same street, this abandoned 18th-century windmill ground flour on its hillock perch above rue Lepic. It…
Paris
Soaring 52m high in the middle of place de la Bastille, the green-bronze July Column is topped by a gilded, winged Liberty. It was built between 1835 and…
Point Zéro des Routes de France
Paris
Distances from Paris to every part of metropolitan France are measured from this bronze star embedded in the paving stones of the vast square in front of…
Le Marais, Ménilmontant & Belleville
One block east of bd de Belleville, narrow rue Dénoyez was known for years as Paris' most dazzling street-art street, with everything from litter bins and…
St-Germain & Les Invalides
East of the Palais du Luxembourg within the Jardin du Luxembourg is the ornate, Italianate Fontaine des Médicis, built in 1630. During Baron Haussmann’s…
Montmartre & Northern Paris
One of 12 windmills that dotted the hill of Montmartre in the mid-18th century, Moulin Radet is one of just two remaining today. The Radet windmill dates…
Montmartre & Northern Paris
Epitomising Montmartre's enchanting village-like atmosphere, the quartier has its own small vineyard. Planted in 1933, its 2000 vines produce an average…
Institut des Cultures d'Islam-Goutte d'Or
Montmartre & Northern Paris
This branch building of the nearby Islam Cultural Institute, in the heart of the Goutte d'Or neighbourhood, hosts exhibitions, concerts, poetry readings…
Latin Quarter
At 74 rue du Cardinal Lemoine is the apartment where Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961) lived with his first wife, Hadley, from January 1922 until August 1923 …
Paris
The austere, neoclassical Atonement Chapel, opposite 36 rue Pasquier, sits atop the section of a cemetery where Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette and many other…
Paris
Home to the Ministère de la Culture et Communication (Ministry of Culture & Communication), this inspired structure (Francis Soler and Frédéric Druot,…
Stade Roland Garros-Musée de la Fédération Française de Tennis
Paris
The Stade Roland Garros, home of the French Open tennis tournament, also shelters the world’s most extravagant tennis museum, which traces the sport’s 500…
Paris
Paris’ aquarium, on the eastern side of the Jardins du Trocadéro, has a shark tank and 500-odd fish species to entertain families on rainy days. Three…
Le Marais, Ménilmontant & Belleville
At the heart of the Jewish quarter of Pletzl lies this art nouveau synagogue, designed in 1913 by Hector Guimard, who was also responsible for the city's…
Paris
Located in the western wing of Palais de Chaillot, the Maritime Museum examines France’s naval adventures from the 17th century until the present day, and…
Paris
This large (and expensive) waxworks inside the passage Jouffroy has some 300 wax figures. They largely look more like caricatures than characters but,…
Paris
Showcasing 1000 stunning pieces of crystal, many of them custom-made for princes and dictators of former colonies, this flashy museum is at home in its…
George Orwell's Boarding House
Latin Quarter
In 1928 George Orwell (1903–50) stayed in a cheap boarding house above 6 rue du Pot de Fer while working as a dishwasher. It's closed to the public, but…
Paris
The often overlooked Hôtel Heidelbach holds some of the Musée Guimet's Asian art collection and is comprised primarily of Chinese furniture and teaware,…
Paris
Located at the southeastern end of the Bois de Boulogne is the Jardin des Serres d’Auteuil, a garden with impressive conservatories (opened in 1898) that…
Latin Quarter
The Sorbonne university’s distinctive domed church was built between 1635 and 1642. The remains of Cardinal Richelieu (1585–1642) lie in a tomb with an…
St-Germain & Les Invalides
At the northern end of the Jardin du Luxembourg, the Palais du Luxembourg was built in the 1620s for Marie de Médici, Henri IV’s consort, to assuage her…
Le Marais, Ménilmontant & Belleville
The ancient arts of magic, optical illusion and sleight of hand are explored in this museum, in the 16th-century caves (cellars) of the Marquis de Sade’s…
Paris
French baroque Église St-Louis en l’Île was built between 1664 and 1726 and renovated in 2022. It hosts…
Paris
This bronze sculpture, a replica of the one topping the Statue of Liberty, was placed here in 1987 as a symbol of friendship between France and the USA…
Latin Quarter
Dating back to 1248, this former Cistercian college originally served as living quarters and place of study for novice monks. It's now an art gallery and…
Le Marais, Ménilmontant & Belleville
Wall murals by a succession of different street artists plaster one wall of a building, a two-minute walk from the Musée National Picasso, on the corner…
Paris
The Jardin de l’Atlantique, whose 3.5 hectares of park carpets the roof of the Gare Montparnasse, offers greenery and tranquillity in the heart of the…
Paris
The name of this multi-tiered Renaissance fountain (1550) comes off as a bit ironic – nothing in central Paris feels even remotely innocent – but is in…
Paris
In the centre of place Vendôme, this column consists of a stone core wrapped in a 160m-long bronze spiral made from hundreds of Austrian and Russian…
Paris
Some 400m north of av des Champs-Élysées is rue du Faubourg St-Honoré (8e), the western extension of rue St-Honoré. It has renowned couture houses,…
Paris
This is the former Palais Royal, built in 1624 by Cardinal Richelieu. It's now the Council of State – the French national government body that acts as…
Building Where Jim Morrison Died
Le Marais, Ménilmontant & Belleville
Devout fans of rock star Jim Morrison can admire the elegant Hausmannian building at 17 rue Beautreillis, where the singer lived in an apartment on the…
Latin Quarter
Peer down the passageway at 71 rue du Cardinal Lemoine: Irish writer James Joyce (1882–1941) lived in the courtyard flat at the back marked ‘E’ when he…
Montmartre & Northern Paris
Along with the Porte St-Martin, this triumphal arch was built in the late 17th century to commemorate a victory by Louis XIV’s armies. At the time of its…
