15 Best Things to Do in Paris

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   Eiffel Tower

   Landmark

   The Eiffel Tower needs no introduction, yet it still surprises in person, the lattice ironwork is far more delicate up close than photographs suggest, and the structure visibly sways and creaks in…

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   Louvre Museum

   Museum

   The Louvre is France's national art museum, housed in the Louvre Palace on the Right Bank of the Seine in central Paris.

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   Musée d'Orsay

   Museum

   The Musée d'Orsay is a Paris art museum on the Left Bank of the Seine, housed in the former Gare d'Orsay railway station.

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   Luxembourg Gardens

   Park & nature

   The Luxembourg Gardens are one of Paris's most beloved green spaces, covering 23 hectares of manicured lawns, tree-lined promenades, and ornate flowerbeds.

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   Sainte-Chapelle

   Religious site

   Sainte-Chapelle is a Gothic royal chapel within the medieval Palais de la Cité on Paris's Île de la Cité.

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   River Seine

   Sight

   The Seine River winds through the heart of Paris, dividing the city into the Left and Right Banks.

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   Champs-Élysées

   Landmark

   The Champs-Élysées is a 1.9-kilometre avenue in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, running between the Place de la Concorde and the Place Charles de Gaulle, where the Arc de Triomphe stands.

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   Moulin Rouge

   Entertainment

   Moulin Rouge is a cabaret in Paris on Boulevard de Clichy at Place Blanche, in the 18th arrondissement near Montmartre.

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   Le Marais

   NeighborhoodFree entry

   Le Marais is one of Paris's most captivating neighbourhoods, a maze of medieval lanes that escaped Haussmann's 19th-century demolitions, leaving narrow streets, hidden courtyards, and aristocratic mansions (hôtels particuliers) now housing museums and boutiques.

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    Notre-Dame Cathedral

    Religious site

    Notre-Dame de Paris is a medieval Catholic cathedral on the Île de la Cité in the 4th arrondissement, dedicated to the Virgin Mary.

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    Tuileries Garden

    Park & nature

    The Tuileries Garden is a formal French-style park in central Paris, stretching from the Louvre Museum to the Place de la Concorde.

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    Fondation Louis Vuitton

    Museum

    The Fondation Louis Vuitton is one of Paris's most striking modern buildings, a billowing 'cloud of glass' designed by Frank Gehry, rising from the greenery of the Bois de Boulogne.

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    Grevin Museum

    Museum

    Grévin is Paris's historic wax museum, a Parisian institution since 1882, set in a sumptuous Belle Époque building near the Grands Boulevards.

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    Latin Quarter

    Neighborhood

    The Latin Quarter is a vibrant district on Paris's Left Bank, named for the Latin spoken by students at the medieval Sorbonne university.

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    Atelier des Lumieres

    Museum

    The Atelier des Lumières is Paris's pioneering immersive digital-art centre, a former 19th-century iron foundry whose vast, raw industrial halls are transformed into a 360-degree canvas.

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