Attraction
1. Musée du Louvre
The world-famous former royal palace on the Right Bank, home to the Mona Lisa, the Venus de Milo and thousands of works spanning antiquity to the 19th century.
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2. Eiffel Tower
Gustave Eiffel's wrought-iron tower on the Champ de Mars, with lifts and stairs to two viewing floors and a summit 276 metres above the city.
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3. Musée d’Orsay
A former Beaux-Arts railway station on the Left Bank holding the world's best-known collection of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist art.
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4. Notre-Dame de Paris
Paris's great Gothic cathedral on the Île de la Cité, restored after the 2019 fire and reopened to visitors and worshippers in December 2024.
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5. Arc de Triomphe
Napoleon's triumphal arch at the top of the Champs-Élysées, with a rooftop terrace looking down the twelve avenues radiating from Place Charles de Gaulle.
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6. Basilique du Sacré-Cœur de Montmartre
The white-domed basilica crowning the butte of Montmartre, free to enter and open daily, with sweeping views over Paris from its steps and dome.
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7. Sainte-Chapelle
A 13th-century royal chapel within the Palais de la Cité, celebrated for its soaring walls of medieval stained glass.
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8. Musée Rodin
Auguste Rodin's former studio in the Hôtel Biron, with The Thinker and The Gates of Hell set in a large sculpture garden.
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9. Jardin du Luxembourg
The French Senate's formal garden in the 6th arrondissement, with the Medici Fountain, tree-lined promenades and the famous green chairs around its central basin.
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10. Musée de l’Orangerie
A compact museum in the Tuileries Garden built around Claude Monet's monumental Water Lilies, displayed in two oval rooms lit by natural light.
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