Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #14 in Paris, France
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14.8 km
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Experience Paris in France in a whole new way with our free self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.
Activities in ParisIndividual Sights in ParisSight 1: Cabaret Lido
Le Lido is a musical theatre venue located on the Champs-Élysées in Paris, France. It opened in 1946 at 78 Avenue des Champs-Élysées and moved to its current location in 1977. Until its purchase by Accor in 2021, it was known for its exotic cabaret and burlesque shows including dancers, singers, and other performers. Famous names have performed there including: Edith Piaf, Siegfried and Roy, Hervé Vilard, Sylvie Vartan, Ray Vasquez, Renee Victor, Johnny Hallyday, Maurice Chevalier, Marlene Dietrich, Eartha Kitt, Josephine Baker, Kessler Twins, Elton John, Laurel & Hardy, Dalida, Shirley MacLaine, Mitzi Gaynor, Juliet Prowse, and Noël Coward.
Wikipedia: Le Lido (EN), Website, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin, Instagram
Sight 2: Jardin de l’Hôtel Salomon de Rothschild
The garden of the Hôtel-Salomon-de-Rothschild is a square in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, in the Faubourg-du-Roule district.
Sight 3: Fondation des Artistes
The Fondation des Artistes, formerly the National Foundation for Graphic and Plastic Arts (FNAGP), is a French foundation recognized as being of public utility, created by the State in 1976 and with the aim of supporting and accompanying artists at decisive moments in their careers and lives.
Sight 4: Hôtel Salomon de Rothschild
Hôtel Salomon de Rothschild is a hôtel particulier located at 11 rue Berryer in the 8th arrondissement in Paris, France. It is a former residence of Adèle von Rothschild (1843–1922), the widow of Salomon James de Rothschild of the Rothschild banking family of France. Designed by Leon Ohnet and constructed between 1872 and 1878, it is located in the heart of Paris, near the Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré.On her death in 1922, Adèle von Rothschild bequeathed the property to the French government fine arts administration rather than to her only child, Hélène de Rothschild, whom she had disinherited for marrying a Roman Catholic.
Sight 5: Hôtel Schneider
The Hotel Schneider is a private mansion located in the 8th arrondissement of Paris. The building has been listed as a historical monument since 6 March 1980.
Sight 6: Salle Gaveau
The Salle Gaveau, named after the French piano maker Gaveau, is a classical concert hall in Paris, located at 45-47 rue La Boétie, in the 8th arrondissement of Paris. It is particularly intended for chamber music.
Sight 7: Ministère de l'Intérieur
The Hôtel de Beauvau is a former private mansion located on Place Beauvau in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, near the Élysée Palace. Since 1861, it has been the headquarters of the French Ministry of the Interior. A staff apartment is made available to the Minister.
Sight 8: Musée Nissim de Camondo
The Musée Nissim de Camondo is a historic house museum of French decorative arts located in the Hôtel Moïse de Camondo at 63, rue de Monceau, on the edge of Parc Monceau in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France. The nearest Paris Métro stops are Villiers and Monceau on Line 2.
Sight 9: Église Saint-Augustin
The Church of Saint-Augustin is a church in the 8th arrondissement of Paris built between 1860 and 1871.
Sight 10: Statue équestre de Jeanne D'Arc
The statue of Joan of Arc is a work by the French sculptor Paul Dubois. It is a bronze equestrian statue of Joan of Arc presented at the Salon des Artistes Français in 1895.
Wikipedia: Statue équestre de Jeanne d'Arc (place Saint-Augustin) (FR)
Sight 11: Square Marcel Pagnol
The Square Marcel-Pagnol is a green space in the 8th arrondissement of Paris in the Madeleine district.
Sight 12: Chapelle expiatoire
The Chapelle expiatoire is a chapel located in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France. The chapel was constructed on the grounds where King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette had been buried after they had been guillotined, and it is therefore dedicated to them as an expiation for that act.
Sight 13: Square Louis XVI
The Square Louis-XVI is a green space in the 8th arrondissement of Paris.
Sight 14: Théâtre Michel
The Théâtre Michel is a private Parisian theatre, located at 38 rue des Mathurins in the 8th arrondissement of Paris.
Sight 15: Théâtre des Mathurins
The théâtre des Mathurins, also called Les Mathurins, is a Parisian theatre located 36, rue des Mathurins in the 8th arrondissement of Paris established in 1897.
Sight 16: Théâtre Mogador
Théâtre Mogador, founded in 1913 with design by Bertie Crewe, is a Parisian music hall theatre located at 25, Rue de Mogador in the 9th arrondissement. It seats 1,600 people on three tiers.
Sight 17: Grande Synagogue de la Victoire
The Grand Synagogue of Paris, generally known as Synagogue de la Victoire or Grande Synagogue de la Victoire, is an Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 44, Rue de la Victoire, in the IXe arrondissement of Paris, France.
Sight 18: Église Notre-Dame-de-Lorette
The Church of Notre-Dame-de-Lorette in Paris is a church located in the 9th arrondissement of Paris. Dating from the nineteenth century, with neoclassical architecture, it is dedicated to Our Lady of Loreto and classified as a historical monument.
Wikipedia: Église Notre-Dame-de-Lorette (Paris) (FR), Website
Sight 19: Fontaine Gavarni
The Monument to Gavarni is a monument created by the sculptor Denys Puech and the architect Henri Guillaume, erected in 1904 in the center of the Place Saint-Georges in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, in memory of the satirical cartoonist Paul Gavarni.
Sight 20: Théâtre La Bruyère
The Théâtre La Bruyère is a private theatre located at 5, rue La Bruyère in the Saint-Georges district of the 9th arrondissement of Paris.
Sight 21: Musée national Gustave Moreau
The Musée national Gustave Moreau is an art museum dedicated to the works of Symbolist painter Gustave Moreau (1826–1898). It is located in the 9th arrondissement of Paris at 14, rue de la Rochefoucauld, Paris, France.
Sight 22: Hôtel de Mademoiselle Mars
The Hotel de Mademoiselle Mars is a private mansion located in Paris, France.
Sight 23: Hôtel de Mademoiselle Duchesnois
The Hôtel de Mademoiselle Duchesnois is a private mansion located in Paris, France.
Sight 24: Hôtel Talma
The Talma Hotel is a private mansion located in Paris, France.
Sight 25: Square d'Estienne d'Orves
The Square d'Estienne-d'Orves, formerly the Square de la Trinité, is a square in the 9th arrondissement of Paris.
Sight 26: Casino de Paris
The Casino de Paris, located at 16, rue de Clichy, in the 9th arrondissement, is one of the well known music halls of Paris, with a history dating back to the 18th century. Contrary to what the name might suggest, it is a performance venue, not a gambling house. The closest métro/RER stations are Liège, Trinité–d'Estienne d'Orves, and Haussmann–Saint-Lazare.
Sight 27: Théâtre de Paris
The Théâtre de Paris is a theatre located at 15, rue Blanche in the 9th arrondissement of Paris. It includes a second smaller venue, the Petit Théâtre de Paris.
Sight 28: Jardin Pauline-García-Viardot
The Pauline-García-Viardot Garden is a square in the 9th arrondissement of Paris.
Sight 29: Musée de la Vie Romantique
The Musée de la Vie romantique is located in the Nouvelle Athènes district of the 9th arrondissement of Paris. It is located at 16, rue Chaptal, in the Hôtel Scheffer-Renan, the former home of the Dutch-born painter Ary Scheffer and a romantic-inspired home during the first part of the nineteenth century.
Sight 30: Théâtre Fontaine
The Théâtre Fontaine is a Parisian theater located at 10, rue Pierre-Fontaine in the 9th arrondissement.
Sight 31: La Nouvelle Ève
La Nouvelle Eve is a Parisian cabaret located 25 rue Pierre-Fontaine in the 9th arrondissement.
Sight 32: Le Divan du Monde
Le Divan du Monde is a converted theatre, now functioning as a concert space, located at 75 rue des Martyrs, in the 18th arrondissement, in the Pigalle neighborhood of Paris.
Sight 33: Madame Arthur
Madame Arthur is the first gender-twist cabaret in France, opened in 1946, taking its name from the famous song written in 1860 by Paul de Kock and performed by Yvette Guilbert.
Sight 34: La Cigale
La Cigale is a theatre located at 120, boulevard de Rochechouart near Place Pigalle, in the 18th arrondissement of Paris. The theatre is part of a complex connected to the Boule Noire. The hall can accommodate 1,389 people standing or 954 seated. The orchestra floor has a scalable platform that can tilt and rise using a hydraulic system.
Sight 35: La Boule Noire
La Boule Noire is a theater in the Montmartre district, located at 120 boulevard de Rochechouart in the 18th arrondissement of Paris. It adjoins the La Cigale room.
Sight 36: Le Trianon
Le Trianon is a theatre and concert hall in Paris. It is located at 80, boulevard de Rochechouart, in the 18th arrondissement of Paris, at the foot of the hill of Montmartre.
Sight 37: Édicule Guimard
A Guimard metro entrance is an access to a station of the Paris metro designed at the very beginning of the twentieth century by the Art Nouveau architect Hector Guimard (1867-1942).
Sight 38: Théâtre de l'Atelier
The Théâtre de l'Atelier is a theatre at 1, place Charles Dullin in the 18th arrondissement of Paris, France.
Sight 39: Fontaine Wallace
Wallace fountains are public drinking fountains named after, financed by and roughly designed by Sir Richard Wallace. The final design and sculpture is by Wallace's friend Charles-Auguste Lebourg. They are large cast-iron sculptures scattered throughout the city of Paris, France, mainly along the most-frequented sidewalks. A great aesthetic success, they are recognized worldwide as one of the symbols of Paris. A Wallace fountain can be seen outside the Wallace Collection in London, the gallery that houses the works of art collected by Sir Richard Wallace and the first four Marquesses of Hertford.
Sight 40: Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Paris
The Basilica of Sacré Cœur de Montmartre, commonly known as Sacré-Cœur Basilica and often simply Sacré-Cœur, is a Catholic church and minor basilica in Paris dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. It was formally approved as a national historic monument by the National Commission of Patrimony and Architecture on December 8, 2022.
Sight 41: Square Louise Michel
Square Louise-Michel exists as a green space in three cities in France: Square Louise-Michel (Paris); Square Louise-Michel (Marseille); Square Louise-Michel (Massy).
Sight 42: Halle Saint-Pierre
The Halle Saint-Pierre is a museum dedicated to naïve art, outsider art, singular art and outsider art. It is located in Paris, at the foot of the Montmartre hill in a former Baltard-style hall, which once housed a market, a school, and then a garage of the municipal cleaning service.
Wikipedia: Halle Saint Pierre, musée d'Art Brut et d'Art Singulier (FR), Website
Sight 43: Le Louxor
The Luxor is a cinema located at 170, boulevard de Magenta in the 10th arrondissement of Paris (France), built by the architect Henri Zipcy and inaugurated on October 6, 1921.
Sight 44: Hôpital Lariboisière
Lariboisière Hospital is a hospital in the 10th arrondissement of Paris, France.
Sight 45: Square Léon
Square Léon is a square in the 18th arrondissement of Paris, located in the Goutte-d'Or district.
Sight 46: Square Saint-Bernard - Saïd Bouziri
Square Saint-Bernard - Saïd-Bouziri is a square in the 18th arrondissement of Paris.
Sight 47: Bouffes du Nord
The Théâtre des Bouffes-du-Nord is a performance hall, located at 37 bis, boulevard de la Chapelle, in the 10th arrondissement of Paris.
Sight 48: Square Louise de Marillac
The Square Louise-de-Marillac is a square in the 18th arrondissement of Paris, which is one of the great urban achievements of the Second Empire.
Sight 49: Église Notre-Dame des Foyers
The Catholic church of Notre-Dame des Foyers is located on rue de Tangier in the 19th arrondissement of Paris. It was built between 1964 and 1967 by the architects Marcel Astorg and Robert Salles, for the Œuvre des Chantiers du Cardinal. The development was entrusted to the architect Paul-Alain Djian in 1967.
Sight 50: Jardin Luc-Hoffmann
The Luc-Hoffmann Garden is a green space in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, in the Villette district.
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