Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #14 in Paris, France

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Number of sights 30 sights
Distance 11.9 km
Ascend 246 m
Descend 228 m

Experience Paris in France in a whole new way with our 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.

Individual Sights in Paris

Sight 1: La Sainte-Catherine

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Saint Catherine is a group of sculpted subjects by Julien Lorieux, located in the Square Montholon.

Wikipedia: La Sainte Catherine (FR)

841 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 2: Fontaine Gavarni

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Fontaine GavarniGuilhem Vellut from Paris, France / CC BY 2.0

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.

Wikipedia: Monument à Gavarni (FR)

409 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 3: Musée national Gustave Moreau

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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.

Wikipedia: Musée national Gustave Moreau (EN), Website

49 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 4: Hôtel de Mademoiselle Mars

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The Hotel de Mademoiselle Mars is a private mansion located in Paris, France.

Wikipedia: Hôtel de Mademoiselle Mars (FR)

41 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 5: Hôtel de Mademoiselle Duchesnois

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The Hôtel de Mademoiselle Duchesnois is a private mansion located in Paris, France.

Wikipedia: Hôtel de Mademoiselle Duchesnois (FR)

46 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 6: Hôtel Talma

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The Talma Hotel is a private mansion located in Paris, France.

Wikipedia: Hôtel Talma (FR)

302 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 7: Casino de Paris

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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.

Wikipedia: Casino de Paris (EN), Website

721 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 8: Grande Synagogue de la Victoire

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}} 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.

Wikipedia: Grand Synagogue of Paris (EN)

808 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 9: Bibliothèque-Musée de l'Opéra

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Bibliothèque-Musée de l'Opéra

The Bibliothèque-Musée de l'Opéra National de Paris is a library and museum of the Paris Opera and is located in the 9th arrondissement at 8 rue Scribe, Paris, France. It is no longer managed by the Opera, but instead is part of the Music Department of the National Library of France. The Paris Opera Library-Museum is open daily; an admission fee is charged.

Wikipedia: Bibliothèque-Musée de l'Opéra National de Paris (EN), Website

760 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 10: Chapelle expiatoire

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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.

Wikipedia: Chapelle expiatoire (EN), Website

489 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 11: Ministère de l'Intérieur

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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.

Wikipedia: Hôtel de Beauvau (FR)

577 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 12: Fontaine de la Grille du Coq

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The Grille du Coq fountain is located in the northern part of the Champs-Élysées gardens, part of the Carré des Ambassadeurs, close to the Place de la Concorde in the 8th arrondissement of Paris. It was installed in front of the Rooster Gate of the Élysée Palace from which it bears the name.

Wikipedia: Fontaine de la Grille du Coq (FR)

317 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 13: Grand Palais

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Grand PalaisDennis Jarvis from Halifax, Canada / CC BY-SA 2.0

The Grand Palais des Champs-Élysées, commonly known as the Grand Palais, is a historic site, exhibition hall and museum complex located at the Champs-Élysées in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France. Construction of the Grand Palais began in 1897 following the demolition of the Palais de l'Industrie to prepare for the Universal Exposition of 1900. That exposition also produced the adjacent Petit Palais and Pont Alexandre III.

Wikipedia: Grand Palais (EN), Website

320 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 14: Fontaine Miroir d'eau, la Seine et ses affluents

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Miroir d'eau, the Seine and its tributaries is a fountain designed and made at the beginning of the twentieth century by the sculptor François-Raoul Larche and visible near the Grand Palais, in the 8th arrondissement of Paris.

Wikipedia: Fontaine Miroir d'eau, la Seine et ses affluents (FR)

355 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 15: Monument du Corps expéditionnaire russe

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The Monument of the Russian Expeditionary Force is a monument erected in Paris, Place du Canada in the 8th arrondissement. It honours the memory of the Russian expeditionary force engaged in France during the First World War from 1916 to 1918.

Wikipedia: Monument du Corps expéditionnaire russe (FR)

370 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 16: Cathédrale arménienne Saint-Jean-Baptiste

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The Cathedral of Saint-Jean-Baptiste is a cathedral of the Armenian Apostolic Church located in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, at 15 rue Jean-Goujon.

Wikipedia: Cathédrale arménienne Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Paris (FR)

74 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 17: Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Consolation

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Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-ConsolationGuilhem Vellut from Paris, France / CC BY 2.0

The Notre-Dame-de-Consolation chapel is a chapel of Catholic worship located 23 rue Jean-Goujon in the Champs-Élysées district of Paris. It is today entrusted to the Saint-Pie-X Fraternity by its owner, the Memorial Association of the Bazaar of Charity.

Wikipedia: Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Consolation de Paris (FR), Website

651 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 18: American Cathedral in Paris

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American Cathedral in ParisGuilhem Vellut from Paris, France (changes by Rabanus Flavus) / CC BY 2.0

The American Cathedral in Paris, formally known as the Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity, is one of the oldest English-speaking churches in Paris. It is the gathering church for the Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe, and is part of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church is located in central Paris between the Champs-Elysées and the River Seine at 23 avenue George V in the 8th arrondissement. The closest métro stations are Alma – Marceau and George V .

Wikipedia: American Cathedral in Paris (EN)

346 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 19: Cathédrale Saint-Étienne

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St. Stephen's Greek Orthodox Cathedral is the seat of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of France in Paris. It is located at 7 rue Georges-Bizet, in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. It was consecrated on 22 December 1895.

Wikipedia: St. Stephen's Greek Orthodox Cathedral, Paris (EN)

80 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 20: Institut Cervantès

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Instituto Cervantes is a worldwide nonprofit organization created by the Spanish government in 1991. It is named after Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616), the author of Don Quixote and perhaps the most important figure in the history of Spanish literature. The Cervantes Institute is the largest organization in the world responsible for promoting the study and the teaching of Spanish language and culture.

Wikipedia: Instituto Cervantes (EN)

676 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 21: Bateaux-Mouches

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Bateaux-Mouches Jean-noël Lafargue / FAL

Bateaux Mouches are open excursion boats that provide visitors to Paris, France, with a view of the city from along the river Seine. They also operate on Parisian canals such as Canal Saint-Martin, which is partially subterranean.

Wikipedia: Bateaux Mouches (EN), Website

388 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 22: Flame of Liberty

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The Flame of Liberty in Paris is a full-sized, gold-leaf-covered replica of the flame of the torch from the Statue of Liberty. The monument, which measures approximately 3.5 metres in height, is a sculpture of a flame, executed in gilded copper, supported by a pedestal of gray-and-black marble. It is located near the northern end of the Pont de l'Alma, on the Place Diana, in the 16th arrondissement.

Wikipedia: Flame of Liberty (EN)

350 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 23: Modern Art Museum of Paris

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Modern Art Museum of Paris Maciej Zgadzaj / CC BY 2.0

The Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris, or MAM Paris, located at 11, avenue du Président-Wilson in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, is a museum of French art.

Wikipedia: Musée d'art moderne de la ville de paris (FR), Website

78 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 24: La France

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La France

La France is a work by Antoine Bourdelle. The first model dates from 1922 but the work had a turbulent history. None of the achievements seem to correspond to the original project.

Wikipedia: La France (Antoine Bourdelle) (FR)

504 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 25: Quai Branly Museum

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The Musée du Quai Branly - Jacques Chirac, more commonly known as the Musée du Quai Branly, formerly the Musée des Arts et Civilisations d'Afrique, d'Asie, d'Océanie et des Amériques before 2016, is an ethnographic museum located in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, along the quai de la Seine which gives it its name and at the foot of the Eiffel Tower, on the Quai Jacques-Chirac. The project, led by Jacques Chirac and carried out by Jean Nouvel, was inaugurated on 20 June 2006. Attendance was nearly 1,500,000 visitors in 2014 and in 2016 passed the 10 million mark since its opening, making it one of the most popular in the world in its category.

Wikipedia: Musée du quai Branly - Jacques-Chirac (FR), Website

824 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 26: Shangri-La Hotel

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523 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 27: Architecture and Heritage City Museum

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The Cité de l'architecture et du patrimoine is a museum of architecture and monumental sculpture located in the Palais de Chaillot (Trocadéro), in Paris, France. Its permanent collection is also known as Musée national des monuments français. It was established in 1879 by Eugène Viollet-le-Duc. The museum was renovated in 2007 and covers 9,000 square meters of gallery space. As a whole, the Cité de l'architecture et du patrimoine spreads across 22,000 square meters, which makes it the largest museum devoted to architecture in the world, even surpassing the Design Museum of London.

Wikipedia: Cité de l'Architecture et du Patrimoine (EN), Website

184 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 28: Museum of Mankind

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Museum of Mankind The original uploader was Pso at French Wikipedia. / CC BY-SA 2.5

The Musée de l'Homme is an anthropology museum in Paris, France. It was established in 1937 by Paul Rivet for the 1937 Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne. It is the descendant of the Musée d'Ethnographie du Trocadéro, founded in 1878. The Musée de l'Homme is a research center under the authority of various ministries, and it groups several entities from the CNRS. The Musée de l'Homme is one of the seven departments of the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle. The Musée de l'Homme occupies most of the Passy wing of the Palais de Chaillot in the 16th arrondissement. The vast majority of its collection was transferred to the Quai Branly museum.

Wikipedia: Musée de l'Homme (EN), Website

143 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 29: National Museum of the Navy

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The Musée national de la Marine is a maritime museum located in the Palais de Chaillot, Trocadéro, in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. It has annexes at Brest, Port-Louis, Rochefort, and Toulon. The permanent collection originates in a collection that dates back to Louis XV of France.

Wikipedia: Musée national de la Marine (EN), Website

662 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 30: Chapelle Notre-Dame-du-Saint-Sacrement

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