Quick Facts
Setting: Urban
Population (core): 3.4M
Population (metro): 6.7M
Best time to visit: Year-round
Top Sights
Sacré-Cœur
The Sacré-Cœur Basilica, a Roman-Byzantine marvel atop Montmartre, Paris's highest point, offers free entry. Built over 40 years, it survived WWII bombings unscathed. Its 19-ton bell is among the world's heaviest. Known for its self-cleaning white stones, it was inspired by the Franco-Prussian War.
FREE
Parc des Buttes-Chaumont
Parc des Buttes Chaumont, opened in 1867 in Paris's 19th arrondissement, was transformed from a former gypsum quarry and dumping ground into a lush park with tall trees, a lake, waterfalls, and an iron railway bridge, offering a rugged charm and rich history dating back to Napoleon III's era.
FREE
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Place du Tertre
Small, cafe-lined cobbled square & a hangout for buskers & artists painting visitors' portraits.
FREE
Cité de la Musique
Concert halls hosting broad performance program in modern stone complex with museum of music & cafe.
€10.0
/ Adult
Wall of Love
Wall within a park, bearing the words 'I love you' in multiple languages & a popular meeting place.
FREE
Moulin Rouge
Famed 19th-century cabaret featuring Belle Epoque decor, dinner & dancers in elaborate costumes.
€245.0
/ Adult
Musée de Montmartre
Art museum tracing local history & culture, in 17th-century house & garden where Renoir once worked.
€15.0
/ Adult
Buste de Dalida
Named for chanteuse Dalida, this square in her former neighborhood houses a bronze bust of the icon.
FREE
Dalí Paris
Permanent exhibition of Salvador Dali's Surrealist art, with a focus on sculptures and engravings.
€16.0
/ Adult
Le Passe-Muraille
Unusual sculpture of a man embedded in a wall, based on a story by French writer, Marcel Aymé.
FREE
City of Science and Industry
Multimedia, interactive displays in vast science & technology center, with silver-domed IMAX cinema.
€13.0
/ Adult
Le Moulin Blute-Fin
FREE
Abbesses
FREE
Vigne du Clos Montmartre
€39.0
/ Adult
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