Quick Facts
Setting: Urban
Population (core): 3.4M
Population (metro): 6.7M
Best time to visit: Year-round
Top Sights
Parc Montsouris
Parc Montsouris, located in the 14th arrondissement near the trendy Butte aux Cailles, spans 15 hectares. Modeled after English landscape gardens, it features a lake, pony rides, and picnic-friendly lawns. Once a granite quarry, it was transformed in 1869 under Napoleon III, now a favorite among local students.
FREE
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Montparnasse Tower
Modern 210m tower with panoramic views from roof terrace and 56th-floor observation deck.
€21.0
/ Adult
Parc André Citroën
1990s-designed urban space with gardens, water features & rides in a moored hot-air balloon.
FREE
Statue of Liberty Paris
Replica of the Statue of Liberty standing nearly 38 feet on a River Seine island, unveiled in 1889.
FREE
Parc Georges-Brassens
Leafy city park named after poet around a pond with a belvedere, sculptures, Braille & rose gardens.
FREE
Cartier Foundation for Contemporary Art
Foundation hosting temporary exhibits housed in an airy building designed by architect Jean Nouvel.
€11.0
/ Adult
Bourdelle Museum
Art museum with the studio, garden & house of Antoine Bourdelle, Rodin's pupil, & many of his works.
€9.0
/ Adult
The Liberation of Paris Museum - General Leclerc Museum - Jean Moulin Museum
2 separate museums, documenting the lives of French liberator Leclerc & resistance leader Moulin.
FREE
House of Culture of Japan in Paris
Japanese cinema, theatre & artworks, plus cookery classes in an airy, glass-fronted cultural center.
FREE
Catacombs of Paris
Illuminated labyrinth in former limestone mine with millions of ghoulishly arranged skeletons.
€29.0
/ Adult
City of Fashion and Design
Old industrial space containing French Institute of Fashion, plus exhibitions, shops & restaurants.
FREE
Pont Mirabeau
FREE
Passerelle Simone-de-Beauvoir
Undulating bridge spanning the River Seine, with 2 different levels for pedestrians & cyclists.
FREE
Montparnasse Cemetery
Tree-lined graveyard with the resting places of writers & artists including Sartre & Beckett.
FREE
BNF Richelieu Site
Research library with art writing archives & a reading room by renowned architect Henri Labrouste.
€13.0
/ Adult
Aquaboulevard water park
Spacious, all-season indoor-outdoor water park with slides, a wave pool & a wakeboard simulator.
€39.0
/ Adult
Pont de Bir Hakeim
FREE
Atlantic Garden
City garden containing a tree-lined lawn, a fountain with weather instruments & a kids' playground.
FREE
Église catholique Saint-Christophe-de-Javel
FREE
Henri Cartier Bresson Foundation
€10.0
/ Adult
Île aux Cygnes
Leafy, man-made islet with a mini Statue of Liberty replica, fitness equipment & Eiffel Tower views.
FREE
Lion of Belfort
FREE
Former chapel of the abbey of Port Royal
FREE
Manufacture nationale des Gobelins
€8.0
/ Adult
Musée Pasteur
FREE
Fontaine Béla-Bartók
FREE
Barrière d'Enfer
FREE
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