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Category: Historic Sites - Paris Attractions & Activities
Address: 20, av Rachel, Paris 75018
This historic and incredibly picturesque cemetery is the resting place of many of Paris's most famous citizens. Wander among the mature trees, observing beautifully crafted mausoleums, commemorative statues, and heartfelt inscriptions. Among the tombs of well-known personages you'll find are those of composer Hector...
Category: Attractions - Paris Attractions & Activities
Address: 4, rue Louis Armand, Paris 75015
For watery fun, check out Aquaboulevard, a wildly popular public water park with slides and a wave pool. Plan ahead though – it gets ridiculously crowded on Wednesdays and weekends, and swim trunks are not permitted (men and boys must wear close-fitting Speedo-type suits). Last entry is two hours before closing time....
Category: Historic Sites - Paris Attractions & Activities
Address: 3, bd Edgar Quinet, Paris 75014
This calm, park-like cemetery shelters many famous Parisians. A virtual city of tombstones, grave markers and mausoleums, Montparnasse is beautifully maintained. You'll often find visitors there, searching out the graves of philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre, writer Guy de Maupassant, and composer Camille Saint-Saëns. Also...
Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
Category: Art Museums - Paris Attractions & Activities
Address: 11, av du Président Wilson, Paris 75116
This museum housed in an imposing 1930s building carries the municipal collection of avant-garde art from the 20th century to the present, including works by Picasso, Léger, Delaunay and Modigliani, with a focus on painters working in Paris in the early 20th century, on the rise of abstraction and on European...
Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie
Category: Science & History Museums - Paris Attractions & Activities
Address: 30, av Corentin-Cariou, Paris 75019
Occupying the site of a former slaughterhouse, this museum of science and technology acts with a more benign hand these days. Exhibits run the gamut of scientific exploration, touching on medicine, technology, industry, space, botany and more. An interactive children's area even lets young folks make their own...
Category: Religious Sites - Paris Attractions & Activities
Address: Hôtel des Invalides, Paris 75007
Part of Hôtel des Invalides, this striking church was originally the complex's royal chapel. Now (as then) a landmark on the skyline, the dome was completed in 1708. It rises to 331 feet at its crowning spire and is a wonderful example of classical French architecture. The structure is the burial place for many...
Category: Attractions - Paris Attractions & Activities
Address: 1, parvis de la Défense, Paris 92040
Designed as a latter-day Arc de Triomphe, this enormous structure of glass, concrete, and marble marked the bicentennial of the French Revolution in 1989. Housing exhibition space, a computer museum and government offices, it also affords amazing views of Paris. As a gauge of its size, the cathedral of Notre-Dame (and...
Category: Science & History Museums - Paris Attractions & Activities
Address: esplanade des Invalides, Hôtel National des Invalides, Paris 75007
In the spacious wings surrounding the Courtyard of Invalides, the Musée de l'Armee presents an impressive collection of early weapons, armour, military equipment and uniforms, as well as impressive film footage from World War II. Mementos from Napoleon's era can be examined, and visitors may also view plans of French...
Musée de la Mode et du Textile
Category: Science & History Museums - Paris Attractions & Activities
Address: 107, rue de Rivoli, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Palais du Louvre, Paris 75001
The fashion museum presents temporary exhibitions from a collection that contains an astonishing 80,000 costumes dating from 16th century court costumes to today's haute-couture designers. Plus, hundreds of thousands of fabrics chronicle the history of textiles going back to Antiquity. Closed between exhibitions. The...
Category: Science & History Museums - Paris Attractions & Activities
Address: 11, quai de Conti, Paris 75006
If currency and compensation intrigue you, this wonderful, informative museum tells the story of money in France. Its exhibits include collections of coins, medals, minting machines, and related tools that extend as far back as Roman times. Audio guides available in French, English, German, Italian and Spanish. The...
