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Address: pl Georges Pompidou, Paris 75004
This modern building – with its color-coded mechanical systems highly visible on the exterior – has become an icon of modern architecture. Within, the Musée National d'Art Moderne has an impressive collection of French and international modern and contemporary art and design from 1914 to the present, including impressive holdings by Matisse,...
Category: Attractions & Activities - Paris Voted Best of the City
Address: pl d'Armes, Paris 78000
This wonderfully extravagant palace, where royals frittered away much of the treasury, is a necessary stop for visitors. Top designers of the day created an ornate complex of gardens, lakes, stables and guest houses to complement the luxuriously furnished palace, where Louis XIV, XV and XVI lived before the kingdom gave way to revolution....
Category: Attractions & Activities - Paris Voted Best of the City
Address: bd Saint-Michel, Paris 75006
One of Paris's most famous parks, Luxembourg was originally established in the 1600s surrounding the Palais du Luxembourg (now the French Senate). Not until the 19th century, however, were its grounds opened to the public. The park is known for its elaborate Médici fountain, ornamental statues and for its manicured design. While many folks come...
Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris
Category: Attractions & Activities - Paris Voted Best of the City
Address: 6, pl du Parvis de Notre-Dame, Paris 75004
One of the most recognizable historic and religious sites in the world, Notre-Dame de Paris is a Gothic landmark and the city's spiritual home. Built between the 12th and 14th centuries, it's a vision of stone, stained glass and history. English language tours are offered Wednesday and Thursday at 2pm, Saturday at 2:30pm. If you have the stamina...
Category: Attractions & Activities - Paris Voted Best of the City
Address: 1, rue de la Légion d'Honneur, Paris 75007
This mammoth iron-and-glass former railway station built to bring visitors to the World Fair in 1900 was transformed into an art museum in 1986. The museum's holdings date from 1848 through World War I, showcasing the world's largest collection of Impressionist and post-Impressionist paintings and sculptures, by such luminaries as Monet, Manet,...
Category: Attractions & Activities - Paris Voted Best of the City
Address: rue de Rivoli, Palais du Louvre, Paris 75001
The world's largest, richest collection of art and antiques occupies the Louvre, the world's largest museum and a one-time royal palace. Originally built in 1190 as a fortress, part of which can be viewed in the basement, the Louvre began taking its present form during the 16th century under Renaissance monarch François 1er, whose successors began...
