Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #8 in Paris, France

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Number of sights 17 sights
Distance 9.4 km
Ascend 206 m
Descend 198 m

Explore Paris in France with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Individual Sights in Paris

Sight 1: 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 housed the headquarters of the French Ministry of the Interior. An official apartment is made available to the Minister.

Wikipedia: Hôtel de Beauvau (FR)

484 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 2: Salle Gaveau

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The Salle Gaveau, named after the French piano maker Gaveau, is a classical concert hall in Paris, located at 45-47 rue La Boétie, in the 8th arrondissement of Paris. It is particularly intended for chamber music.

Wikipedia: Salle Gaveau (EN), Website

520 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 3: Hôtel Schneider

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Hotel Schneider is a private mansion located in the 8th arrondissement of Paris. The building has been listed as a historic monument since 6 March 1980.

Wikipedia: Hôtel Schneider (FR)

1037 meters / 12 minutes

Sight 4: Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

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The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier holds an unidentified member of the French armed forces killed during the First World War, to symbolically commemorate all soldiers who have died for France throughout history. It was installed in Paris under the Arc de Triomphe on 11 November 1920, simultaneously with the interment of a British unknown soldier in Westminster Abbey, making both graves the first examples of a tomb of the Unknown Soldier, and the first to honour the unknown dead of the First World War.

Wikipedia: Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (France) (EN)

44 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 5: Arc de Triomphe

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The Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile is one of the most famous monuments in Paris, France, standing at the western end of the Champs-Élysées at the centre of Place Charles de Gaulle, formerly named Place de l'Étoile—the étoile or "star" of the juncture formed by its twelve radiating avenues. The location of the arc and the plaza is shared between three arrondissements, 16th, 17th (north), and 8th (east). The Arc de Triomphe honours those who fought and died for France in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, with the names of all French victories and generals inscribed on its inner and outer surfaces. Beneath its vault lies the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier from World War I.

Wikipedia: Arc de Triomphe (EN), Website

1063 meters / 13 minutes

Sight 6: 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)

438 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 7: Square Thomas Jefferson

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Thomas-Jefferson Square is a green space in the 16th arrondissement of Paris.

Wikipedia: Square Thomas-Jefferson (FR)

135 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 8: Galerie-musée Baccarat

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The Musée Baccarat is a crystal glass museum located in the manufactury Baccarat. It is located at 2 rue des Cristalleries in the town of Baccarat in Lorraine. It showcases around 1,100 objects and the manufacturing technique. It currently houses the Red Diamond Play Button made from Baccarat glass.

Wikipedia: Musée Baccarat, Paris (EN)

466 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 9: Union Libérale Israélite de France

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The Union Libérale Israélite de France (ULIF), commonly referred to as the rue Copernic synagogue, is a Liberal Jewish synagogue, located in Paris, France. Inaugurated on the first of December 1907, it is the oldest Reform synagogue in France.

Wikipedia: Union Libérale Israélite de France (EN), Website

815 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 10: Alphand

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Alphand

Jean-Charles Adolphe Alphand (26 October 1817 – 6 December 1891) was a French civil engineer and administrator.

Wikipedia: Jean-Charles Alphand (FR)

724 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 11: Musée Arménien de France

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The Musée Arménien de France is a private museum of Armenian art and archaeology located in the 16th arrondissement of Paris at Fondation Nourhan Fringhian, 59 avenue Foch, Paris, France.

Wikipedia: Musée Arménien de France (EN), Website

254 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 12: Immeuble dit Fondation Thiers

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The Thiers Foundation is a French institution designed to assist the early careers of young researchers who are considered promising.

Wikipedia: Fondation Thiers (FR)

284 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 13: Musée de la Contrefaçon

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The Musée de la Contrefaçon is a museum of counterfeiting. It is located at 16, rue de la Faisanderie, in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, France, and open daily except Monday; an admission fee is charged. The nearest métro and RER stations are Porte Dauphine and Avenue Foch.

Wikipedia: Musée de la Contrefaçon (EN), Website

843 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 14: Jardin Claude Debussy

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Jardin Claude DebussyGuilhem Vellut from Paris, France / CC BY 2.0

The Claude-Debussy Garden is a public garden in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, in the Porte-Dauphine district.

Wikipedia: Jardin Claude-Debussy (FR)

1106 meters / 13 minutes

Sight 15: Square Lamartine

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Square Lamartine is a square in the 16th arrondissement of Paris.

Wikipedia: Square Lamartine (FR)

733 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 16: Château de la Muette

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The Château de la Muette is a château located on the edge of the Bois de Boulogne in Paris, France, near the Porte de la Muette. It is the OECD's headquarters.

Wikipedia: Château de la Muette (EN)

481 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 17: Jardin du Ranelagh

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The Ranelagh Garden is a green space in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, France.

Wikipedia: Jardin du Ranelagh (FR)

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