Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #9 in Paris, France
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Experience Paris in France in a whole new way with our free self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.
Activities in ParisIndividual Sights in ParisSight 1: Pyramide du Louvre
The Louvre Pyramid is a large glass-and-metal structure designed by the Chinese-American architect I. M. Pei. The pyramid is in the main courtyard of the Louvre Palace in Paris, surrounded by three smaller pyramids. The large pyramid serves as the main entrance to the Louvre Museum, allowing light to the underground visitors hall, while also allowing sight lines of the palace to visitors in the hall, and through access galleries to the different wings of the palace. Completed in 1989 as part of the broader Grand Louvre project, it has become a landmark of Paris.
Sight 2: Tunnel des Tuileries
The Tunnel des Tuileries is a tunnel parallel to the Seine at the Quai des Tuileries close to Louvre. Today, the 861 m long tunnel is reserved for pedestrians and bicycles. When it opened in 1967, it was used for one-way traffic from west to east as an integral part of Voie Georges-Pompidou.
Sight 3: L'Industrie
The Pont du Carrousel is a bridge in Paris, which spans the River Seine between the Quai des Tuileries and the Quai Voltaire.
Sight 4: Square Honoré Champion
Square Honoré-Champion is a green space in the 6th arrondissement of Paris.
Sight 5: Square Gabriel Pierné
Square Gabriel-Pierné is a green space in the 6th arrondissement of Paris.
Sight 6: École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts
The École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Paris (ENSBA), commonly known as the Beaux-Arts de Paris, is a French art school founded in 1817. It is a national public institution of an administrative nature directly under the supervision of the State through the Ministry of Culture. It is part of the University of Paris Sciences and Letters.
Wikipedia: École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts (FR), Website
Sight 7: Maison Gainsbourg
The Maison Gainsbourg, located in Paris, is a museum dedicated to the artist Serge Gainsbourg. It is composed of two spaces: 5 bis rue de Verneuil with Serge Gainsbourg's family home between 1969 and 1991, and 14 rue de Verneuil with a museum, a bookstore-boutique and the Gainsbarre bar.
Sight 8: Église Saint-Thomas d'Aquin
The Church of Saint-Thomas-d'Aquin is a church located in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, Place Saint-Thomas-d'Aquin, between Rue du Bac and Boulevard Saint-Germain. Before 1790, it was part of the Jacobin convent on the rue Saint-Dominique. It took its current name in 1802 when it became a parish church.
Wikipedia: Église Saint-Thomas-d'Aquin (Paris) (FR), Website
Sight 9: Museum of Orsay
The Musée d'Orsay is a museum in Paris, France, on the Left Bank of the Seine. It is housed in the former Gare d'Orsay, a Beaux-Arts railway station built between 1898 and 1900. The museum holds mainly French art dating from 1848 to 1914, including paintings, sculptures, furniture, and photography. It houses the largest collection of Impressionist and post-Impressionist masterpieces in the world, by painters including Berthe Morisot, Claude Monet, Édouard Manet, Degas, Renoir, Cézanne, Seurat, Sisley, Gauguin, and van Gogh. Many of these works were held at the Galerie nationale du Jeu de Paume prior to the museum's opening in 1986. It is one of the largest art museums in Europe.
Sight 10: Hôtel de Pomereu
The Hôtel de Pomereu is a private mansion located at 63 to 67 rue de Lille and 10 rue de Poitiers, in the 7th arrondissement of Paris. It is the property of the Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations and the headquarters of the Long-Term Investors Club.
Sight 11: Musée social
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Sight 12: Temple de Pentemont
Pentemont Abbey is a set of 18th and 19th-century buildings at the corner of Rue de Grenelle and Rue de Bellechasse in the 7th arrondissement of Paris. The complex had originally been a Cistercian nunnery. The abbey was founded near Beauvais in 1217 and moved to its current site in Paris in 1672 at the behest of King Louis XIV. A reconstruction of the abbey was initiated in 1745 by the Abbess Marie-Catherine Béthisy de Mézières and work was completed in 1783. In the late 18th century, the abbey was one of the most prestigious educational institutions in Paris for daughters of the elite, including two of Thomas Jefferson's. The abbey also provided rooms for ladies of good standing who were in search of rest, including Joséphine de Beauharnais when the case of her separation from her first husband was heard.
Sight 13: Hôtel de Beauffremont
The Hôtel de Bauffremont, formerly Hôtel d'Orrouer, is a private mansion located at 87, rue de Grenelle in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, in the Île-de-France region.
Sight 14: Hôtel de Montalivet
The Hôtel de Montalivet is a private mansion located in Paris, France.
Sight 15: Hôtel de Villeroy
The Hôtel de Villeroy is an 18th-century building in Paris, built on the initiative of Antoine Hogguer of Saint-Gall, Baron de Presles for his mistress, the actress Charlotte Desmares.
Wikipedia: Hôtel de Villeroy (Paris, 7th arrondissement) (EN)
Sight 16: Hôtel de Clermont
The Hôtel de Clermont is a private mansion located in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, 69 rue de Varenne. It covers 4,250 m2.
Sight 17: Hôtel Biron
The Hôtel de Biron or Hôtel Peyrenc de Moras is a former private mansion located at 77, rue de Varenne in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, in the Île-de-France region.
Sight 18: Rodin Museum
The Musée Rodin of Paris, France, is an art museum that was opened in 1919, primarily dedicated to the works of the French sculptor Auguste Rodin. It has two sites: the Hôtel Biron and surrounding grounds in central Paris, as well as just outside Paris at Rodin's old home, the Villa des Brillants at Meudon, Hauts-de-Seine. The collection includes 6,600 sculptures, 8,000 drawings, 8,000 old photographs and 7,000 objets d'art. The museum receives 700,000 visitors annually.
Sight 19: Basilique Sainte-Clotilde
The Basilica of Saint Clotilde is a basilica church located on the Rue Las Cases, in the 7th arrondissement of Paris. It was constructed between 1846 and 1856, and is the first example of a church in Paris in the neo-Gothic style.
Sight 20: Hôtel de Brienne
The Hôtel de Brienne is an 18th-century hôtel particulier at 14 Rue Saint-Dominique in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France. It serves as the official residence of the minister of defence.
Sight 21: Hôtel de Broglie
The Hôtel de Broglie-Haussonville is a private mansion located in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, at 35 rue Saint-Dominique.
Sight 22: Chapelle des Catéchismes
The Chapel of Jesus-Child, also called the Chapel of the Catechisms, is an English neo-Gothic style chapel located at 29 rue Las-Cases in the 7th arrondissement of Paris and dependent on the parish of Sainte-Clotilde.
Sight 23: Hôtel de Noirmoutiers
The Hôtel de Noirmoutier is an hôtel particulier in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France. It was built in 1723. It has been listed by the French Ministry of Culture since 12 February 1996.
Sight 24: Museum of the Order of the Liberation
The Museum of the Order of the Liberation is a museum dedicated to the Order of the Liberation, housed in the Hôtel des Invalides in the 7th arrondissement of Paris.
Sight 25: Saint Louis of Les Invalids Cathedral
The Cathedral of Saint-Louis-des-Invalides is the seat of the bishop of the diocese of the French Armed Forces. It is adjacent to the Hôtel des Invalides.
Sight 26: Musée des Plans-Reliefs
The Musée des Plans-Reliefs is a museum of military models located within the Hôtel des Invalides in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France.
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