Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #9 in Paris, France

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Number of sights 26 sights
Distance 7.3 km
Ascend 108 m
Descend 119 m

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 Paris

Sight 1: Pyramide du Louvre

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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.

Wikipedia: Louvre Pyramid (EN)

456 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 2: Tunnel des Tuileries

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Tunnel des TuileriesGuilhem Vellut from Paris, France / CC BY 2.0

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.

Wikipedia: Tunnel des Tuileries (EN)

88 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 3: L'Industrie

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The Pont du Carrousel is a bridge in Paris, which spans the River Seine between the Quai des Tuileries and the Quai Voltaire.

Wikipedia: Pont du Carrousel (EN)

451 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 4: Square Honoré Champion

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Square Honoré-Champion is a green space in the 6th arrondissement of Paris.

Wikipedia: Square Honoré-Champion (FR)

77 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 5: Square Gabriel Pierné

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Square Gabriel-Pierné is a green space in the 6th arrondissement of Paris.

Wikipedia: Square Gabriel-Pierné (FR)

366 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 6: École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts

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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

592 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 7: Maison Gainsbourg

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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.

Wikipedia: Maison Gainsbourg (EN), Website

484 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 8: Église Saint-Thomas d'Aquin

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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

579 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 9: Museum of Orsay

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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.

Wikipedia: Musée d'Orsay (EN), Website

56 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 10: Hôtel de Pomereu

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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.

Wikipedia: Hôtel de Pomereu (FR)

456 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 11: Musée social

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258 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 12: Temple de Pentemont

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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.

Wikipedia: Pentemont Abbey (EN)

99 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 13: Hôtel de Beauffremont

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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.

Wikipedia: Hôtel de Beauffremont (FR)

307 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 14: Hôtel de Montalivet

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The Hôtel de Montalivet is a private mansion located in Paris, France.

Wikipedia: Hôtel de Montalivet (FR)

209 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 15: Hôtel de Villeroy

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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)

268 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 16: Hôtel de Clermont

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The Hôtel de Clermont is a private mansion located in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, 69 rue de Varenne. It covers 4,250 m2.

Wikipedia: Hôtel de Clermont (Paris) (FR)

265 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 17: Hôtel Biron

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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.

Wikipedia: Hôtel Biron (FR)

123 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 18: Rodin Museum

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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.

Wikipedia: Musée Rodin (EN), Website

675 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 19: Basilique Sainte-Clotilde

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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.

Wikipedia: Sainte-Clotilde, Paris (EN), Website

210 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 20: Hôtel de Brienne

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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.

Wikipedia: Hôtel de Brienne (EN)

107 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 21: Hôtel de Broglie

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The Hôtel de Broglie-Haussonville is a private mansion located in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, at 35 rue Saint-Dominique.

Wikipedia: Hôtel de Broglie-Haussonville (FR)

130 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 22: Chapelle des Catéchismes

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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.

Wikipedia: Chapelle de Jésus-Enfant (FR)

270 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 23: Hôtel de Noirmoutiers

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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.

Wikipedia: Hôtel de Noirmoutier (EN)

606 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 24: Museum of the Order of the Liberation

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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.

Wikipedia: Musée de l'Ordre de la Libération (FR)

33 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 25: Saint Louis of Les Invalids Cathedral

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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.

Wikipedia: Cathédrale Saint-Louis-des-Invalides (FR)

93 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 26: Musée des Plans-Reliefs

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The Musée des Plans-Reliefs is a museum of military models located within the Hôtel des Invalides in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France.

Wikipedia: Musée des Plans-Reliefs (EN), Website

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