Places to Visit
Places to Visit — Category on Paris Top Ten
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Avenue des Ternes
Avenue des Ternes mixes everyday Paris shopping: Darty and Fnac, clothing boutiques, a Paul bakery, Monoprix, and brasseries for a break between stops.
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Avenue Montaigne: History & Things to Do
Avenue Montaigne in the 8th arrondissement has anchored Paris luxury shopping since 1867, home to Chanel, Dior, and hotels like Plaza Athenee.
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Boulevard Haussmann: Visiting this Historic Parisian Street
Boulevard Haussmann traces Baron Haussmann’s 19th-century remake of Paris, now one of the city’s top shopping streets for first-time visitors.
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Passage Brady in Paris: A Must-Visit Cultural Gem
Passage Brady, dubbed Paris’s Little India, has drawn shoppers into its glass-roofed 19th-century arcade since 1828, split between covered and open-air sections.
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Passerelle Léopold Sédar Senghor: The Love Lock Bridge
Passerelle Leopold Sedar Senghor is one of the Seine’s newer pedestrian bridges, named for Senegal’s first president and popular for river-level views.
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Galerie Colbert Paris: A Snapshot of Architectural Elegance
Galerie Colbert’s glass dome and 83-meter covered passage date to the 1820s, a quiet architectural counterpart to its livelier neighbor, Galerie Vivienne.
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Visiting Assemblée Nationale in Paris: A Travel Guide for Tourists
The Assemblee Nationale metro station’s color-block wallpaper by Jean-Charles Blais sets the stage for a visit to France’s seat of parliamentary power.
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Rue Montorgueil in Paris, France: A Vibrant Neighborhood Guide
Rue Montorgueil is one of Paris’s last permanent market streets, fruit and cheese stalls beside cafes just steps from Saint-Eustache church.
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Arts et Metiers Metro Station in Paris, France
Arts et Metiers metro station channels Jules Verne’s Nautilus with copper paneling and portholes, a Line 11 stop named for the crafts museum above.
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Louvre-Rivoli Metro Station in Paris, France
Louvre-Rivoli station sits a short walk from the museum itself, its platforms decorated with reproductions of statues and art from the Louvre’s collection.