Walk from Palais-de-Chaillot to Arc-de-Triomphe and George-V Avenue

Palais de Chaillot
1 place du Trocadéro-et-du-11-Novembre , avenue du Président-Wilson , avenue Albert-de-Mun et rue Benjamin-Franklin
Paris 75116

Access

• Métro – lines 6 and 9 – Station Trocadéro
• RER – Line C – Station Champ de Mars – Tour Eiffel
• Bus – Lines 22, 30, 32, 63, 52, 72, 82

Short description

The Palais-de-Chaillot and Trocadero Gardens are located on Chaillot hill in the 16th district of Paris. It was built for the 1937 Exposition Universelle in place of the Palais du Trocadero which had been built for the 1878 World’s Fair. Only the name “Trocadéro” has remained for the gardens that surround the Palais de Chaillot today.

The Palais de Chaillot includes 3 independent museums:

• in the center, the Museum of the Navy (Musée de la Marine)
• in the south west, the Museum of Man (Musée de l’homme)
• in the north west the Museum of Architecture (Cité de l’architecture et du patrimoine)

If you wish to visit these museums, see below, Points of interest 4, 5 and 6.

Fontaine du Trocadéro
Place de Varsovie
Paris 75016

48° 51′ 37″ N, 2° 17′ 28″ E

Access

• Metro: Trocadero Station – Lines 6 and 9
• RER: Line C (Boulainvilliers/Muette Station and Champs de Mars/Tor Eiffel Station)
• Bus: 22, 32, 63,72

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The Fountain of Trocadero or Warsaw Fountain is located in the Trocadero Garden, below the Palais de Chaillot, in the 16th arrondissement of Paris.

The Trocadero Fountain forms an island bounded to the southwest by Avenue Albert-Ier-de-Monaco, to the west by Avenue Hussein-Ier-de-Jordan and to the northeast by Avenue Gustave-V-de-Suède.

The fountain was built for the Paris World Fair of 1937. It consists of twenty oblique water cannons with a range of 50 meters, 56 sheaves with a range of 7 meters (instead of 4 m) and 12 water columns of 7 meters propel. The flow rate of the whole is 5,700 liters of water per second.

Eiffel Tower
Champs de Mars, Avenue Gustave Eiffel and 5 Avenue Anatole France
Paris, 75007

Access

• Métro :
  • Lines 6 and 9: Station Trocadéro to 500 m (15 mn)
  • Line 6 : Bir-Hakeim station is also 500 m away (11 mn). The subway line 6 is overhead and runs in the open air. It crosses the Seine just before arriving at Bir Hakeim station. You will also be able to see the Eiffet Tower when you get there. Always an exciting moment !)
  • Line 8 : Ecole Militaire Station (15 mn)
• RER : line C – Station “Tour Eiffel-Champ de Mars”
• Bus : 82, 42, 87, 69
• Batobus : Service de navettes sur la Seine. Escale Tour Eiffel (http://www.batobus.com/)
• Parking : à proximité (Prévoir réservation)
  You can also click here to get the access map.

Short description

The Eiffel Tower was built by Gustave Eiffel on the occasion of the Universal Exhibition of 1889. The year 1889 was also the celebration of the first centenary of the French Revolution.

The construction of the Eiffel Tower in 2 years, 2 months, and 5 days, by 250 workers, was a truly technical and architectural performance. This exceptional heritage still attests to Gustave Eiffel’s visionary genius.

The monument is the symbol of France and showcase of Paris. Today it receives nearly 7 million visitors per year (of which about 75% are foreigners). Nearly 300 million visitors, regardless of age or origin, have come from all over the world to discover it since it opened in 1889.

The Eiffel Tower in figures:

Current height: 324 meters (with antennas).
Initial height: 312 meters
1st floor at 57 meters, 4415 m2 of floor space
2nd floor at 115 meters and 1430 m2 of floor space
3rd floor at 276 meters and 250 m2 of floor space

Elevators: 5 elevators from the ground to the 2nd floor, 2 batteries of 2 duo-lifts (special elevators) from the 2nd floor to the top.

Weight of the steel structure: 7,300 tons
Total weight: 10,100 tons
Number of rivets used: 2 500 000
Number of iron pieces: 18 038
Pillars: The 4 pillars form a square of 125 meters on each side.

Musée national de la Marine

Palais de Chaillot – 17 place du Trocadéro et du 11 Novembre
75116 Paris

Access

• Metro – Lines 6 and 9 – Trocadero Station
• RER – line C – Station Champ de Mars – Tour Eiffel
• Bus – 22, 30, 32, 63, 72, 82
• Batobus : Eiffel Tower

Proposed access facilities

• Free admission for disabled persons upon presentation of proof of disability
• Free for the accompanying person

Information on accessibility
Museum under renovation (2017-2022)
https://www.parisinfo.com/visiter-a-paris/visiter-paris-avec-un-handicap

Short description

The Musée de la Marine in Paris holds 30,000 objects and works of art, including most of Joseph Vernet’s series of Views of the Ports of France, figureheads, and 2,822 models of ships from all periods, including sailing warships from the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries.

There are also two important pieces:

• the decorated stern of the extraordinary galley “La Réale” of Louis XIV launched in 1694.
• the imperial canoe of Napoléon 1st built in 1810, which is no longer on display at the Musée de la Marine in Paris. Indeed, in 2018, it returns to Brest to be exhibited in the workshops of the Plateau des Capucins.

Musée de l’Homme – Muséum national d’histoire naturelle
Palais de Chaillot
17 place du Trocadéro et du 11 Novembre
75116 Paris

Access

• Métro – Lines 6 and 9 – Station Trocadéro ( (Sortie Ave Paul Doumer – Musée de l’Homme)
• RER : Line C – Station Champ-de-Mars Tour Eiffel
• Bus –  Lines 22, 30, 32, 63, 72, 82
• Batobus : escale Tour Eiffel
• Parking :65 Avenue Kleber

Disabled: Offer adapted to people with disabilities

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The new Museum of Man inaugurated on October 15, 2015, remains faithful to the initial project of Paul Rivet, its founder, since, in the same building, the Passy wing of the Palais de Chaillot, it combines, like the Cité de l’architecture located in the other wing, research, and teaching center and a museum, comprising:

• a permanent interactive discovery tour (permanent exhibition) and temporary exhibitions (one per year on a given theme) ;
• two scientific departments of the Museum: “Prehistory and Men”, “Nature and Society”;
  teaching activities;
• a research library, partly transferred to the Musée du Quai Branly, which remains a place of research in the field of human sciences. It offers the public direct access to “science in the making” through direct contact with the community of scientists and researchers.

Cité de l’architecture et du patrimoine
Palais de Chaillot
1 place du Trocadéro et du 11 novembre
75116 Paris

Restaurant “Girafe” : with a view on the Eiffel Tower – Tel : +33 (0) 1 40 61 70 61 – contact@girafeparis.com

Access

• Métro – Lines 6 end 9 – Station : Trocadéro
• RER – Line C – Station Champ de Mars – Tour Eiffel
• Bus – Lines 22, 30, 32, 63, 82,  OpenTour
• Handicap : Offer adapted to people with disabilities

Short description

The City of architecture Museum shows the French architectural heritage. It is located in the Palais de Chaillot, entrance on the Trocadero square, in the 16th district of Paris. From this esplanade, the view is also extraordinary on the Eiffel Tower and the Champ de Mars.

Conseil économique, social et environnemental
9 Place d’Iéna
75016 PARIS

Architectes : Auguste Perret et ses frères Gustave et Claude

Access

• Métro : Station Iéna (ligne 9)
• RER : Stations Pont de l’Alma and Champs-de-Mars/ Tour Eiffel- ( Line C)
• Bus : lines 32, 63 et 82
• Parking : 65 Avenue Kleber

Short description

The building of 1937, was first the “Museum of Public Works”. The building is original by the rotundity of the facade where the columns flare towards the top.

Now the building houses the National representation of professional organizations: the CESE

This assembly allows the representation at the national level of the professional organizations and the communication between the various actors of the economy.

Place d’Iéna
75116 Paris

Access

• Metro: line 9 (Station Iéna)
• Bus: Lines 32, 63

Short description

Iéna Square is located in the 16th arrondissement, in the Chaillot district, at the intersection of avenues d’Iéna and President Wilson and at the end of avenue Pierre-Ier-de-Serbie and rue Boissière and rue de Longchamp.

Iena Square is named after the Napoleonic victory of Iena (Jena) on October 14, 1806. But the square was created in 1858 and took its current name in 1878.

In the center of the Iena Square stands the equestrian statue of George Washington in bronze by the American sculptor Daniel Chester French. It was donated by a committee of American women from high society and was inaugurated on July 3, 1900.

Musée national des Arts asiatiques – Guimet/MNAAG
6 place d’Iéna
75116 Paris
Tel: 01 56 52 54 33

Musée Hôtel d’Heidelbach :  – The Buddhist Pantheon (Japanese garden annex)
19 avenue d’Iéna
75116 Paris

Access

• Métro – Line 9 ( Station Iéna and Trocadéro ) ou line 6 – (Station Boissière and Trocadéro )
• RER – Line A – Station Charles de Gaulle-Etoile (800 m)
• Bus – 22, 30, 32, 63, 82
• Parkings : Avenue Kléber, avenue George V (place de l’Alma)

Handicap :  Offer adapted to people with disabilities

Short description

Asian Arts Museum Guimet, or MNAAG for short, has been renovated in a masterly and contemporary manner. It is the largest European museum entirely dedicated to this region of the world.

The collections are divided in the museum by geographical area and according to a stylistic evolution aiming at the knowledge of the history of Asian arts.

Emile Guimet’s original collection, supplemented by numerous donations over the years, has meant that the museum’s collections, which are relatively exhaustive in terms of the geographical distribution of East Asia, are limited to archaeological or ancient art objects and exclude contemporary art and ethnological objects.

However, a form of diversification can be noted with the creation of a department of textiles thanks to the legacy of Krishna Riboud.

A place, although not very important, is also sometimes given to contemporary art in the margin of temporary exhibitions.

Restaurant des Arts – Hôtel des Arts et Métiers
9bis Avenue d’Iéna
75016 PARIS
Tél : 33 (0)1 40 69 27 69

osition GPS : 48° 51′ 55″ – Nord – Est<

Access

• Metro: Line 9 (Iéna Station)
• RER: Line A (Charles de Gaulle – Etoile station)
• Bus: Line 32, 63
• Parking: 65 Avenue Kleber, 75116

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The Lounges of the gastronomic Restaurant of Arts et Métiers “les Arts” in the “Maison des Arts et Métiers” mansion.

This restaurant is a club reserved for Arts et Métiers Engineers (meeting rooms, library, management of the engineers’ association) but also now open to the public (meals but also exceptional events, rental of the hotel for weddings, meetings, etc.).

In a majestic setting, you can enjoy an excellent meal at a affordable price. Reservations are recommended (Tel 01 40 69 27 53).

Open from Monday to Friday for lunch (from 12:00 to 14:00) and dinner (from 19:30 to 22:00).

Palais de Tokyo et Musées d’Arts moderne
13 avenue du Président Wilson
75116 PARIS
Tél : 33 (0)1 81 97 35 88

Access

• Subway : Line 9, Iéna and Alma Marceau stations
• Bus : Lines 32, 42, 63, 72, 80, 82, 92
• RER : Line C, Pont de l’Alma station
• Velib’: Station 8046 (Marceau – Président Wilson)
• Nearby parking lots available

Short description
The Tokyo Palace Museum, or originally the “Palais des Musées d’art moderne”, faces the Seine on the Avenue de New York, which was called Quai Debilly and then Avenue de Tokio (from 1918 to 1945) when it was built. Hence its name. The Palais de Tokyo is, with the Palais de Chaillot and the Palais d’Iéna, one of the three permanent buildings resulting from the International Exhibition of 1937

The Palais de Tokyo, whose original name is Palais des Musées d’art moderne, is a building dedicated to modern and contemporary art.

Palais Galliera – Musée de la Mode de la Ville de Paris
10 avenue Pierre Ier de Serbie
75116 Paris

Access

• Métro – Line 9 – Station Iéna
• RER – Line C – Station Pont de l’Alma
• Bus – 32, 42, 63, 72, 80, 82, 92

Offre adaptée aux personnes en situation de handicap

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The Galliera Museum of fashion, a history of the 19th century, whose guiding line is the Duchess of Galliera and her Arts Collections. Now the Galliera Museum is one of the richest museums in the world to present the codes of dressing and clothing habits of France for the last 300 years.

Musée Yves Saint Laurent Paris
5, avenue Marceau
75116 Paris – France
Tel: +33 (0)1 44 31 64 00

Access

• Metro: Line 9 station Alma-Marceau, exit n°3 Avenue du Président Wilson
• RER C station Pont de l’Alma – At the exit, cross the Pont de l’Alma
• Bus: Lines 42 63 72 80 92 stop Alma-Marceau
• Velib: Stations nearby: 2, avenue Marceau and 3, avenue Montaigne
• Parking: Parking Indigo : 10, avenue George V

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The Yves Saint-Laurent Museum in Paris exhibits the work of the designer in the historic location of his former fashion house.

It occupies the historic mansion at 5 avenue Marceau, near the Arc-de-Triomphe. It is in this place that the Yves Saint-Laurent’s creations were born for nearly 30 years, from 1974 to 2002. The museum was created on the initiative of the Pierre Bergé – Yves Saint-Laurent Foundation.

Crazy Horse
12 Avenue George V
75008 PARIS
Tél. : +33 (0)1.47.23.32.32

Access

• Metro : line 9 (Alma – Marceau Station) – Line 1 (George V – Franklin Roosevelt Station)
• RER A : Charles de Gaulle Etoile Station
• RER C : Pont de l’Alma station
• RATP Bus : Lines 42, 63, 72, 80, 92 – stop Alma-Marceau
• Vélib’ : Stations 8045 (avenue Montaigne), 8046 (rue Marceau), 8047 (avenue George-V)
• Parking: Public parking: Alma-George V

Short description

The Crazy Horse Paris is a world famous Parisian cabaret in the Champs-Élysées district. It is located at 12, Avenue George-V, at the limit of the “Golden Triangle”, a few steps from the Seine.

Alain Bernardin opened the Crazy Horse Paris, on the right bank of Paris, on May 19, 1951, based on the idea of American-style striptease mixing eroticism with a very sophisticated aesthetic.

In addition, the Crazy Horse shows are interspersed with traditional cabaret acts (Charles Aznavour made his first appearances), variety acts such as magicians, ventriloquists, etc.

Avenue George V
75008 Paris, France

Access

• Metro: line 1 (Ave George V at its northern end and Alma-Marceau at its southern end)
• RER: line A (north end)
• Bus: 22, 30, 31, 92
• Velib: 42 avenue George V, 2 avenue Marceau, 3 avenue Montaigne
• Parking: In front of 19 Av. George V and 103 Av. des Champs-Élysées

Short description

The George V Avenue , in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, is part of the Champs Elysées district and the “Golden Triangle” (luxury stores between the Avenue George V, the Champs Elysées and the Avenue Montaigne).

There are indeed luxury stores, but also palaces, restaurants, nightclubs and of course the Crazy Horse, a mythical cabaret of international fame. The Chinese and Spanish embassies were also on this avenue but moved elsewhere in Paris.

It is 730 meters long and 40 meters wide.

The American Cathedral in Paris
23 avenue George V
75008 Paris
Tel. +33 (0) 1 53 23 84 00
http://amcathparis.com/

Access

• Métro : George V (Ligne 1) ou Alma Marceau (Ligne 9)
• Bus 32, 42, 63, 72, 80 & 92
• RER C (Station Pont de L’Alma)
• Parking : avenue George V

Short description

The American Cathedral of Paris, also known as the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, is a church in Paris dating from the late 19e century. It is Anglican in worship and serves as the cathedral for the Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe of the Episcopal Church in the United States.

To clear up any confusion, there is also the American Church in Paris. It is the first American church established outside the United States. It was founded in 1814 and its current address is 65 Quai d’Orsay, in the 7th arrondissement.

The American Church of Paris then became an interdenominational association open to all the faithful adhering to the historical Christian tradition as expressed by the Apostles’ symbol. It is mainly attended by American expatriates, but also by English speakers from other countries and other religious communities. Today, it is still attended by English-speaking Protestants in Paris from 40 countries and 35 different Christian denominations.

Junction Avenue George V et Avenue des Champs Elysées

Access

• Metro : ligne 1 (Station George V)
• RER: ligne A (Station Place Charles de Gaulle)

Short description

Luxury on the Champs-Elysées and Avenue George-V is present everywhere when you arrive at the end of Avenue George V on Avenue des Champs Elysées. Should you go right or left?

• on the left, the mainly historical part “north-west” for about 300 m – but with also a few dozen stores to visit
• on the right, “south-east”, the main glamorous part of luxury and fashion for 500 m, which continues on the Avenue des Champs Elysées “des bois” to finally arrive at the Place de la Concorde. See our guided walk (via your cell phone) “Walk Arc-de-Triomphe to Place-de-la-Concorde via the Champs-Elysées Avenue“

Immeuble Art Nouveau
6 Avenue Kléber
75016 PARIS

Architectes : Georges Chedanne

Access

• Metro: lines 1, 2 and 6 (Charles de Gaulle station)
• RER : line A (Charles de Gaulle station)
• Bus: 22, 30, 31, 52, 73, 92
• Parking: on the Champs Elysées

Short description

This Art Nouveau building located near the Champs Elysées and the Arc de Triomphe, symbolizes this school of architecture which had its hour of glory during the 1st half of the 20th century. For architecture lovers!

At the very beginning of the 20th century, this “Art Nouveau” building on Avenue Kleber, built by the architect Georges Chedanne, was a hotel. In order to symbolize its modernity at the time of its construction, it was decided to decorate the building with figurines and playlets related to the emerging automobile.

Place Charles-de-Gaulle
75008 Paris

Access

• Métro – Lines 1, 2 and 6 – Station Charles de Gaulle – Étoile
• RER – Line A – Station Charles de Gaulle – Étoile
• Bus – 22, 30, 31, 52, 73, 92 and 341 run through all or part of the square and serve it from stops placed on the various avenues leading to it. At night, the square is served by the Noctilien lines N11, N24, N53, N151 et N153.

Short description

Place Charles-de-Gaulle, also called Place de l’Étoile, is a traffic circle located in Paris, straddling the 8th, 16th, and 17th arrondissements.

Previously named “Place de l’Etoile” it became ” “Place Charles-de-Gaulle” by the decree of November 13, 1970. This decree follows the death of Charles de Gaulle, which occurred on November 9 in his retreat in Colombey-les-Deux-Églises.

The names of the avenues that “spring” from the Place Charles-de-Gaulle are linked to the Napoleonic era (Victories on the Napoleon battlefields).

The square measures 241 meters in diameter, which gives it a surface area of approximately 4.55 hectares.

It is the second-largest square in Paris, behind the Place de la Concorde and Obelisk de Luxor, and its 8.64 hectares

Arc de Triomphe
Place Charles de Gaulle
75008 Paris

Access

• Metro: lines 1, 2, 6 – Charles-de-Gaulle-Etoile Station
• RER: line A, Charles-de-Gaulle-Etoile station
• Bus: lines 22, 30, 31, 52, 73, 92
• Balabus: Sightseeing tours by the RATP network.
  The Balabus deserts the main sites of the Capital between Gare de Lyon and La Défense. Operates between April and September, on Saturday afternoons and holidays.
  Aimed at those who want to see the different sites of Paris at low cost while admiring the streets during the visit.
  Price: that of a bus ticket (1,70€)

Short description

On September 12, 1919, the Chamber of Deputies finally adopted the proposal to bury “one of the disinherited of death” in the Pantheon, which caused controversy with political ulterior motives. Finally, on November 8, 1920, the Chamber compromised by proposing the Arc de Triomphe as a burial place, which was favorable to the veterans’ associations.

On November 10, 1920 a soldier was chosen at random from among 8 unidentified bodies by a young soldier (Auguste Thin) of the guard of honor present at the fort of Verdun.

Burial of the Unknown Soldier under the Arc de Triomphe took place on January 28, 1921.

Arc de Triomphe
Place Charles de Gaulle
75008 Paris

Access

• Metro: lines 1, 2, 6 – Charles-de-Gaulle-Etoile Station
• RER: line A, station Charles-de-Gaulle-Etoile
• Bus: lines 22, 30, 31, 52, 73, 92
• Balabus: Sightseeing tours with the RATP network. The Balabus serves the capital’s main sites between Gare de Lyon and La Défense. Operates between April and September, on Sunday afternoons and public holidays.
  For : Those who want to reach the tourist sites of Paris at a lower cost, while admiring the streets of the capital parade during the trip.
  Fares : The price of a ticket (1,70€)

Short description

The construction of the Arc-de-Triomphe monument was decided by Emperor Napoleon 1st after the battle of Austerlitz (today Slavkov u Brna, in the Czech Republic) on Monday, December 2, 1805. He declared to the present French soldiers: “You will return to your homes only under arches of triumph”. The Emperor was referring to the triumphal arches erected under the Roman Empire.