Paris en 2 jours - Itinéraire optimisé

Day 1 - Paris

10 POIs to discover

Day 1 - Morning à Paris

5 Points of interest - Duration : 3h45 - Distance : 1.6 km - Walking : 0h20

Paris-Sorbonne University

Paris-Sorbonne was founded in 1971 as a university specializing in the humanities, arts and social sciences.
Heir to a centuries-old humanist custom, it is a university of letters and humanities of international renown.
Along with the universities of Oxford, Bologna and Salamanca, it is one of the oldest and most prestigious universities in the world.
It was founded in 1257 by Robert de Sorbon and reformed in its entirety by Cardinal Richelieu.‍ Among its famous professors and students are Pierre and Marie Curie, Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, René Descartes, Louis Pasteur, Lavoisier, Pierre Paulet, Victor Hugo, St.
Ignatius of Loyola and St.
John Baptist de La Salle and Armando Uribe among many others.
In 2010, it established partnerships with other institutions to form the Sorbonne Universités group.

Samuel-Paty Park

Place Samuel-Paty is home to several sculptures, including a monument to Puvis de Chavannes, another to Octave Gréard, a statue of Montaigne and the Capitoline She-Wolf.
The statue of Montaigne became famous among students at the Sorbonne, who believed that touching his right shoe would bring good luck in exams.A French painter.
Puvis de Chavannes was a French painter, considered a forerunner of symbolism.
Octave Gréard was a French pedagogue and academic.

Astronomy tower of the Sorbonne

The Sorbonne Observatory is a former astronomical observatory.
The observatory is located on the rooftop of the Sorbonne.
It houses an observational telescope belonging to the Société astronomique de France (SAF) and public observations are organized there.

Jardin du Luxembourg

The Luxembourg Garden is a public garden created in 1612 at the request of Marie de Medici and now belonging to the Senate.
Its name is inspired by the former mansion of the Hôtel de Luxembourg.
It houses the Palais du Luxembourg, seat of the French Senate, and the Petit Luxembourg.
The Petit Luxembourg or Hôtel de la Présidence has been the residence of the President of the French Senate since 1825.
It is adjacent to the Luxembourg Palace.
In 2022, the garden was listed as the most beautiful in Europe and the third most beautiful in the world.

Panthéon

The Pantheon is a neoclassical mausoleum located on Mont Sainte-Geneviève, which has become the burial place of great French personalities.
Its architecture (from 1758), as well as its name, is inspired by the Pantheon in Rome, which was a monument dedicated to the veneration of the gods and was reused as the tomb of illustrious personalities.
Pantheon's architecture mixes different styles, including Gothic, Byzantine, Classical and Greco-Roman. Among those buried in the Pantheon are Voltaire, Rousseau, Victor Hugo, Émile Zola, Jean Jaurès, Jean Moulin, Louis Braille, Jean Monnet, Sadi Carnot, Pierre and Marie Curie, André Malraux and Soufflot, its architect.
In 1851 Léon Foucault installed his famous pendulum in the Pantheon because the great height of the building facilitated the experiment.
Through this experiment he succeeded in demonstrating the rotation of the Earth and the existence of the Coriolis force.
A replica of the pendulum has been installed in the Pantheon since 1995.

Day 1 - Afternoon à Paris

5 Points of interest - Duration : 3h45 - Distance : 3.4 km - Walking : 0h45

Paris Courthouse

Located on the Île de la Cité, it has a footprint of around four hectares.
It is home to the Paris Court of Appeal, the Special Assize Court and the Court of Cassation.
The Paris Judicial Tribunal was also housed in this palace, but moved in 2018 to the Paris Tribunal.
The palace has suffered several fires over the course of its history, damaging some of its buildings and structures.
It has also been extended and renovated several times.
It is located on the site of the former residence of the kings of France, the Palais de la Cité.

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Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral

Its construction began in 1163 and was completed in the mid-14th century.
It has hosted important events in French history, such as the coronation of Napoleon I in 1804 and the funerals of several French presidents.
It has inspired numerous artistic works, including Victor Hugo's novel "Notre-Dame de Paris." Its two rose windows are among the largest in Europe.
In 2019, a fire destroyed the cathedral's spire and roof.
Its identical reconstruction is scheduled for 2024.

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Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois church

The church has Merovingian origins, and its current name appears in the 11th century.
It is linked to the Louvre Palace, residence of the kings of France, and is called the "parish of the kings of France".
It was rebuilt several times, with work carried out in stages over a period of almost three hundred years.
It was embellished with sculptures, paintings and objects of worship, but most disappeared during the French Revolution.

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Antiquités Kin Liou

Kin Liou Antiques in Paris is a destination for antique lovers and collectors.
It offers a wide range of antique and unique objects.
You'll find treasures spanning different eras and styles.
Exploring the store is like a journey back in time through history.
It's a fascinating place to discover historical pieces and collectibles.

Day 2 - Paris

8 POIs to discover

Day 2 - Morning à Paris

5 Points of interest - Duration : 3h45 - Distance : 2.1 km - Walking : 0h27

Louvre Pyramid

It houses the main entrance to the Louvre Museum and was inaugurated in 1988 by François Mitterrand, then President of the French Republic.
The metal structure supporting the glass cladding is made of steel and aluminum and weighs 200 tons.
It was designed by architect Ieoh Ming Pei and is the first major construction to use laminated glass.
When the project was presented in 1984, the press described it as "the zero degree of architecture", a "funnel", "something out of Disneyland" or a "Luna Park" and out of the classical context of the Louvre.
Today, many appreciate the contrasting juxtaposition of architectural styles and the fusion of the classical with the contemporary.
It is surrounded by three smaller replicas that constitute skylights and a fifth inverted pyramid built beneath the Louvre's Carrousel.

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Nelson Mandela Garden

The Nelson-Mandela garden was created in the 1980s on the site of the former Halles de Paris.
It rests on the slab that covers the Forum des Halles, a shopping center also housing some cultural activities.
The garden was renamed in honor of Nelson Mandela, historic leader of the struggle against apartheid and President of the Republic of South Africa from 1994 to 1999.
Notable features include the Children's Garden and a tropical greenhouse buried in the basement.

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Basilica of Notre-Dame des Victoires

This basilica was built under Louis XIII between 1629 and 1740, in honor of the French victory at the Battle of La Rochelle.
The composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart often prayed here.
The tomb of Jean-Baptiste Lully, Louis XIV's superintendent of music, is located inside the basilica.
However, his body was removed and looted during the Paris Commune.
Near the basilica is the Place des Victoires, one of the five royal squares in Paris.

Passage de Beaujolais

Created in 1812, it allowed faster access to the gardens of the Palais-Royal to the residents of the rue de Richelieu.
It owes its name to the Count of Beaujolais (1779-1808), son of the Duke of Orleans.
The duke's goal was to generate income to pay off his debts through these commercial galleries.
Today, you can find a wine shop offering a tasting of Beaujolais wines.

Place Vendôme

Place Vendôme is one of the city's five royal squares, along with Place des Victoires, Place de la Concorde, Place des Vosges and Place Dauphine.
It was created in 1686 and has been renamed several times over the years.
At the center of the square is the Vendôme column, erected in 1810, destroyed by the population during the 1871 revolts and subsequently rebuilt.
Before being associated with jewelry, the Place Vendôme was a central location for Parisian elegance, home to numerous couturiers and milliners.
On the square, the Hôtel de Bourvallais houses the Ministry of Justice.
The square is located just north of the magnificent Jardin des Tuileries.

Day 2 - Afternoon à Paris

3 Points of interest - Duration : 2h15 - Distance : 4.3 km - Walking : 0h57

Hôtel de Bourvallais, Ministry of Justice

It was built between 1699 and 1702 on Place Louis-le-Grand, now Place Vendôme.
It belonged to the Marquis de La Vieuville and later to the wealthy farmer-general Paul Poisson de Bourvallais, who gave it its present name.
In 1718, the hotel was confiscated by the Regent's government and became the headquarters of the French Ministry of Justice.
The hotel was partially destroyed by fire in 1793.

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Grand Palais

The Grand Palais was built for the 1900 Universal Exhibition.
It has a surface area of 77,000 m² and regularly hosts fairs and exhibitions.
It receives around 2 million visitors a year.
During the First World War, the Grand Palais was transformed into a military hospital.
The Nave, Europe's largest glass roof, occupies a surface area of 13,500 m2.
The construction of the Nave required 6,000 tons of steel, more than for the Eiffel Tower!

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Dalida bust

This bust is located in Dalida Square, named after the singer of the same name, born Iolanda Cristina Gigliotti (1933-1987).
Dalida began her artistic career in Egypt, where she participated in beauty pageants and shot some films.
She moved to France in 1954.
Her first success as a singer came with the song "Bambino" in 1956.
Among his best-known songs are "Mourir sur Scène", "Les Gitans", "Gondolier", "La Danse de Zorba" and "Paroles........
Dalida suffered from depressions due to successive personal tragedies.
A few months after starring in an Egyptian drama film, she took her own life in Paris.
Nearly 40 years after her death, her bust and tomb in the Père Lachaise cemetery remain among the most iconic places in Paris.

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