Paris en 1 jour - Itinéraire optimisé

Day 1 - Paris

10 POIs to discover

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

Inaugurated in 1793, the Louvre is one of the three largest art museums in the world, along with the Hermitage Museum and the National Museum of China.
The museum houses more than 500,000 works, including La Joconde, the Venus de Milo and the Code of Hammurabi.
The Louvre Palace, which houses the museum, is a former royal residence.
The museum is recognizable by the glass pyramid in its reception hall, erected in 1989.
The Louvre Museum, which houses the museum, is a former royal residence.

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This steel-arched bridge crosses the Seine and links the esplanade des Invalides and avenue Winston-Churchill, where the Petit Palais and Grand Palais are located.
It is named after the Russian Tsar Alexander III.
It was built between 1896 and 1900 in the Beaux-Arts style with Art Nouveau lamps, cherubs, nymphs and winged horses.
It was inaugurated in 1900 for the Paris Universal Exhibition.

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These 2 sculptures represent rearing horses struggling with their grooms, expressing the struggle of wild forces.
They were sculpted in Carrara marble in 1745 by Guillaume Coustou.
They were commissioned by Louis XV to adorn the Marly trough, at the entrance to the chateau park.
In 1794, the sculptures were moved here, to the Place de la Concorde.
In 1984, copies in reconstituted marble were installed.
The originals are preserved in the Louvre Museum. .

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This is the oldest and largest garden in Paris.
It was created in the 16th century by Catherine de Médicis as an Italian-style garden to escape the stressful atmosphere of the Louvre.
Some of the garden's trees even date back to the 1st Empire.
The Jardin des Tuileries is an open-air museum with remarkable sculptures signed by renowned artists such as Rodin, Millet, Levesque and Waldeck-Rousseau.
The garden is also home to the Musée de l'Orangerie and the Musée du Jeu de Paume.
The Jardin des Tuileries carousel offers musical rides on wooden horses and ostriches.
Don't miss the sailboats you can sail in the garden's octagonal basin.

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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.

5 Points of interest - Duration : 3h45 - Distance : 4.5 km - Walking : 1h00

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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The obelisk comes from the Temple of Amun in Luxor, Egypt, and was erected in Paris in 1836.
It is the oldest monument in Paris, predating the founding of the capital.
It was transported from Egypt to France aboard the ship Luxor, built especially for the occasion.
The obelisk is 23 meters high and weighs 222 tons, with a pedestal weighing 240 tons.
It is made of syenite, a pink rock from Aswan, Egypt.
The obelisk's pedestal is made of five blocks of pink granite from Brittany.
The obelisk is made of pink granite from Brittany.

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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.

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.