The Champs Elysees promenade: from the Louvre's glass pyramid, through the small pink marble Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel and the Tuileries Gardens to the Place de la Concorde and up to the Arc de Triomphe, an unbeatable hour on foot. Extras : all newly restored, the Petit Palais, housing the city's Musée des Beaux Art, the magnificent Belle Epoque glass roof of the Grand Palais; and the Musee de l'Orangerie in the Tuileries.

Champs Elysees during the day with their heavy car traffic and continuous pedestrian animation. People from all over the world are going to the theater, shopping, going to a restaurant or just walking and looking around : Paris Lido cabaretor trying to get past the bouncers at Queen, invest it with a certain glitzy charm. For a glimpse of a more elegant world, take a look at the mansions at the Rond-Point and wander down Avenue Montaigne with its Haute Couture houses including Chanel , Lancel, Vuitton, Christian Dior, Guy Laroche, Thierry Mugler and Ungaro.
The lower half of the avenue toward the place de la Concorde has a different character, with gardens and smart restaurants running off either side. Between the Champs Elysees and elegant rue du Faubourg Saint Honore lie the vast gardens of the Palace of the French President. On the other side of the Avenue are the Paris Petit Palais and glass-domed Paris Grand Palais, used for major art exhibitions, and the adjoining science museum, the Palais de la Decouverte.

How to get there
Metro line 1, 2, 6, 8, 9, 12 or 13:
Charles-de-Gaulle-Etoile, GeorgeV, Champs-Elysees Clemenceau, Concorde
RER A : Charles-de-Gaulle-Etoile

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