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What to see in Paris on foot

14 sights worth the detour, all walkable, all offline.

Download Paris & walk it offline

Paris is a city made for walking. This self-guided guide maps 14 of its sights worth the detour — landmarks, historic sites, viewpoints, museums and galleries and parks and gardens — the places locals point to and the tour buses skip, close enough to string into a single day on foot. Download the Paris pack in Voyage GO before you go and the whole route works offline: no roaming, no dead battery from a live map. Every monument, viewpoint and park you pass quietly fills your travel passport.

Landmarks3

  1. 1Eiffel TowerGustave Eiffel's 1889 iron tower, the icon of Paris.
  2. 2Arc de TriompheNapoleon's triumphal arch crowning the Champs-Élysées.
  3. 3Pont Alexandre IIIThe city's most ornate Belle Époque bridge.

Historic Sites4

  1. 4Notre-Dame de ParisMedieval Gothic cathedral on the Île de la Cité.
  2. 5Sacré-CœurWhite-domed basilica atop the hill of Montmartre.
  3. 6Sainte-ChapelleRoyal chapel famed for its towering 13th-century stained glass.
  4. 7PanthéonNeoclassical mausoleum for France's great citizens.

Viewpoints1

  1. 8Tour Montparnasse Panorama56th-floor observation deck with a panorama over all of Paris.

Museums & Galleries3

  1. 9Louvre MuseumThe world's largest art museum, home to the Mona Lisa.
  2. 10Musée d'OrsayImpressionist masterpieces in a Beaux-Arts railway station.
  3. 11Centre PompidouInside-out modern-art museum with a rooftop view.

Parks & Gardens3

  1. 12Jardin du LuxembourgFormal gardens around the French Senate's palace.
  2. 13Tuileries GardenRoyal garden between the Louvre and Place de la Concorde.
  3. 14Place des VosgesParis's oldest planned square, in the Marais.

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