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Arc de Triomphe
The Arc de Triomphe is Napoleon's victory monument and it took thirty years, by which time he was dead.
- Must see
- Historic monument
District guide · Paris
Paris 16e Arrondissement
349 places catalogued in Paris 16e Arrondissement so far.
Practical information
Practical information
- Language spoken
- French
- English is understood in tourist districts and rarely outside them
- Dialling code
- +33 1
- Paris and the Île-de-France; drop the leading 0 of 01 when calling from abroad
- Currency
- Euro (€, EUR)
- Cards accepted almost everywhere; markets prefer cash
- Emergency number
- 112
- One number across the country; 15 reaches an ambulance directly
- Plug type
- Type C and E · 230 V
- European two-pin; type E adds an earth pin in the socket
- Tap water
- Safe to drink
- Held to the European drinking water directive
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Top things to see
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bois de Boulogne 02 2 hoursbois de Boulogne
The Bois de Boulogne is a former royal hunting forest turned into an English-style public park, and at 846 hectares it covers more than double the area of New York's Central Park.
- Must see
- Nature site
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Cité de l'architecture et du patrimoine 03 2 hr 30 minCité de l'architecture et du patrimoine
Cité de l'architecture et du patrimoine is a museum of French architecture and heritage in the east wing of the Palais de Chaillot at Trocadéro, opened in its current form in 2007.
- Must see
- Museum
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Musée d'art moderne de Paris 04 1 hr 30 minMusée d'art moderne de Paris
Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris is the city of Paris's own museum of modern art, occupying the east wing of the Palais de Tokyo on Avenue du Président Wilson.
- Must see
- Museum
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Musée Marmottan Monet 05 1 hr 30 minMusée Marmottan Monet
The Musee Marmottan Monet occupies a former hunting lodge built for the Duke of Valmy on the edge of the Bois de Boulogne, bought in the late nineteenth century by the businessman Jules Marmottan and later expanded by his son…
- Must see
- Museum
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Louis Vuitton Foundation 06 2 hoursLouis Vuitton Foundation
The Fondation Louis Vuitton is a contemporary art museum in the Bois de Boulogne, commissioned by Bernard Arnault, chairman of the luxury group LVMH, and designed by the American architect Frank Gehry.
- Must see
- Museum
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Chaillot Palace 07 30 minChaillot Palace
The Palais de Chaillot is the curved, colonnaded building on the hill of Trocadero facing the Eiffel Tower across the Seine, built for the 1937 Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques on the site of the demolished 1878 Palais du…
- Must see
- Historic monument
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Jardin des serres d'Auteuil 08 1 hourJardin des serres d'Auteuil
The Jardin des serres d'Auteuil is a municipal botanical garden built around a set of glasshouses, on the western edge of Paris beside the Bois de Boulogne.
- Must see
- Historic monument
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Guimet Museum 09 2 hoursGuimet Museum
The Musee national des Arts asiatiques - Guimet holds the largest collection of Asian art outside Asia itself, spanning Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Tibet, China, Korea, Japan and Southeast Asia in one national museum.
- Must see
- Museum
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Palais de Tokyo 10 1 hr 30 minPalais de Tokyo
The Palais de Tokyo is Paris's largest centre for contemporary art, occupying the eastern wing of a building raised for the 1937 International Exposition by architects Jean-Claude Dondel, Andre Aubert, Paul Viard and Marcel Dastugue.
- Must see
- Museum
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