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Paris 1er Arrondissement

A photograph of Paris 1er Arrondissement
Photograph · Cristian Bortes from Cluj-Napoca, Romania · CC BY 2.0

389 places catalogued in Paris 1er Arrondissement so far.

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

Planning a visit

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Top things to see

Ranked by importance — sitelinks, pageviews and heritage status, not editor preference.

  1. Louvre Pyramid
    02 20 min

    Louvre Pyramid

    The Louvre Pyramid is the glass entrance structure built in the museum's main courtyard in the 1980s, and it is a part of the Louvre — its main entrance and one of the more argued-over additions to central Paris …

    • Must see
    • Historic monument
  2. Palais-Royal
    03 45 min

    Palais-Royal

    The Palais-Royal was a cardinal's house that became Europe's first shopping centre and then the place the Revolution started.

    • Must see
    • Historic monument
  3. place Vendôme
    04 20 min

    place Vendôme

    Place Vendôme is an octagon of uniform stone façades built as a single architectural composition, not a collection of separate buildings that happened to end up on the same square.

    • Must see
    • Historic monument
  4. Pont Neuf
    05 20 min

    Pont Neuf

    The Pont Neuf is the New Bridge and it is the oldest standing bridge in Paris, which has been the joke about it for four hundred years.

    • Must see
    • Historic monument
  5. arc de triomphe du Carrousel
    06 15 min

    arc de triomphe du Carrousel

    The Arc de triomphe du Carrousel stands in the Cour Napoleon, between the Louvre's wings and I. M.

    • Must see
    • Historic monument
  6. Louvre Palace
    07 3 hours

    Louvre Palace

    The Louvre Palace is the building itself: the fortress-turned-royal-residence that the Musee du Louvre now occupies.

    • Must see
    • Historic monument
  7. Palais de Justice
    08 20 min

    Palais de Justice

    The Palais de Justice is the historic seat of the French judiciary on the Ile de la Cite, built on the site of the medieval Palais de la Cite, the residence of the Capetian kings from the 10th century until…

    • Must see
    • Historic monument
  8. Colonne Vendôme
    09 15 min

    Colonne Vendôme

    The Colonne Vendome stands at the centre of Place Vendome in the 1st arrondissement, raised between 1806 and 1810 on Napoleon's order to commemorate the victory at Austerlitz.

    • Must see
    • Historic monument
  9. Saint-Roch
    10 25 min

    Saint-Roch

    • Must see
    • Historic monument

Source: OpenStreetMap contributors, Wikidata ·