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avenue des Champs-Élysées
The Champs-Élysées is 1.91 km long, 70 m wide, and it is a garden path that became a shopping street.
- Must see
- Historic monument
District guide · Paris
Paris 8e Arrondissement
324 places catalogued in Paris 8e Arrondissement so far.
Practical information
Practical information
- Language spoken
- French
- French is the language of the Republic under Article 2 of the Constitution
- Dialling code
- +33 1
- Paris and the Île-de-France; drop the leading 0 of 01 when calling from abroad
- Currency
- Euro (€, EUR)
- France has used the euro as its official currency since 2002
- Emergency number
- 112
- One number across the country; 15 reaches an ambulance directly
- Plug type
- Type E · 220 V
- Round-pin sockets use a projecting earth pin
- Tap water
- Safe to drink
- The health ministry says tap water may be consumed safely unless local authorities issue specific advice
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Top things to see
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avenue des Champs-Élysées -
Élysée Palace 02 1 hr 30 minÉlysée Palace
The Élysée Palace is where the President of France lives and works, and it is closed to visitors for all but one weekend a year.
- Must see
- Historic monument
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place de la Concorde 03 20 minplace de la Concorde
The Place de la Concorde is a 7.6-hectare traffic island that was once the busiest execution ground in Europe. It is the largest public square in Paris.
- Must see
- Historic monument
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La Madeleine 04 30 minLa Madeleine
La Madeleine is a Greek temple in the middle of Paris, and it took seventy-nine years and several changes of mind to finish.
- Must see
- Historic monument
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Bateau Mouche 05 1 hr 15 minBateau Mouche
- Must see
- Historic monument
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Hôtel de la Marine 06 2 hoursHôtel de la Marine
Hôtel de la Marine is a paid-ticket monument on Place de la Concorde, one of a matching pair of colonnaded palaces — its twin across the square today houses the Hôtel de Crillon — built between 1758 and 1774 to…
- Must see
- Historic monument
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Le Lido 07 45 minLe Lido
- Must see
- Historic monument
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Hôtel de la Païva 08 45 minHôtel de la Païva
- Must see
- Historic monument
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Hôtel de Marigny 09 45 minHôtel de Marigny
- Must see
- Historic monument
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jardins des Champs-Élysées 10 45 minjardins des Champs-Élysées
- Must see
- Historic monument
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