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Paris 8e Arrondissement

A photograph of Paris 8e Arrondissement
Photograph · Aleksandr Zykov from Russia · CC BY-SA 2.0

324 places catalogued in Paris 8e 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

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Category

Historic monuments 3 Museums 10 Places of worship 0 Nature sites 0 Viewpoints 0 Food and drink 0 Markets and shopping 0 Entertainment 4 Nightlife 71 Family attractions 0 Art and culture 0 Activities 0

Typical visit duration

Up to 1 hour 232 1 to 2 hours 88

Interests

History 13 Art 0 Museums 10 Nature 0 Sea and beach 0 Viewpoints 0
  1. Élysée Palace
    01 1 hr 30 min

    Élysée 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
  2. Grand Palais
    02 2 hours

    Grand Palais

    The Grand Palais is a glass hall built for a world's fair and never demolished. Construction began in 1897 after the Palais de l'Industrie was pulled down, and it opened on 1 May 1900 for the Exposition Universelle.

    • Must see
    • Museum
  3. Petit Palais
    03 1 hr 30 min

    Petit Palais

    The Petit Palais was built for the 1900 World's Fair as an exhibition hall and has held the City of Paris's fine arts museum ever since.

    • Must see
    • Museum
  4. Hôtel de la Marine
    04 2 hours

    Hôtel 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

Source: OpenStreetMap contributors, Wikidata ·

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