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Things to do in Paris
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Sightlore has 51 places to explore in Paris, and 44 of them come with a 60-second story in 5 languages. Point your camera at a landmark to learn its name and story, and earn points and badges at the places you actually visit.
Paris's must-sees
The city's most important places. In the app you see how many you've visited and earn a badge when you've seen them all.
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Centre Georges Pompidou
The Centre Pompidou, more fully the Centre national d'art et de culture Georges-Pompidou (lit.
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Sainte Chapelle
The Sainte-Chapelle is a royal chapel in the Gothic style, within the medieval Palais de la Cité, the residence of the Kings of France until the 14th century, on the Île de la Cité in the River Seine in Paris, France.
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Panthéon
The Panthéon (French: [pɑ̃.te.ɔ̃], from Ancient Greek πάνθειον (pántheion) '[temple] to all the gods') is a monument in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, France.
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Musée de l'Orangerie
The Musée de l'Orangerie is an art gallery of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings located in the west corner of the Tuileries Garden next to the Place de la Concorde in Paris.
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Eiffel Tower
The Eiffel Tower is a lattice tower on the Champ de Mars in Paris, France.
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Musée du quai Branly
The Musée du Quai Branly – Jacques Chirac is an art museum located in Paris, France. The museum, designed by French architect Jean Nouvel, features the indigenous art and cultures of Africa, Asia, Oceania, and the Americas.
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Le Marais
The Marais is a historic district in Paris, France. It spreads across parts of the 3rd and 4th arrondissements on the Rive Droite, or Right Bank, of the Seine.
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Arc de Triomphe
The Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile, often simply called the Arc de Triomphe, is one of the most famous monuments in Paris, France.
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Les Invalides
The Hôtel des Invalides, commonly called Les Invalides, is a complex of buildings in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France, containing museums and monuments, all relating to the military history of France, as well as a hospital and an old soldiers' retirement home, the…
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Sorbonne
The name Sorbonne is commonly used to refer to the historic University of Paris in Paris, France, or one of its successor institutions (see below).
Discovery routes in Paris
Visit the stops in any order and tap "Check in" at each one; finish the route to earn points and its own badge.
Paris: Île de la Cité
From the Hôtel de Ville to the island in the Seine: Notre-Dame, the Sainte-Chapelle, the Conciergerie – part of the old royal palace – and the Pont Neuf.
Paris: The Latin Quarter
From the Cluny medieval museum to the Sorbonne and the Panthéon, then on to the Grand Mosque of Paris, the Jardin des Plantes and the Arab World Institute.
Paris: Saint-Germain-des-Prés
From the Pont des Arts to the abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Saint-Sulpice – the city's second-largest church – and the Luxembourg Garden.
Paris: From the Louvre to the Arc de Triomphe
From the Musée d'Orsay to the Louvre and the Palais-Royal, through the Tuileries to the Orangerie, then from the Place de la Concorde up the Champs-Élysées to the Arc de Triomphe.
Paris: Eiffel and the Invalides
From the Trocadéro to the Eiffel Tower and the Quai Branly museum, across the Champ-de-Mars to the Invalides and the Rodin museum, then over the Pont Alexandre III to the Petit and Grand Palais.
Paris: From the Marais to the Bastille
From the Centre Pompidou into the Marais, once the aristocratic district, past the Picasso and Carnavalet museums and the Place des Vosges – the city's oldest planned square – to the Bastille.
Paris: From the Opéra to Montmartre
From the Palais Garnier and Galeries Lafayette to the Moulin Rouge, up the hill of Montmartre to the Place du Tertre and the Sacré-Cœur basilica.
Places to visit
Historic sites
Pont Neuf
The Pont Neuf is the oldest standing bridge across the river Seine in Paris, France.
Pont des Arts
The Pont des Arts or Passerelle des Arts is a pedestrian bridge in Paris which crosses the River Seine.
Avenue des Champs-Élysées
The Avenue des Champs-Élysées, usually shortened to the Champs-Élysées, is an avenue in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France.
Pont Alexandre III
The Pont Alexandre III is a deck arch bridge that spans the Seine in Paris. It connects the Champs-Élysées quarter with those of the Invalides and Eiffel Tower.
Le Marais
The Marais is a historic district in Paris, France. It spreads across parts of the 3rd and 4th arrondissements on the Rive Droite, or Right Bank, of the Seine.
Palais Garnier
The Palais Garnier, also known as Opéra Garnier, is a historic 1,979-seat opera house at the Place de l'Opéra in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, France.
Montmartre
Montmartre is a large hill in Paris's northern 18th arrondissement. It is 130 m (430 ft) high and gives its name to the surrounding district, part of the Right Bank.
Père Lachaise Cemetery
Père Lachaise Cemetery is the largest cemetery in Paris, France, at 44 hectares (110 acres). The Père Lachaise is located in the 20th arrondissement and was the first garden cemetery, as well as the first municipal cemetery in Paris.
Museums
Musée de Cluny
The Musée de Cluny, officially Musée de Cluny-Musée National du Moyen Âge (lit. 'Cluny Museum-National Museum of the Middle Ages'), is a museum of medieval art in Paris.
Arab World Institute
The Institut du monde arabe is an organisation founded in Paris in 1980 by France with 18 Arab countries to research and disseminate information about the Arab world and its cultural and spiritual values.
Musée d'Orsay
The Musée d'Orsay is a museum in Paris, France, on the Left Bank of the Seine.
Louvre Museum
The Louvre is a national art museum in Paris, France.
Musée de l'Orangerie
The Musée de l'Orangerie is an art gallery of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings located in the west corner of the Tuileries Garden next to the Place de la Concorde in Paris.
Musée du quai Branly
The Musée du Quai Branly – Jacques Chirac is an art museum located in Paris, France. The museum, designed by French architect Jean Nouvel, features the indigenous art and cultures of Africa, Asia, Oceania, and the Americas.
Musée Rodin
The Musée Rodin of Paris, France, is an art museum that was opened in 1919, primarily dedicated to the works of the French sculptor Auguste Rodin.
Petit Palais
The Petit Palais is an art museum in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France.
Centre Georges Pompidou
The Centre Pompidou, more fully the Centre national d'art et de culture Georges-Pompidou (lit.
Musée Picasso
Musée Picasso Paris is an art gallery located in the Hôtel Salé on the Rue de Thorigny, in the Marais district of Paris, France, dedicated to the work of the Spanish artist Pablo Picasso.
Musée Carnavalet
The Musée Carnavalet in Paris is dedicated to the history of the city. The museum occupies two neighboring mansions: the Hôtel Carnavalet and the former Hôtel Le Peletier de Saint Fargeau.
Louis Vuitton Foundation
The Louis Vuitton Foundation, previously Louis Vuitton Foundation for Creation (Fondation Louis-Vuitton pour la création), is a French art museum and cultural center sponsored by the group LVMH and its subsidiaries.
Catacombs of Paris
The Catacombs of Paris are underground ossuaries in Paris, France, which hold the remains of more than six million people.
Places of worship
Notre-Dame de Paris
Notre-Dame de Paris, often referred to simply as Notre-Dame, is a medieval Catholic cathedral and basilica on the Île de la Cité (an island in the River Seine), in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, France.
Sainte Chapelle
The Sainte-Chapelle is a royal chapel in the Gothic style, within the medieval Palais de la Cité, the residence of the Kings of France until the 14th century, on the Île de la Cité in the River Seine in Paris, France.
Panthéon
The Panthéon (French: [pɑ̃.te.ɔ̃], from Ancient Greek πάνθειον (pántheion) '[temple] to all the gods') is a monument in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, France.
Grand Mosque of Paris
The Grand Mosque of Paris, also known as the Great Mosque of Paris or simply the Paris Mosque, located in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, is one of the largest mosques in France.
Royal abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés
The Church of Saint-Germain-des-Prés is a Catholic parish church located in the Saint-Germain-des-Prés quarter of Paris.
Church of Saint-Sulpice
The Church of Saint-Sulpice is a Catholic church in Paris, France, on the east side of Place Saint-Sulpice, in the 6th arrondissement. It is the second largest church in the city. It is dedicated to Sulpitius the Pious.
Sacré-Cœur
The Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Montmartre, commonly known as Sacré-Cœur Basilica or simply Sacré-Cœur, is a Catholic church and minor basilica in Paris dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
Monuments
Arc de Triomphe
The Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile, often simply called the Arc de Triomphe, is one of the most famous monuments in Paris, France.
Eiffel Tower
The Eiffel Tower is a lattice tower on the Champ de Mars in Paris, France.
Nature
Jardin des plantes
The Jardin des Plantes, known as the Jardin des Plantes de Paris when distinguished from those in other cities, and formerly as the Jardin du Roi, is the main botanical garden in France.
Jardin du Luxembourg
The Jardin du Luxembourg, known in English as the Luxembourg Garden, colloquially referred to as the Jardin du Sénat (Senate Garden), is located in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, France.
Tuileries Garden
The Tuileries Garden is a public garden between the Louvre and the Place de la Concorde in the 1st arrondissement of Paris, France.
Champ de Mars
The Champ de Mars is a large public greenspace in Paris, France, located in the seventh arrondissement, between the Eiffel Tower to the northwest and the École Militaire to the southeast.
Parc des Buttes-Chaumont
The Parc des Buttes Chaumont is a public park situated in northeastern Paris, France, in the 19th arrondissement.
Other
Hôtel de Ville, Paris
The Hôtel de Ville is the city hall of Paris, France, standing on the Place de l'Hôtel-de-Ville – Esplanade de la Libération in the 4th arrondissement.
Conciergerie
The Conciergerie is a former courthouse and prison in Paris, France located on the west of the Île de la Cité below the Palais de Justice.
Sorbonne
The name Sorbonne is commonly used to refer to the historic University of Paris in Paris, France, or one of its successor institutions (see below).
Palais-Royal
The Palais-Royal is a former French royal palace located on Rue Saint-Honoré in the 1st arrondissement of Paris. The screened entrance court faces the Place du Palais-Royal, opposite the Louvre.
Place de la Concorde
The Place de la Concorde, originally the Place Louis XV (Louis XV Square), and later the Place Louis XVI (Louis XVI Square), is a public square in Paris. Measuring 7.6 ha (19 acres) in area, it is the largest square in the city.
Place du Trocadéro
The Trocadéro, site of the Palais de Chaillot, is an area of Paris, France, in the 16th arrondissement, across the Seine from the Eiffel Tower.
Les Invalides
The Hôtel des Invalides, commonly called Les Invalides, is a complex of buildings in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France, containing museums and monuments, all relating to the military history of France, as well as a hospital and an old soldiers' retirement home, the…
Grand Palais
The Grand Palais des Champs-Élysées, commonly known as the Grand Palais, is a historic site, exhibition hall and museum complex located in the 8th arrondissement of Paris between the Champs-Élysées and the Seine, France, on Avenue Winston-Churchill.
Place des Vosges
The Place des Vosges, originally the Place Royale ('Royal Square'), is the oldest planned square in Paris, just before the Place Dauphine.
Place de la Bastille
The Place de la Bastille is a square in Paris where the Bastille Prison once stood, until the storming of the Bastille and its subsequent physical destruction between 14 July 1789 and 14 July 1790 during the French Revolution.
Galeries Lafayette Haussmann
Galeries Lafayette is an upmarket French department store chain. The flagship store is located on Boulevard Haussmann in the 9th arrondissement of Paris.
Moulin Rouge
Moulin Rouge is a cabaret in Paris, on the Boulevard de Clichy, at the Place Blanche, the intersection and end of the Rue Blanche.
Place du Tertre
The Place du Tertre is a square in the 18th arrondissement of Paris, France. Only a few streets away from the Basilica of the Sacré Cœur and the Lapin Agile cabaret, it is near the summit of the city's elevated Montmartre quarter.
Île de la Cité
The Île de la Cité is one of two natural islands on the Seine River (alongside Île Saint-Louis) in central Paris. It spans 22.5 hectares (56 acres) of land.
Saint-Jacques Tower
Tour Saint-Jacques is a monument located in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, France, on the Rive Droite.
Canal Saint-Martin
The Canal Saint-Martin is a 4.6 km (2.86 mi) long canal in Paris, connecting the Canal de l'Ourcq to the river Seine.
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