Paris Sightseeing, Attractions & Activities Guide

commissioned in 1806 by Napoleon to celebrate his victories, taking thirty years to build, finally completed in 1836. Visitors can climb steps to the top where there is a viewing platform

situated outdoors on the banks of the Seine, this unremarkable collection was founded in 1980 and is devoted to modern sculpture, mainly of the period since World War II

containing great period scenes of historic French war figures, as well as actors, singers and cartoon characters, this waxwork museum, founded in 1882, is now a Paris landmark on a par with Madame Tussauds in London

covering 25 acres with a long, rectangular ornamental pool, bordered by stone and bronze-gilt statues with the Eiffel Tower close by.

with over 13,000 fishes and invertebrates, sharks, jellyfish and 700 coral colonies, this is a marvel for all the family

an imposing, classical façade and Art Nouveau ironwork and housing a continuous programme of temporary exhibitions

France's oldest public zoo is situated in the lovely surroundings of the Jardin des Plantes. It was set up during the Revolution to house survivors for the Royal menagerie at Versailles - all four of them

established in the seventeenth century with a variety of gardens and a school of botany

french cognac and perfume producers, and the luxury trade in general, have been plagued for years by counterfeiters and this museum exhibits the type of frauds which have been taking place since Roman times

Henri Langlois was obsessed with the history of the cinema and put together this brilliantly eclectic collection, covering the evolution of film making

waxwork figures illustrate the history of wine-making in these vaulted medieval cellars, once used by the monks of Passy. The exhibits include a collection of old wine bottles and glasses as well as other interesting exhibits

known for its fine collection of Italian Renaissance and French 18th Century works of art and with a varied programme of temporary exhibitions

covering palaeontology, entomology and evolution. The museum has as its mission both research (fundamental and applied) and public diffusion of knowledge of the history of the evolution of Planet Earth

the Palais de Chaillot houses three major museums – the Cité de l’Architecture et du Patrimoine, the Musée National de la Marine and the Musée de l’Homme. It has spectacular views of the Eiffel Tower from the terrace

built for the Universal Exhibition in 1900 to stage a major display of French art, this jewel of a building now houses the Musée des Beaux-Art de la Ville de Paris with fine examples of work by Cézanne, Courbet and Dürer

dating from the lated 2nd Century, the remains of the vast Roman arena, seating up to 15,000 people, still impresses

a veritable labyrinth in the heart of underground Paris, the Catacombs were installed in the tunnels of former quarries. They now house the remains of millions of Parisians taken from Les Halles in the 19th Century

dating from 1427 and built for the brothers of Charity, or Billettes, these are the only remaining cloisters in Paris.The adjoining church is classical in style

founded in 1980 and house in a magnificent modern building, bringing cultural links from the Islamic world to the west with a museum and exhibitions

one of the best known Parisian buildings due to its prominent location and size, with paintings, sculpture and splendid mosaic work