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PARIS AT A GLANCE

There are nearly 300 places of interest pp194–5). To help make the most of your
described in the Area by Area section of this stay, the following 20 pages are a time-
book. A broad range of sights is covered, saving guide to the best Paris has to offer.
from the ancient Conciergerie and its grisly Museums and galleries, historic churches,
associations with the guillotine (see p87) to spacious parks, gardens and squares are all
the modern Opéra National de Paris Bastille described. There is also a guide to Paris’s
(see p102); and from the oldest house in famous personalities. Each sight has a cross
Paris, No. 51 Rue de Montmorency (see p116), reference to its own full entry. Below are
to the exotic Musée du quai Branly (see the top tourist attractions to start you off.

Paris’s Top Tourist Attractions

Sacré-Coeur Sainte-Chapelle Palace of Versailles
See pp226–7. See pp88–9. See pp250–55.

Pompidou Centre Jardin du Luxembourg
See pp110–13. See p174.

Musée du Louvre Musée d’Orsay Eiffel Tower
See pp122–9. See pp146–9. See pp196–7.

Bois de Boulogne Notre-Dame Arc de Triomphe
See p247. See pp82–5. See pp212–13.
Interior of Notre-Dame Cathedral

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