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Louis Vuitton Foundation

Louis Vuitton Foundation

2.68km from Grande Arche de la Defense

The Louis Vuitton Foundation in Paris is a private modern and contemporary art center and museum, whose iconic building was designed by Frank Gehry. Through its exhibitions, the Foundation is committed to promoting modern and contemporary artistic creation and to helping it reach a growing audience in France and internationally. It runs as a legally separate, nonprofit entity as part of LVMH's promotion of art and culture.

Jardin d'Acclimatation

Jardin d'Acclimatation

2.98km from Grande Arche de la Defense

The Garden of acclimatization is an amusement park and pleasure of the 16 th arrondissement of Paris, along the Bois de Boulogne. This green space covers 19 hectares, between the Porte de Neuilly and the Porte des Sablons at the edge of the Bois de Boulogne, along the Boulevard Maurice-Barrès located in Neuilly-sur-Seine. It was one of the nice locations where you can spend a nice time.

Bois de Boulogne

Bois de Boulogne

3.49km from Grande Arche de la Defense

Bois de Boulogne has become the largest spot for relaxation in the west of Paris. Later it was the hunting ground for the Kings of France with a surface area of 850 hectares. It offers numerous walkways, 28 km of bridleways, and 15 km of touristic cycle routes. There are so many facilities, which have been designed to suit everyone, such as playgrounds for children, the Musée en Herbe, picnic areas, bicycle hire and boat hire on the Lac Inférieur, the Auteuil and Longchamp racecourses, restaura

Musée Marmottan Monet

Musée Marmottan Monet

4.35km from Grande Arche de la Defense

The Musée Marmottan Monet is home to the largest collection of the works of the painter Claude Monet. It features a collection of art ranging 700 years, from the 13th century to the 20th century, with over three hundred Impressionist and Post-Impressionist works by Claude Monet. In addition, it houses the Wildenstein Collection of illuminated manuscripts and the Jules and Paul Marmottan collection of Napoleonic era art and furniture as well as Italian and Flemish primitive paintings.

Place Charles de Gaulle

Place Charles de Gaulle

4.74km from Grande Arche de la Defense

The Place Charles de Gaulle is often known as the Place de l’Etoile or stars square, which is due to the roads all intersecting this notorious junction, yet it is probably most famous for being the location of the Arc de Triomphe that is the famous large triumphal arch monument in Paris. The pavilions in the gardens are used as tearooms, restaurants, and theatres. The Grand Palais and the Petit Palais, built for the International Exposition of 1900, sit on the south side of the avenue.

Arc de Triomphe

Arc de Triomphe

4.79km from Grande Arche de la Defense

The Arc de Triomphe, at the center of the Place de l'Étoile and the western end of the Champs-Elysées, is a very famous monument in Paris. It is a large arch, but it is not possible to drive underneath it. It is an iconic symbol of French national identity and took 30 years to build. The Arc de Triomphe provides a glimpse into France’s social past as well as spectacular views across central Paris.

Trocadéro Gardens

Trocadéro Gardens

5.2km from Grande Arche de la Defense

An open space that has a spectacular garden and provides exceptional views of the Eiffel Tower across the River Seine located in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. This space was built for the 1937 World’s Fair in Paris, the gardens align perfectly with the base of the Eiffel Tower. Today this beautiful space plays a role in popular seasonal events throughout the year. There are also fountains and an array of sculptures and so more to see.

Musée national des arts asiatiques Guimet

Musée national des arts asiatiques Guimet

5.2km from Grande Arche de la Defense

The National Museum of Asian Arts - Guimet is an Asian art museum located in Paris , inaugurated in 1889. It bears the name of Émile Guimet, an industrialist and scholar from Lyon who, thanks to his travels, brings together important collections of Asian art objects. It brings together, over an area of ​​4000 m², many masterpieces of this continent. Some of the museum's artifacts were collected from Southeast Asia by French authorities during the colonial period.

Palais de Tokyo

Palais de Tokyo

5.41km from Grande Arche de la Defense

A huge building dedicated to modern and contemporary art. It is located at 11, avenue du President Wilson. The Palais de Tokyo is one of the three permanent buildings of the 1937 international exhibition and intended, according to the 1934 project, to replace the Luxembourg Museum . It was initially used to present a retrospective of French art since the Middle Ages, but its real inauguration dates from 1947 when the collections relocated during the Second World War returned.

Paris Museum of Modern Art

Paris Museum of Modern Art

5.5km from Grande Arche de la Defense

Paris Museum of Modern Art is a major municipal museum dedicated to modern and contemporary art of the 20th and 21st centuries, Set in the east wing of the Palais de Tokyo, a sober 1930s monument, the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art of Paris exhibits 10,000 with the seal of eclecticism, satisfying anyone interested in greater contemporary creation. It features several artistic movements of the twentieth century, focusing especially on the Cubism and Fauvism movements.

Parc Monceau

Parc Monceau

5.52km from Grande Arche de la Defense

The Parc Monceau is a flower garden located in Europe's neighborhood of the 8 th arrondissement of Paris. The park includes in particular a rotunda, a former pavilion, created by Claude Nicolas Ledoux, from the wall of the Fermiers Général. It includes a collection of scaled-down architectural features, or follies — including an Egyptian pyramid, a Chinese fort, a Dutch windmill, and Corinthian pillars. Today, the park has play areas for children and remains very popular with local residents and

Pont de Bir-Hakeim

Pont de Bir-Hakeim

5.58km from Grande Arche de la Defense

The Pont de Bir-Hakeim is a two-level bridge built in the early 20th century. The upper level of the bridge was used by metro line 6, while the lower level is for motor vehicles. This bridge gives a spectacular view of the Eiffel tower. This bridge was built between 1903 and 1905 to replace the earlier steel footbridge that had been constructed for the World Exhibition in 1878. This bridge has been featured in many movies and is a popular destination in this area.

Eiffel Tower

Eiffel Tower

5.72km from Grande Arche de la Defense

The Eiffel Tower is a global cultural icon of France and one of the most recognizable structures in the world. It is also the most-visited paid monument in the world!

Quai Branly Museum

Quai Branly Museum

5.73km from Grande Arche de la Defense

A beautiful museum which was located in Paris that was featuring the indigenous art and cultures of Africa, Asia, Oceania, and the Americas. It has a collection of around 300,000 arts which was extremely diverse, both in terms of its regions and its contents. It is a place that is unique and strange, poetic and unsettling. It serves as both a museum and as a center for research.

Musée Jacquemart-André

Musée Jacquemart-André

5.77km from Grande Arche de la Defense

The Musée Jacquemart-André, a private museum located at 158 Boulevard Haussmann, owned by the Institut de France, presents collections of art that are worthy of great museums in a magnificent Second Empire mansion. The museum features works by Bellini, Botticini, Pietro Perugino, Canaletto, Alfred Boucher, Rembrandt, Anthony van Dyck, Sandro Botticelli, Jean-Honoré Fragonard and many more. This museum is one of the major cultural centers in Paris.

Avenue Montaigne

Avenue Montaigne

5.86km from Grande Arche de la Defense

Avenue Montaigne, connecting the Champs-Elysées to the Alma Bridge, is known as one of the most exclusive and luxurious arteries in the capital. This is home to quite a few sumptuous international Haute Couture boutiques. Luxury and prestige crisscross and make the street the highlight of first-class shopping in Paris. In the nineteenth century, the street earned some renown for its sparkling and colourfulMabille Gardens on Saturday nights.

Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré

Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré

5.88km from Grande Arche de la Defense

Rue du Faubourg-Saint-Honoré is located in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, which it runs across from east to west. It's also one of the most luxurious streets in the capital which is 2,070 meters long and also home to leading luxury stores such as Givenchy, Azzaro, Prada, Chanel, and Hermès. This street owes its prestigious reputation to its abundance of embassies, mansions, internationally renowned shops, and art galleries.

Champs-Élysées

Champs-Élysées

6.01km from Grande Arche de la Defense

The Avenue des Champs-Élysées is a Paris must-see attractions in this area which was described as ‘the world’s most beautiful avenue. This 1.2 miles avenue connects Arc de Triomphe with the Place de la Concorde and is considered one of the world’s most famous commercial streets. There are so many things, Airline offices, fast-food restaurants, car showrooms, and cinemas, as well as American-style shopping arcades, have become increasingly dominant in this area.

Champ de Mars

Champ de Mars

6.15km from Grande Arche de la Defense

Champs de Mars is a vast public green space in Paris. the park is nestled between the world-famous Eiffel tower and the Ecolé Militaire building complex. A hotspot for national events, it can be accessed freely and offers the most beautiful view of the capital’s landmark monument. It will be a remarkable experience in your life.

Grand Palais

Grand Palais

6.31km from Grande Arche de la Defense

The Grand Palais in Paris is the iconic monument of the Rmn-GP, where we showcase our biggest exhibitions to best advantage in its vast spaces. It was designed to demonstrate France's artistic and technical prowess. It has also played host to many prestigious events: motor shows, air shows, interior design exhibitions, equestrian events, major art exhibitions, and more. In recent years there have been major exhibitions such as Hokusai, Niki de Saint Phalle, Picasso. Mania, Edward Hopper, and Ga

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Grande Arche de la Defense

Grande Arche de la Defense

1 Parvis de la Défense, 92800 Puteaux, France

The Grande Arche is the emblematic monument of the La Défense business district. This monument was shaped like a door that opens out into the world, the extremely modern design of the Grande Arche is highly original and must be experienced in person. This monument was dedicated to humanity and the humanitarian ideals of the nation. This mysterious and symbolic monument dominates the skyline of central Paris and can be seen from the Louvre pyramid.