Eiffel Tower

Champs de Mars (7)
Underground: Bir Hakeim, Trocadéro
www.tour-eiffel.fr
Tel. (0) 1 44 11 23 23
Open: Daily 9am-0.45am in summer, 9.30am-11.45pm in winter.

Built according to a design by Gustave Eiffel for the World Fair of 1889. A masterpiece of iron architecture, it contains more than 12,000 parts. The symbol par excellence of the French capital. Subdivided into different floor levels, the first floor is at a height of 57 metres and accomodates the ‘Jules Verne’, one of Paris’s most famous restaurants (Tel. (0) 1 45 55 61 44). If you want a table, you’ll have to book many weeks in advance !

The highest platform of this ‘Iron Lady’ is 300 metres above the ground. A clear sky guarantees a panorama across 100 kilometres of Île de France.

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