The Place de la Concorde sits as a vast, paved octagon between the Tuileries Garden and the Champs Elysees, dominated by a towering ancient Egyptian obelisk. King Louis the Fifteenth commissioned the square in the mid eighteenth century,…
Champs Élysées Grand Walk
Walk from the historic Place de la Concorde up to the iconic Arc de Triomphe, exploring grand exhibition palaces, lush gardens, and legendary luxury boutiques along Paris's most famous avenue.
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1. Place de la Concorde
2. Jardins des Champs-Élysées
The Jardins des Champs-Élysées form a long, narrow green corridor defined by the wide, gravelled pathways and deep groves of chestnut trees flanking the avenue. Originally a swampy thicket, the land was levelled in the seventeenth century…
3. Petit Palais
The Petit Palais features a grand, gilded entrance gate that stands out against the white stone facade, framed by high, arched windows. Built for the nineteen hundred World Fair, the structure served as a permanent home for the fine arts…
4. Grand Palais
The Grand Palais features a vast, arched roof made of six thousand tonnes of steel, glass, and iron that glows above the Avenue Winston Churchill. Built for the nineteen hundred Universal Exhibition, it replaced the old Palais de…
5. Théâtre Marigny
The Théâtre Marigny features a rounded facade covered in brilliant white stone and tall, arched glass doorways that reflect the trees of the surrounding gardens. Designed by Charles Garnier in eighteen eighty-three, this building began as…
6. Rond-Point des Champs-Élysées Marcel-Dassault
The Rond-Point des Champs-Élysées Marcel-Dassault sits where four wide avenues meet, anchored by the stone hotels that define the district. In nineteen fifty-two, the city renamed this hub for Marcel Dassault, the aviation tycoon who based…
7. Louis Vuitton Résidence Éphémère Champs-Élysées
The facade at one hundred and one Avenue des Champs-Élysées features a dramatic, geometric gold and brown pattern that mimics a giant, folded trunk. This building housed the headquarters of Louis Vuitton in nineteen twelve, back when the…
8. Brasserie Fouquet's Paris
The red awning of Brasserie Fouquet’s stretches across the corner of the Champs-Élysées with a signature shade of crimson that has defined this storefront since eighteen ninety-nine. Louis Fouquet opened his bistro here as a simple wine…
9. Arc de Triomphe
The Arc de Triomphe sits at the center of the Place Charles de Gaulle, identifiable by its massive size and the intricate relief sculptures covering its stone pillars. Commissioned by Napoleon after the victory at Austerlitz, the monument…