Museums- Centre Georges-Pompidou - 20th-century modern art museum, hosting the Paris Museum of Modern Art Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie - a hands-on science museum that attracts over two million visitors yearly The Louvre - one of the world's largest museums and a historic monument Musée des Arts et Métiers - Museum of Arts and Crafts that houses the collection of the Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers (National Conservatory of Arts and Industry), which was founded in 1794 as a repository for the preservation of scientific instruments and inventions Musée d'Orsay - 19th-century paintings, one of the largest Impressionist exhibits, housed in a former rail station Muséum national d'histoire naturelle - National Museum of Natural History Parc de la Villette - hosting the Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie, a science museum, and the Cité de la Musique, which houses various musical institutes, a museum, and a concert hall Monuments[edit] See also: List of parks and gardens in Paris The Arc de Triomphe - monument at the center of the Place de l'Étoile, commemorating the victories of France and honoring those who died in battle The Conciergerie - located on the Île de la Cité; a medieval building which was formerly used as a prison where some prominent members of the ancien régime stayed before their death during the French Revolution The Eiffel Tower - a construction of Gustave Eiffel for the 1889 Universal Exposition The Grand Palais - a large glass exhibition hall built for the 1900 Paris Exhibition Les Invalides - complex containing museums and monuments relating to the military history of France The Palais Garnier - Paris's central opera house, built in the later Second Empire period The Panthéon - church and tomb of a number of France's most famed men and women Place des Vosges - square in the Marais districte Place Vendôme Churches[edit] Basilica of the Sacré Cœur - located in the district of Montmartre The Montmartre Cemetery - located in the district of Montmartre Notre Dame de Paris Cathedral - Paris's 12th-century ecclesiastical centrepiece on the Île de la Cité The Père Lachaise Cemetery - a romantic cemetery. Sainte-Chapelle - a 13th-century Gothic palace chapel, also located on the Île de la Cité Modern and contemporary architecture of the 20th and 21st century[edit] Arab World Institute (1987) Jean Nouvel,[3] 5th arrondissement of Paris Bercy Arena, équipe Andrault-Parat, Jean Prouvé, Guvan (1984), 12th arrondissement of Paris. Cité internationale universitaire de Paris, Pavillon Suisse (1930) and Maison du Brésil (1954), Le Corbusier and Lúcio Costa for the latter[4] Front de Seine (1970s) and Centre commercial Beaugrenelle, Valode et Pistre (2013), 15th arrondissement of Paris Minister of the Economy, Finances and Industry (1989), 12th arrondissement of Paris. Musée Mendjisky, Robert Mallet-Stevens,[5] (1932) 15th arrondissement of Paris Opéra Bastille, Carlos Ott (1989), 11th arrondissement of Paris Palais de Chaillot (1937), Jacques Carlu, Louis-Hippolyte Boileau and Léon Azéma, 16th arrondissement of Paris Palais de la Porte Dorée (1931), Albert Laprade, 12th arrondissement of Paris[6] Palais de Tokyo (1937), architects: Jean-Claude Dondel, André Aubert, Paul Viard et Marcel Dastugue, low reliefs: Alfred Janniot, statue La France: Antoine Bourdelle, 16th arrondissement of Paris Palais d'Iéna (1937), Auguste Perret, 16th arrondissement of Paris Palais de Chaillot (1937), Jacques Carlu, Louis-Hippolyte Boileau and Léon Azéma, 16th arrondissement of Paris (1927), Jacques Marcel Auburtin, André Granet and Jean-Baptiste Mathon, 8th arrondissement of Paris Salle Pleyel (1927), Jacques Marcel Auburtin, André Granet and Jean-Baptiste Mathon, 8th arrondissement of Paris La Samaritaine, building facing the river (1928?), Frantz Jourdain and Henri Sauvage, 1st arrondissement of Paris Site of the French communist party, Oscar Niemeyer (1965-1980), 19th arrondissement of Paris Théâtre des Champs-Élysées (1913), Auguste Perret, 8th arrondissement of Paris Tour Montparnasse, architects Jean Saubot, Eugène Beaudouin, Urbain Cassan and Louis de Hoÿm de Marien (1973), 15th arrondissement of Paris World Heritage Centre (Unesco) (1958) architects: French Bernard Zehrfuss, Américan Marcel Breuer, and Italian Pier Luigi Nervi. Their plans were validated by an international committee of five architects: Lucio Costa (Brasil), Walter Gropius (United States), Le Corbusier (France), Sven Markelius (Sweden) and Ernesto Nathan Rogers (Italy), in collaboration with Eero Saarinen (Finland). 7th arrondissement of Paris[7] Centre national d'art et de culture Georges-Pompidou, Renzo Piano, Richard Rogers, Gianfranco Franchini (1977), 1st arrondissement of Paris Les Echelles du Baroque, Ricardo Bofill (1985), 14th arrondissement of Paris La Géode, architects Adrien Fainsilber and Gérard Chamayou (1985), 19th arrondissement of Paris Église Notre-Dame-de-l'Arche-d'Alliance, Architecture-Studio (1986), 15th arrondissement of Paris Louvre Pyramid, Ieoh Ming Pei (1989), 1st arrondissement of Paris La Défense, Paris business district, Grande Arche, Johan Otto von Spreckelsen and Erik Reitzel (1989) Parc André-Citroën, landscaping: Gilles Clément, Allain Provost, architects Patrick Berger, Jean-François Jodry and Jean-Paul Viguier, (1992),[8] 15th arrondissement of Paris
The Louis Vuitton Foundation finished building (rear view) Canal+ former site (1992), Richard Meier,[9] 15th arrondissement of Paris Outside shell Ministère de la Culture (France),[10] 1st arrondissement of Paris Cinémathèque française (1993), Frank Gehry, 12th arrondissement of Paris. Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, Jean Nouvel (1994), 14th arrondissement of Paris Bibliothèque nationale de France, Dominique Perrault (1995), 13th arrondissement of Paris Musée du quai Branly, Jean Nouvel (2006), 7th arrondissement of Paris Cité de la mode et du design, Jakob + Macfarlane (2008), 13th arrondissement of Paris Louis Vuitton Foundation, Frank Gehry (2014), 16th arrondissement of Paris[11] Philharmonie de Paris, Jean Nouvel (2015), 19th arrondissement of Paris Others[edit] Montmartre - an old district of Paris on a hill containing the Basilica of the Sacré Cœur and the Place du Tertre. The Sorbonne - one of the universities of Paris (Paris IV), the centre of Paris's Latin Quarter. Statue of Liberty replicas - A smaller version of the New York City harbor statue which France gave to the United States in 1886, located on the Île aux Cygnes on the Seine in the Front de Seine district. Another smaller version is in the Luxembourg Garden. Flame of Liberty - replica of the flame held by the Statue of Liberty Pasteur Institute and museum
Cracking restaurant near Rialto Bridge. I'll text you a screenie. Forgotten the name but it was great value for money and a lovely place to sit and chill.
Vaporetto (water taxis) are awesome value for money and you can get pretty much anywhere.
Murano and Burano are interesting to visit. Don't buy the glass stuff they make and don't break anything - I fell in love with a chandelier that was only €250k
A few recommendations from our last trip to Venice three or four years ago.
To eat:
- Trattoria Antiche Carampane - an authentic and excellent fish restaurant by Ponte de le Tette ('the Bridge of Tits', where local prostitutes used to hang out) - http://www.antichecarampane.com/en/antichecarampane.
- the Frari Church is well worth a visit; try to go early to beat the crowds.
- others include the Accademia Gallery, Peggy Guggenheim, the Doge's Palace, Basilica San Marco and the Rialto fish market, although just wandering around is interesting in this city.
AFKA, text me when you're awake and I'll send my trip advisor link where we went last year, stunning little place, in the Cannaregio district (NW).
Also, well worth the trip across to Murano and the glass blowing factories and watch a demo. We stayed in the hotel on Murano. There's a great restaurant there too which does the best pizzas I have ever tasted!
We paid €65 for our Gondola but we went in February so I'm assuming may be a little more now.
Have a great time, you'll absolutely love it. Oh and get the taxi boat, proper James Bond stuff to/from Marco Polo airport!
keep your hands in your pocket and close to your wallet .... loads of pick-pockets about but a fantastic place go wandering down the alleys there are some fantastic little squares with bars hidden from the main throughfares and take the train the view of the grand canal as you come out of the station is great
I second the comments about Murano - stayed there last year, and found it much quieter (and prettier) than the main island. Everything seems to be shut after 9pm though in Murano.
Cheers all for your tips, Venice was incredible. A complete unique place and if you have never been, you have to.
You are right about just walking around and getting lost. My phone app says we walked 46km while we were there and still don't feel we got to cover everything we wanted
I'm sitting in Venice reading this thread, thanks for the tips. I completely forgot to set up a to do list so aimlessly wandering and concerned we won't see enough!
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Centre Georges-Pompidou - 20th-century modern art museum, hosting the Paris Museum of Modern Art
Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie - a hands-on science museum that attracts over two million visitors yearly
The Louvre - one of the world's largest museums and a historic monument
Musée des Arts et Métiers - Museum of Arts and Crafts that houses the collection of the Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers (National Conservatory of Arts and Industry), which was founded in 1794 as a repository for the preservation of scientific instruments and inventions
Musée d'Orsay - 19th-century paintings, one of the largest Impressionist exhibits, housed in a former rail station
Muséum national d'histoire naturelle - National Museum of Natural History
Parc de la Villette - hosting the Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie, a science museum, and the Cité de la Musique, which houses various musical institutes, a museum, and a concert hall
Monuments[edit]
See also: List of parks and gardens in Paris
The Arc de Triomphe - monument at the center of the Place de l'Étoile, commemorating the victories of France and honoring those who died in battle
The Conciergerie - located on the Île de la Cité; a medieval building which was formerly used as a prison where some prominent members of the ancien régime stayed before their death during the French Revolution
The Eiffel Tower - a construction of Gustave Eiffel for the 1889 Universal Exposition
The Grand Palais - a large glass exhibition hall built for the 1900 Paris Exhibition
Les Invalides - complex containing museums and monuments relating to the military history of France
The Palais Garnier - Paris's central opera house, built in the later Second Empire period
The Panthéon - church and tomb of a number of France's most famed men and women
Place des Vosges - square in the Marais districte
Place Vendôme
Churches[edit]
Basilica of the Sacré Cœur - located in the district of Montmartre
The Montmartre Cemetery - located in the district of Montmartre
Notre Dame de Paris Cathedral - Paris's 12th-century ecclesiastical centrepiece on the Île de la Cité
The Père Lachaise Cemetery - a romantic cemetery.
Sainte-Chapelle - a 13th-century Gothic palace chapel, also located on the Île de la Cité
Modern and contemporary architecture of the 20th and 21st century[edit]
Arab World Institute (1987) Jean Nouvel,[3] 5th arrondissement of Paris
Bercy Arena, équipe Andrault-Parat, Jean Prouvé, Guvan (1984), 12th arrondissement of Paris.
Cité internationale universitaire de Paris, Pavillon Suisse (1930) and Maison du Brésil (1954), Le Corbusier and Lúcio Costa for the latter[4]
Front de Seine (1970s) and Centre commercial Beaugrenelle, Valode et Pistre (2013), 15th arrondissement of Paris
Minister of the Economy, Finances and Industry (1989), 12th arrondissement of Paris.
Musée Mendjisky, Robert Mallet-Stevens,[5] (1932) 15th arrondissement of Paris
Opéra Bastille, Carlos Ott (1989), 11th arrondissement of Paris
Palais de Chaillot (1937), Jacques Carlu, Louis-Hippolyte Boileau and Léon Azéma, 16th arrondissement of Paris
Palais de la Porte Dorée (1931), Albert Laprade, 12th arrondissement of Paris[6]
Palais de Tokyo (1937), architects: Jean-Claude Dondel, André Aubert, Paul Viard et Marcel Dastugue, low reliefs: Alfred Janniot, statue La France: Antoine Bourdelle, 16th arrondissement of Paris
Palais d'Iéna (1937), Auguste Perret, 16th arrondissement of Paris
Palais de Chaillot (1937), Jacques Carlu, Louis-Hippolyte Boileau and Léon Azéma, 16th arrondissement of Paris (1927), Jacques Marcel Auburtin, André Granet and Jean-Baptiste Mathon, 8th arrondissement of Paris
Salle Pleyel (1927), Jacques Marcel Auburtin, André Granet and Jean-Baptiste Mathon, 8th arrondissement of Paris
La Samaritaine, building facing the river (1928?), Frantz Jourdain and Henri Sauvage, 1st arrondissement of Paris
Site of the French communist party, Oscar Niemeyer (1965-1980), 19th arrondissement of Paris
Théâtre des Champs-Élysées (1913), Auguste Perret, 8th arrondissement of Paris
Tour Montparnasse, architects Jean Saubot, Eugène Beaudouin, Urbain Cassan and Louis de Hoÿm de Marien (1973), 15th arrondissement of Paris
World Heritage Centre (Unesco) (1958) architects: French Bernard Zehrfuss, Américan Marcel Breuer, and Italian Pier Luigi Nervi. Their plans were validated by an international committee of five architects: Lucio Costa (Brasil), Walter Gropius (United States), Le Corbusier (France), Sven Markelius (Sweden) and Ernesto Nathan Rogers (Italy), in collaboration with Eero Saarinen (Finland). 7th arrondissement of Paris[7]
Centre national d'art et de culture Georges-Pompidou, Renzo Piano, Richard Rogers, Gianfranco Franchini (1977), 1st arrondissement of Paris
Les Echelles du Baroque, Ricardo Bofill (1985), 14th arrondissement of Paris
La Géode, architects Adrien Fainsilber and Gérard Chamayou (1985), 19th arrondissement of Paris
Église Notre-Dame-de-l'Arche-d'Alliance, Architecture-Studio (1986), 15th arrondissement of Paris
Louvre Pyramid, Ieoh Ming Pei (1989), 1st arrondissement of Paris
La Défense, Paris business district, Grande Arche, Johan Otto von Spreckelsen and Erik Reitzel (1989)
Parc André-Citroën, landscaping: Gilles Clément, Allain Provost, architects Patrick Berger, Jean-François Jodry and Jean-Paul Viguier, (1992),[8] 15th arrondissement of Paris
The Louis Vuitton Foundation finished building (rear view)
Canal+ former site (1992), Richard Meier,[9] 15th arrondissement of Paris
Outside shell Ministère de la Culture (France),[10] 1st arrondissement of Paris
Cinémathèque française (1993), Frank Gehry, 12th arrondissement of Paris.
Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, Jean Nouvel (1994), 14th arrondissement of Paris
Bibliothèque nationale de France, Dominique Perrault (1995), 13th arrondissement of Paris
Musée du quai Branly, Jean Nouvel (2006), 7th arrondissement of Paris
Cité de la mode et du design, Jakob + Macfarlane (2008), 13th arrondissement of Paris
Louis Vuitton Foundation, Frank Gehry (2014), 16th arrondissement of Paris[11]
Philharmonie de Paris, Jean Nouvel (2015), 19th arrondissement of Paris
Others[edit]
Montmartre - an old district of Paris on a hill containing the Basilica of the Sacré Cœur and the Place du Tertre.
The Sorbonne - one of the universities of Paris (Paris IV), the centre of Paris's Latin Quarter.
Statue of Liberty replicas - A smaller version of the New York City harbor statue which France gave to the United States in 1886, located on the Île aux Cygnes on the Seine in the Front de Seine district.
Another smaller version is in the Luxembourg Garden.
Flame of Liberty - replica of the flame held by the Statue of Liberty
Pasteur Institute and museum
Ponte dell'Accademia is my favourite bridge across the Grand Canal with the Gallerie dell'Accademia on the South side - can spend hours in there.
Vaporetto (water taxis) are awesome value for money and you can get pretty much anywhere.
Murano and Burano are interesting to visit. Don't buy the glass stuff they make and don't break anything - I fell in love with a chandelier that was only €250k
It's a lot of fun
To eat:
- Trattoria Antiche Carampane - an authentic and excellent fish restaurant by Ponte de le Tette ('the Bridge of Tits', where local prostitutes used to hang out) - http://www.antichecarampane.com/en/antichecarampane.
- for cicheti bar snacks/tapas and an accompanying small glass of wine (usually about 2 Euro apiece) try any of the local 'bacari' - http://www.theguardian.com/travel/2010/feb/13/venice-bar-snacks-cicheti-wine
To see:
- the Frari Church is well worth a visit; try to go early to beat the crowds.
- others include the Accademia Gallery, Peggy Guggenheim, the Doge's Palace, Basilica San Marco and the Rialto fish market, although just wandering around is interesting in this city.
Also, well worth the trip across to Murano and the glass blowing factories and watch a demo. We stayed in the hotel on Murano. There's a great restaurant there too which does the best pizzas I have ever tasted!
We paid €65 for our Gondola but we went in February so I'm assuming may be a little more now.
Have a great time, you'll absolutely love it. Oh and get the taxi boat, proper James Bond stuff to/from Marco Polo airport!
1/2 by train from Venice and gives you a breather from the hordes of tourists.
You are right about just walking around and getting lost. My phone app says we walked 46km while we were there and still don't feel we got to cover everything we wanted