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The Normandy coast of the June 1944 landings, with Omaha Beach, Pointe du Hoc and the American Cemetery.
4 Sights
Arc de Triomphe
Napoleon's triumphal arch at the top of the Champs-Élysées, with the Unknown Soldier's flame and a rooftop view.
- Open
- Every day
- Price
- Free to the base; paid for the rooftop
- Time Needed
- 1 hour
- Address
- Place Charles de Gaulle, 75008 ParisDirections
- Getting There
- Charles de Gaulle–Étoile station, then the underground passage from the Champs-Élysées; don't cross the traffic circle.
Why Go
Ordered by Napoleon in 1806 and finished in 1836, the arch stands at the center of a star of twelve avenues. Beneath it lies France's Unknown Soldier, whose flame is rekindled every evening at 6:30 pm.
Its rooftop, 284 steps up, looks straight down the Champs-Élysées to the Louvre and out to the towers of La Défense.
Nearby in Paris
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