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The Normandy coast of the June 1944 landings, with Omaha Beach, Pointe du Hoc and the American Cemetery.
4 Sights
Musée d'Orsay
The world's great collection of Impressionist art, by Monet, Renoir, Degas and Van Gogh, in a grand old railway station.
- Open
- Tuesday to Sunday; closed Mondays; late on Thursdays
- Price
- Paid
- Time Needed
- 3 hours
- Address
- Esplanade Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, 75007 ParisDirections
- Getting There
- Musée d'Orsay station (RER C), or Solférino (Metro line 12).
Why Go
Built as a railway station for the 1900 World's Fair, the building now holds French art from 1848 to 1914. Its top floor is a parade of Impressionist masterpieces, from Monet's poppies to Van Gogh's Starry Night over the Rhône.
Look out through the giant clock face for a view across the Seine to the Louvre and Sacré-Cœur.
Nearby in Paris
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