Things to Do in Paris Near Our Louvre Hotel
Located in the 1st District in the most sought-after area of
Paris, the Hotel Lumen is a Louvre hotel, just a stone’s throw away
from the museum, the Place Vendôme and the Opera House. Located on the
corner of Rue Saint Honoré, a fashionable Paris shopping boulevard, and
just 150 meters from the Pyramides Metro stop, Hotel Lumen Paris Louvre
is in the perfect location for being able to get to the top Paris
activities and boutiques on Rue Saint Honoré and Rue Royale (Cartier,
Chanel, Armani, Dior, Colette, etc.), the Palais Royal, and the most
beautiful avenue in the world, the Avenue des Champs Elysées, with the
unforgettable Place de la Concorde. From our hotel near the Louvre, it
is a short walk to the Orangerie Museum, the Museum of Decorative Arts
and, crossing the Seine, the Musée d’Orsay. A few Metrò stops away is
the quarter of Saint Germain des Près, the Eiffel Tower and the famous
Cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris. Our Louvre hotel is just a few steps
from the financial district which houses the Bourse de Paris (the
French stock exchange) and several financial institutions. It is within
one kilometer of Estee Lauder-Darphin, BNP, GAP, Google, Liz Claiborne,
NATIXIS, Proctor & Gamble, Richemont, TOTAL, Telefonica Mexico, EMI
Music and Chanel. The hotel is 24 kilometers from Charles DeGaulle
Airport, 18 kilometers from Orly Airport, 20 kilometers from Bourget
Airport and 81 kilometers from Beauvais Airport.
Top Ten Things to Do in Paris Near our Louvre Hotel
Tour Eiffel (The Eiffel Tower)
The Eiffel Tower is a 19th century icon located on the Champ de Mars
that has become both a global icon of France and one of the most
recognizable structures in the world. The Eiffel Tower, which is the
tallest building in Paris, was named after its designer, engineer
Gustave Eiffel and built as the entrance arch for the 1889 World’s
Fair.
Louvre Museum
The Musee du Louvre or officially the Grand Louvre, or in English,
simply The Louvre, is the largest national museum of France and the
most visited museum in the world. A historic monument, it is a central
landmark of Paris, located on the Right Bank of the Seine. Nearly
35,000 objects from prehistory to the 19th century are exhibited over
an area of 652,300 square feet. The museum is housed in the Louvre
Palace which began as a fortress built in the late 12th century under
Phillip ll.
River Seine
The Seine is a slow-flowing major river and commercial waterway
within the regions of Ile-de-France and Haute-Normandie and is famous
as a romantic backdrop in photographs of Paris. It is also a tourist
attraction, with excursion boats offering sightseeing tours of the Rive
Droite and Rive Gauche. Nearly its whole length is available for
recreational boating. There are 37 bridges over the River Seine just
within Paris and dozens more spanning the river outside of the
city.
Montmartre Sacre Coeur
The Sacré-Cœur Basilica ("Basilica of the Sacred Heart") is a Roman
Catholic basilica and is a popular landmark in Paris dedicated to the
Sacred Heart of Jesus. The basilica is located at the summit of the
Butte Montmartre, the highest point in the city.
Luxembourg Garden
The Jardin du Luxembourg is the largest public park in Paris and is
the garden of the French Senate, which is itself housed in the
Luxembourg Palace. The garden is famed for its calm atmosphere.
Surrounding the pond is a series of statues of former French queens. In
the southwest corner, there is an orchard of apple and pear trees and a
puppet theater. In addition, free musical performances are presented in
a gazebo on the grounds and there is a small cafe restaurant nearby,
under the trees, with both indoor and outdoor seating from which many
people enjoy the music over a glass of wine.
Disneyland Paris
Disneyland Paris is comprised of two theme parks, a retail, dining
and entertainment district, and seven Disney-owned hotels. Operating
since April 12, 1992, it was the second Disney resort to open outside
the United States (following Tokyo Disney Resort) and the first to be
owned and operated by Disney. It is one of Europe’s leading tourist
destinations and is located 32 kilometers (20 miles) from the center of
Paris.
Place de la Concorde
The largest place in Paris, completed in 1763, is situated along the
Seine, separating the Tuileries Gardens from the Champs Elysées. The
Obelisk of Luxor, given by Egypt, was installed in 1836; it is at the
center of an oval whose two centers are fountains. Among the places of
interest which border the Place are the Galerie du Jeu de Paume and
Musée de l'Orangerie and the Embassy of the United States.
The Avenue des Champs-Élysées
The Avenue des Champs-Élysées is known in France as La plus belle
avenue du monde (The most beautiful avenue in the world). It is one of
the most famous streets in the world and is filled with cinemas, cafes,
luxury specialty shops and clipped chestnut trees. It is also the most
expensive strip of real estate in Europe. The name is French for
Elysian Fields, the place of the blessed dead in Greek mythology
Notre Dame Cathedral
Notre Dame de Paris (“Our Lady of Paris” in French), also known as
the Notre Dame Cathedral, is a Gothic Roman Catholic Cathedral on the
eastern half of the Ile de la Cite. It is the cathedral of the Catholic
archdiocese of Paris. Notre Dame de Paris is widely considered one of
the finest examples of French Gothic architecture in the world. Its
sculptures and stained glass show the heavy influence of naturalism,
unlike that of earlier Romanesque architecture.
Orsay Museum
The Musée d'Orsay is a museum in Paris on the Left Bank of the Seine
and holds mainly French art dating from 1848 to 1915, including
paintings, sculptures, furniture and photography. It is probably best
known for its extensive collection of impressionist and post
impressionist masterpieces by such painters such as Monet, Manet,
Degas, Renoir, Cezanne, Seurat, Gauguin and Van Gogh. The museum opened
in 1986.