Tourism Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Royal City

Museums and monuments to visit

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  Villa Savoye
  The Villa Savoye, named after its former owner Pierre Savoye is a symbol of the modernity of Le Corbusier. Located in the outskirts of Paris in the city of Poissy, it was a country retreat of the ...
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  Château de Malmaison
  Malmaison castle reveals you to Bonaparte's admiration for the antique. Its entry Olympian and overhanging facades of classical statues testify. Lobbies to lounges, marble, wood, gilt bronze, ...
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  Château de Maisons
  During the reign of Louis XIII (1601-1643), architect François Mansart, started the construction in 1634. His style is characteristic of the return to antiquity appeared around 1650. The inauguration ...
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  Chateau de Versailles
  The Palace of Versailles was the place of residence of the Kings of France such as LouisXIV, Louis XV and Louis XVI. This royal palace is one of the most remarkable in France and in the world, thanks ...
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  Salle du Jeu de Paume
  Built in 1686, this room was destined to play a game resembling tennis. It is in this room that was the oath of the Jeu de Paume, where members of the Third Estate s'autoproclamèrent ...
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  Maison des Jardies
  House of Jardies and his cottage were built in 1838. Initial ownership of Balzac, he had to flee in 1840, however, because of its creditors. It only remains for him a beautiful rustic buffet, moved ...
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  Cathédrale Saint-Louis
  The village church of Versailles, before construction of the castle was dedicated to St. Julien Brioude. This church was demolished in 1681. On its site was built the great common of the castle. The ...
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  Domaine national de Saint-Cloud
  The national domain of Saint-Cloud is located on the outskirts of the city of Paris, it offers nature lovers an area of 460 hectares of gardens, fountains and sculptures, designed at the time by ...
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  Musée de la contrefaçon
  The Museum of counterfeiting was established in 1951 at the initiative of the Union of Manufacturers for the International Protection of Industrial Property, and Art. For this association, the ...
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  Arc de triomphe
  The Arc de Triomphe is a monument in Paris that stands in the centre of the Place Charles de Gaulle, (also known as the Place de l'Étoile), 2,2 km from the Place de la Concorde. The ...
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  Musée du quai Branly
  The Musée du quai Branly (also known as the museum of primitive arts or the museum of culture and civilization of Africa, Asia, Oceania, and the Americas) is situated on "le quai ...
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  Musée d'Art Moderne de la ville de Paris
  The Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris is hosted by "Palais de Tokyo". Collections of modern art of the city of Paris are brought together in the eastern wing of the ...
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  Tour Eiffel
  Originally named "tower 300 meters," the Eiffel Tower was built for the Universal Exhibition of Paris of 1889 by Gustave Eiffel. Located on the grounds of the Champ de Mars, this piece ...
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  Palais de la découverte
  The Palais de la Découverte is a museum but also a cultural scientific centre situated in the west wind of the Grand Palais, close to the Champs-Elysées. Visited by almost 600,000 ...
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  Le Grand Palais
  Built in 1897 for the Universal Exhibition held from April 15 to November 12, 1900, the Grand Palais is a "monument dedicated by the Republic to the glory of French art", as explained in the ...
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  Le Petit Palais
  Overlooking the Grand Palais, the Petit Palais houses the collections of the Musée des Beaux-Arts in the city of Paris that offers a large overview of the artistic creation from the period of ...
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  Musée de l'armée (Paris)
  The Musée de l'Armée was established in 1905. The museum is the home to the Tomb of Napoleon. The museum covers army and artillery antiques from ancient times, weapons used during ...
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  Église Notre-Dame-des-Missions
  Church Notre-Dame-des-Missions of Epinay-sur-Seine is located in the department of Seine-Saint-Denis, Ile-de-France region. She was the chapel of the Catholic missions built by the architect Paul ...
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  Musée des Plans-Reliefs
  Located within the Hôtel des Invalides, the Musée des Plans-Reliefs is a museum dedicated to three-dimensional models of fortified cities known as «plans-reliefs». These ...
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  Chapelle expiatoire
  The Chapelle expiatoire is located in the 8th arrondissement of Paris. The chapel is dedicated to King Louis XVI and his Queen, Marie Antoinette, guillotined during the french revolution, although the ...
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  Musée Rodin
  Musée Rodin is situated in the heart of Paris, in Paris’ 7th arrondissement and in Meudon (hauts de Seine), with these two sites, the museum is one of the most visited (the 8th in France) ...
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  Musée de l'Orangerie
  The musée de l’Orangerie, located in the heart of Paris in a former orange grove in the Jardin des Tuileries, is a museum dedicated to two art movements: Impressionism and ...
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  Musée d'Orsay
  Housed in the former Orsay station, the Orsay Museum is the impressionist museum of Paris. Built in 1900, the beautiful "Gare d'Orsay" was one of Paris main stations with trains to ...
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  Opéra Garnier
  Palais Garnier (or Opéra Garnier) forms with l’Opéra Bastille ‘l’Opéra national de Paris’. Considered to be one of the most beautiful in the world, l’Opéra Garnier is one of Paris’ ...
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  Tour Montparnasse
  The Montparnasse Tower, 210 meters high, is the highest skyscraper in central Paris but also one of the highest in Europe. Each year around 750,000 visitors from every part of the world come to the ...
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  Musée des Arts Décoratifs
  Located in the Marsan wing of the Louvre, the Museum of Decorative Arts has one of the largest collections of decorative arts in the world. 6000 oeuvres have presented are divided into five ...
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  Domaine national du Palais-Royal
  The Palais-Royal was built in the early 17th century by the Cardinal Richelieu. It stands at the opposite of the north wing of the Louvre. After the cardinal and Louis XIII death, who had inherited of ...
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  Basilique du Sacré-Coeur de Montmartre
  The foundation stone of the Basilique Sacré-Coeur was laid in 1875. It was consecrated in 1891, fully completed in 1914, and elevated to the status of a basilica in 1919, after the end of the ...
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  Musée du Luxembourg
  The Musée du Luxembourg, of Paris, is a museum located in the sixth arrondissement near the Palais du Luxembourg. It was the first museum in France to be opened to the public since 1750 but ...
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  Musée Grévin
  Musée Grévin is a private waxwork museum, situated in Paris, which is the equivalent of the Madame Tussauds wax museum, implanted in the major worldwide cities. The museum has wax models ...
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  Musée du Louvre
  The Louvre is located on the bank of the Seine River, in Paris. Originally constructed as the fortress of Philippe Auguste in 1190, Charles V oversaw the first modernisation process (r. 1364-1380) ...
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  Église Saint-Eustache
  The church of Saint Eustache was built from 1532 to 1640. Unique, its architecture is shaped has a Gothic cathedral, while the decoration is Renaissance. With 33.5 m high and 100 m long and 43 m wide, ...
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  Sainte Chapelle
  The Sainte-Chapelle, the palatine chapel in the courtyard of the royal palace on the Île de la Cité, was built to house precious relics: Christ's crown of thorns, the holy cross and ...
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  Conciergerie
  The Conciergerie is the main vestige of the former Palais de la Cité which was the residence and the seat of power of the Kings of France. Today, the building is located on the Quai de ...
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  Centre Georges Pompidou
  The national centre of art and culture Centre Georges Pompidou was opened in 1977 providing Paris with a cultural institution dedicated entirely to modern and contemporary art. It lies in the heart of ...
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  Panthéon
  The Panthéon is a neo classical monument located in Paris in the center of the Latin Quarter. Originaly, it was built in the 18th century as a church in order to house the reliquary of Sainte ...
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  Église Saint-Nicolas-des-Champs
  The Catholic church Saint-Nicolas-des-Champs is located rue Saint-Martin in the 3rd arrondissement of Paris. It have a Gothic style. Its construction dates from the twelfth, fifteenth and seventeenth ...
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  Notre-Dame de Paris
  Notre-Dame de Paris (French for Our Lady of Paris), is not the largest Gothic Catholic cathedral in France, but its one of the most remarkable masterpiece of the Gothic period. After its completion, ...
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  Mémorial de la Shoah
  In the heart of the Marais, the Shoah Memorial is both a museum, a documentation center and a memorial whose purpose is to understand the past to illuminate the future.Since 2005, he put all these ...