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A photograph of avenue des Champs-Élysées
Photograph · SoWhat · CC BY-SA 2.0

Historic site · Paris 8e Arrondissement, Paris

avenue des Champs-Élysées

Champs Élysées

Open today, 00:00 – 23:59
Today
Open today, 00:00 – 23:59
Visit duration
45 min Editorial visit time estimate
Accessibility
Step-free
Price
Not recorded
Standing
Must see
Rank
Rank 11 of 7,609
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Reviewed by Elena Voss · Roavina Travel Editor

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Opening hours

Monday 00:00 – 23:59
Tuesday 00:00 – 23:59
Wednesday 00:00 – 23:59
Thursday 00:00 – 23:59
Friday 00:00 – 23:59
Saturday 00:00 – 23:59
Sunday 00:00 – 23:59

Checked 2026-08-31 · Source

Admission

Not recorded

Access and facilities

  • Accessible toilets · Available
  • Pushchair access · Available
  • Step-free access · Available
  • Toilets · Available

Source · Checked 2026-08-31

A photograph of avenue des Champs-Élysées
Photograph · Henri-Edmond Cross · Public domain

About avenue des Champs-Élysées

The Champs-Élysées is 1.91 km long, 70 m wide, and it is a garden path that became a shopping street. André Le Nôtre laid it out in 1667 as an extension of the Tuileries. It took its present name in 1709 and was carried up to what is now the Place Charles de Gaulle by 1710. It runs through the 8th arrondissement from the Place de la Concorde to the Arc de Triomphe, uphill the whole way, which is why the view from the bottom works and the view from the top works better.

Checked 2026-08-31 · Source

A photograph of avenue des Champs-Élysées
Photograph · Brigitte Hannah-Haiah NaHoN · CC BY-SA 4.0

What's inside

Two different streets that happen to share a name. The lower half, from the Concorde to the Rond-Point, is gardens — chestnut trees, gravel walks, the Grand and Petit Palais on the south side, and almost no shops. This is the part Le Nôtre would recognise and the part visitors skip. The upper half, from the Rond-Point to the Étoile, is the retail avenue: flagship stores, cinemas, car showrooms and cafés, on some of the most expensive commercial frontage in Europe. Europe's largest military parade runs down it every 14 July.

Checked 2026-08-31 · Source

How long to spend

Forty-five minutes to walk it end to end, and walk it downhill. From the Arc de Triomphe to the Concorde is 1.91 km with the slope in your favour and the obelisk in front of you the whole way. In the other direction it is a climb with the shops on both sides. The gardens in the lower half take twenty minutes if you leave the roadway and walk under the trees, which almost nobody does.

Checked 2026-08-31 · Source

Season and crowds

The public avenue and pavements are accessible 24 hours daily; shops, cinemas and attractions keep separate hours. Worship, weather, restoration and events can replace ordinary access.

Checked 2026-08-31 · Source

Tickets

Walking the avenue is free; attractions, cinemas, shops and tours cost separately. The base amount and currency follow the operator tariff; premium products and separate institutions remain excluded unless named.

Checked 2026-08-31 · Source

A photograph of avenue des Champs-Élysées
Photograph · Brigitte Hannah-Haiah NaHoN · CC BY-SA 4.0

Getting there

Metro/RER Charles de Gaulle-Étoile at the west end and Franklin D. Roosevelt or Concorde eastward.

Checked 2026-08-31 · Source

What to watch out for

Step-free entrances or public approaches, lifts where required, and accessible toilets serve principal visitor areas. Historic surfaces, crowds and security remain relevant.

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Photography

The avenue photographs as a line, and the line only reads with the Arc at the end of it. From the Rond-Point pavement looking up, at sunset, is the shot — the sun sets along the axis behind the Arc twice a year. Standing in the central reservation for the axial view means standing in eight lanes of traffic. The pavement gives nearly the same line and all of the survival. The lower gardens, under the chestnuts with the Grand Palais through the trees, are the pictures nobody takes here.

Checked 2026-08-31 · Source

Place details and sources

Type of place
Attraction OpenStreetMap · Checked 2026-09-09
Established
1670 Wikidata · Checked 2026-09-09
Wikipedia article
Champs-Élysées Wikipedia · Checked 2026-09-09

Common questions

What are the regular hours?

The public avenue and pavements are accessible 24 hours daily; shops, cinemas and attractions keep separate hours.

What is base admission?

Walking the avenue is free; attractions, cinemas, shops and tours cost separately.

Is the complete route step-free?

Step-free entrances or public approaches, lifts where required, and accessible toilets serve principal visitor areas.

Which public transport is named?

Metro/RER Charles de Gaulle-Étoile at the west end and Franklin D. Roosevelt or Concorde eastward.

Can operations alter access?

Yes. Worship, events, maintenance, weather and security can change ordinary access.

Are premium products included?

No. Special tours, exhibitions and upgrades use separate tickets.

Where it is

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