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Paris 1er Arrondissement

The 1st arrondissement sits at the heart of Paris, forming part of the central sector with three neighbouring districts. The Musée du Louvre, Sainte-Chapelle an...

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Editorial responsibility: Elena Voss · Roavina Travel Editor

The 1st arrondissement sits at the heart of Paris, forming part of the central sector with three neighbouring districts. The Musée du Louvre, Sainte-Chapelle and Jardin des Tuileries stand among its principal landmarks. The district contains monuments, museums and gardens of historical significance that draw those interested in French art and architecture.

Checked 2026-09-04

Practical information

Language spoken
French
French is the language of the Republic under Article 2 of the Constitution
Dialling code
+33 1
Paris and the Île-de-France; drop the leading 0 of 01 when calling from abroad
Currency
Euro (€, EUR)
France has used the euro as its official currency since 2002
Emergency number
112
One number across the country; 15 reaches an ambulance directly
Plug type
Type E · 220 V
Round-pin sockets use a projecting earth pin
Tap water
Safe to drink
The health ministry says tap water may be consumed safely unless local authorities issue specific advice

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Top things to see

Ranked by importance — sitelinks, pageviews and heritage status, not editor preference.

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22 places match

Category

Historic sites 10 Museums 6 Places of worship 0 Nature sites 3 Viewpoints 0 Food and drink 0 Markets and shopping 1 Entertainment 0 Nightlife 0 Family attractions 0 Art and culture 2 Activities 0

Typical visit duration

Up to 1 hour 16 1 to 2 hours 5 Half a day or more 1

Interests

History 16 Art 2 Museums 8 Nature 3 Sea and beach 3 Viewpoints 0
  1. Louvre Museum Louvre Museum
    01 3 hours

    Louvre Museum

    Musée du Louvre

    The Louvre is the most-visited art museum on earth and it was a fortress before it was anything else.

    • Must see
    • Museum
  2. Sainte Chapelle Sainte Chapelle
    02 45 min

    Sainte Chapelle

    Sainte-Chapelle

    Sainte-Chapelle is a reliquary the size of a building, and the relic cost more than three times what the building did.

    • Must see
    • Historic site
  3. Tuileries Garden Tuileries Garden
    03 1 hour

    Tuileries Garden

    Jardin des Tuileries

    The Tuileries is the first royal garden in Europe that let the public in, and it has outlived the palace it was built for. Catherine de' Medici created it in 1564.

    • Must see
    • Nature site
  4. Conciergerie Conciergerie
    04 1 hr 15 min

    Conciergerie

    The Conciergerie was a royal palace before it was a prison, and the prison is what everyone remembers.

    • Must see
    • Museum
  5. Palais-Royal Palais-Royal
    05 45 min

    Palais-Royal

    Palais Royal

    The Palais-Royal was a cardinal's house that became Europe's first shopping centre and then the place the Revolution started. Jacques Lemercier built it for Cardinal Richelieu between 1633 and 1639 as the Palais-Cardinal.

    • Must see
    • Historic site
  6. Louvre Pyramid Louvre Pyramid
    06 20 min

    Louvre Pyramid

    Pyramide du Louvre

    The Louvre Pyramid is the glass entrance structure built in the museum's main courtyard in the 1980s, and it is a part of the Louvre — its main entrance and one of the more argued-over additions to central Paris …

    • Must see
    • Historic site
  7. place Vendôme place Vendôme
    07 20 min

    place Vendôme

    Place Vendôme

    Place Vendôme is an octagon of uniform stone façades built as a single architectural composition, not a collection of separate buildings that happened to end up on the same square.

    • Must see
    • Historic site
  8. Pont Neuf Pont Neuf
    08 20 min

    Pont Neuf

    The Pont Neuf is the New Bridge and it is the oldest standing bridge in Paris, which has been the joke about it for four hundred years.

    • Must see
    • Historic site
  9. Musée de l'Orangerie Musée de l'Orangerie
    09 1 hr 15 min

    Musée de l'Orangerie

    The Musee de l'Orangerie sits at the western end of the Tuileries Garden, in a building put up in 1852 under Napoleon III to overwinter the garden's orange trees, a purely functional greenhouse rather than a building meant to be…

    • Must see
    • Museum
  10. arc de triomphe du Carrousel arc de triomphe du Carrousel
    10 15 min

    arc de triomphe du Carrousel

    Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel

    The Arc de triomphe du Carrousel stands in the Cour Napoleon, between the Louvre's wings and I. M.

    • High
    • Historic site
  11. Bourse de commerce Bourse de commerce
    11 1 hr 30 min

    Bourse de commerce

    Bourse de Commerce

    The Bourse de Commerce is a Paris contemporary art museum housed in a historic circular building near Les Halles and the Louvre district.

    • High
    • Museum
  12. Galerie nationale du Jeu de Paume Galerie nationale du Jeu de Paume
    12 1 hr 15 min

    Galerie nationale du Jeu de Paume

    Jeu de Paume

    The Jeu de Paume is a photography and moving-image gallery in the Tuileries Garden's north-west corner, in a building constructed in 1861 as a court for jeu de paume, the indoor precursor of tennis played by Napoleon III's court.

    • High
    • Museum
  13. Palais de Justice Palais de Justice
    13 20 min

    Palais de Justice

    Palais de Justice de Paris

    The Palais de Justice is the historic seat of the French judiciary on the Ile de la Cite, built on the site of the medieval Palais de la Cite, the residence of the Capetian kings from the 10th century until…

    • Notable
    • Historic site
  14. Colonne Vendôme Colonne Vendôme
    14 15 min

    Colonne Vendôme

    The Colonne Vendome stands at the centre of Place Vendome in the 1st arrondissement, raised between 1806 and 1810 on Napoleon's order to commemorate the victory at Austerlitz.

    • Notable
    • Historic site
  15. place Dauphine place Dauphine
    15 25 min

    place Dauphine

    Place Dauphine

    Place Dauphine is a triangular square at the western tip of the Ile de la Cite, laid out from 1607 on the orders of Henri IV as the second of his two Paris square projects, after the Place Royale …

    • Notable
    • Nature site

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