Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
DON'T MISS...
Grand Staircase
Library-Museum
Chagall's ceiling
PRACTICALITIES
08 25 05 44 05
cnr rues Scribe & Auber, 9e
unguided tour adult/child €10/6, guided tour adult/child €14/12.50
unguided tour 10am-5pm, to 1pm on matinee performance days, guided tour by reservation
Opéra
Champs-Élysées
STREET
AVENUE DES CHAMPS-ÉLYSÉES
Charles de Gaulle-Étoile, George V, Franklin D Roosevelt or Champs-
Élysées-Clemenceau)
No trip to Paris is complete without strolling this broad, tree-shaded avenue lined with lux-
ury shops. Named for the Elysian Fields ('heaven' in Greek mythology), the Champs-
Élysées was laid out in the 17th century and is part of the
axe historique,
linking place de la
Concorde with the Arc de Triomphe. It's where presidents and soldiers strut their stuff on
Bastille Day, where the Tour de France holds its final sprint, and where Paris turns out for
organised and impromptu celebrations.
