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ied here are scientist Marie Curie, Victor Hugo
(Les Misérables
,
The Hunchback of Notre-
Dame)
, Alexandre Dumas
(The Three Musketeers
,
The Count of Monte Cristo)
, and Louis
Braille, who invented the script for the blind.
This sadly out-of-place 59-story superscraper has one virtue: If you can't make it up the
Eiffel Tower, the views from this tower are cheaper, far easier to access, and make for a
fair consolation prize. Come early in the day for clearest skies and shortest lines, and be
treated to views from a comfortable interior and from up on the rooftop. (Some say it's
the very best view in Paris, as you can see the Eiffel Tower clearly...and you can't see the
Montparnasse Tower at all.)
Cost and Hours:
€13, discounted to €9.50 with this topic—valid for up to 4 people,
not covered by Museum Pass; April-Sept daily 9:30-23:30; Oct-March Sun-Thu
9:30-22:30, Fri-Sat 9:30-23:00; last entry 30 minutes before closing, dodge tour groups
that clog the small elevators, sunset is great but views are disappointing after dark, en-
