Paris's grand avenue, from Place de la Concorde past the gardens, the Petit and Grand Palais to the Arc de Triomphe. Come for the perspective and the history (the 14 July parade, the Tour de France finish), not for the chain stores and cafés along it.
- Address
- Avenue des Champs-Élysées, 75008 Paris
- Hours
- Open 24 hours (public avenue); closed to cars on the first Sunday of each month
- Best time to go
- Evening · About 1 h
- Price
- Free (public avenue)
- Price level
- €
Details can change. Check hours and prices before you go.
Good to know
- Walk it uphill from Concorde through the Champs-Élysées gardens, with the Bouroullec brothers' 2019 bronze-and-crystal fountains at the Rond-Point.
- On the first Sunday of the month the avenue is car-free for walkers and cyclists.
- The Christmas lights run from mid-November to early January.