Montparnasse tower
La tour Montparnasse
Europe’s fastest lift takes you to a height of 196 metres in 38 seconds. Finest view of Paris in a new fun, modern and very comfortable space. Admire Paris's monuments and districts: Eiffel Tower, Invalides, Notre-Dame, Montmartre, Sacré-Cœur, Luxembourg Gardens, Centre Pompidou, Saint-Germain des Prés, La Défense, the Latin Quarter…
Numerous audio-visual and interactive installations will help you to explore and understand Paris: panoramas of Paris, interactive terminals with quiz, archive photo exhibition of Paris, 3D animation.Make the most of your visit to the 56th floor with a gourmet or romantic stop at the 360° Café, the highest bar with a panoramic view of Paris.
Les Catacombes
This Parisian ossuary, covering 11,000 m² of underground space is called the Catacombes in reference to the Catacombs of Rome. Visitors can access the Catacombes from Place Denfert-Rochereau. Six million bones from various Parisian cemeteries rest in the 1.7 km labyrinth of tunnels. The height of the passages is 1.8 m and the temperature is 14 degrees. The tour is not recommended for those suffering from cardiac or respiratory failure, sensitive individuals and unaccompanied children. An unusual and fascinating tour! Please note that the exit is located at 36 rue Rémy Dumoncel.
The Père- Lachaise cemetery
The Père Lachaise cemetery takes its name from King Louis XIV's confessor, Father François d'Aix de La Chaise. It is the most prestigious and most visited necropolis in Paris. Situated in the 20th arrondissement of Paris, it extends 44 hectares and contains 70,000 burial plots. The cemetery is a mix between an English park and a shrine. All funerary art style are represented: Gothic graves, Haussmanian burial chambers, ancient mausoleums, etc. On the green paths, visitors cross the burial places of famous men and women; Honoré de Balzac, Guillaume Apollinaire, Frédéric Chopin, Colette, Jean-François Champollion, Jean de La Fontaine, Molière, Yves Montand, Simone Signoret, Jim Morrison, Alfred de Musset, Edith Piaf, Camille Pissarro and Oscar Wilde are among some of them.