The most beautiful photo spots in Paris
38 places scouted by our Paris photographers. For each one: the metro station, the golden-hour light quality and a pro tip. Explore them on the interactive map, then book a photographer to leave with real photos.
1st arrondissement
Pyramide du Louvre🚇 Palais Royal – Musée du Louvre (1/7)The glass pyramid in the Napoleon courtyard.
Colonnes de Buren🚇 Palais Royal (1/7)The Buren columns, a black-and-white graphic playground.
Square du Vert-Galant🚇 Pont Neuf (7)The tip of Île de la Cité, right at Seine level.
2nd arrondissement
3rd arrondissement
4th arrondissement
Notre-Dame de Paris🚇 Cité (4)The restored cathedral, from the square or the riverbanks.
Place des Vosges🚇 Saint-Paul (1)The oldest square in Paris, with pink brick arcades.
Centre Pompidou🚇 Rambuteau (11)Colorful pipes and inside-out architecture.
5th arrondissement
Panthéon🚇 RER B LuxembourgA monumental colonnade atop the Sainte-Geneviève hill.
Rue Mouffetard🚇 Place Monge (7)One of the oldest streets in Paris, cobblestones and leaning façades.
6th arrondissement
Jardin du Luxembourg🚇 RER B LuxembourgGreen chairs, the central pond and the Senate palace.
Saint-Germain-des-Prés🚇 Saint-Germain-des-Prés (4)Legendary cafés (Flore, Deux Magots) and Parisian chic.
7th arrondissement
Champ-de-Mars / Tour Eiffel🚇 École Militaire (8)The Iron Lady from the lawns of the Champ-de-Mars.
Musée d'Orsay🚇 Solférino (12), RER CThe former train station and its great clock.
8th arrondissement
Arc de Triomphe🚇 Charles de Gaulle – Étoile (1/2/6)The star monument at the center of Place de l'Étoile.
Pont Alexandre III🚇 Invalides (8/13)The most beautiful bridge in Paris: Belle Époque lampposts and gilding.
9th arrondissement
Opéra Garnier🚇 Opéra (3/7/8)Gilded façade and grand Second Empire staircase.
Rooftop des Galeries Lafayette🚇 Chaussée d'Antin – La Fayette (7/9)Free rooftop terrace overlooking the Opéra and the Eiffel Tower.
10th arrondissement
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12th arrondissement
Rue Crémieux🚇 Gare de Lyon (1/14)The most photographed pastel street in Paris.
Coulée verte René-Dumont🚇 Daumesnil (6/8)An elevated garden walk on the old viaduct, above the city.
13th arrondissement
Butte-aux-Cailles🚇 Corvisart (6)A village within the city: alleys, street art, little houses.
Fresques XXL Vincent-Auriol🚇 Nationale (6)Giant murals along the elevated metro line.
14th arrondissement
Rue des Thermopyles🚇 Pernety (13)A flower-filled cobbled lane, wisteria in spring.
Parc Montsouris🚇 RER B Cité UniversitaireA large English-style park, with a lake and bandstand.
15th arrondissement
Pont de Bir-Hakeim🚇 Bir-Hakeim (6)The cult two-level bridge from Inception, Eiffel Tower framed between the pillars.
Île aux Cygnes — Statue de la Liberté🚇 Javel – André Citroën (10)Paris's own Statue of Liberty, facing the Seine.
16th arrondissement
Esplanade du Trocadéro🚇 Trocadéro (6/9)THE head-on view of the Eiffel Tower from the esplanade.
Avenue de Camoëns🚇 Passy (6)The Instagrammers' staircase + lamppost + Eiffel Tower spot.
17th arrondissement
18th arrondissement
Sacré-Cœur🚇 Anvers (2) + funiculaireThe white basilica with all of Paris at its feet.
La Maison Rose — rue de l'Abreuvoir🚇 Lamarck – Caulaincourt (12)The Montmartre postcard.
Le mur des Je t'aime🚇 Abbesses (12)"I love you" in 250 languages, in Square Jehan-Rictus.
Moulin Rouge🚇 Blanche (2)Pigalle's illuminated red windmill.