Paris Tourist Attractions
Pompidou Centre & Arche de la Defense

When you have already visited these Paris tourist attractions the Eiffel Tower, the Arc de Triomphe and the Sacre coeur

There is another attraction, seen by thousands visitors every year called Beaubourg.

Between the boulevard les Halles and the Bastille is Beaubourg.

Everybody and particularly the kids like the Pompidou Centre.

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Pompidou Centre

Address: Rue St-Martin, 4th arrondissement. Metro: Hotel de ville or Rambuteau. www.centrepompidou.fr

Opening hours: Museum and Exhibitions: 11am to 9pm. Library: from Monday to Friday (except Tuesday) from 12 noon to 10pm, weekends from 11am to 10pm

Tickets to Museum & Exhibitions: adult €12 or €10 depending on the period. It will take at least two hours for the visit.

Created in the 1970s the President Georges Pompidou initialized the project of this populate place. The Pompidou Center was designed by Richard Rogers, a British architect and Renzo Piano, an Italian architect. Now it's one of the best Paris tourist attraction.

The architecture is extremely modern with colorful tubes very surprising view from outside. On the front there is a square where you can enjoy a very good entertainment with musicians, fire-eaters... not just for grown-ups also your youngest ones will love it this Paris tourist attraction!

Inside you will find the Museum of modern art (Musee National d'Art Modern), Brancusi Workshop, a library and a cafe with amazing view.

Museum of modern art: Ticket adult €12 or €10 depending on the period / concessions €9 or €8 depending on the period. The National Museum is free the first Sunday of the month. You'll find all the modernists of the 20th century like Chagall, Dali, Picasso...

Brancusi Workshop: 2pm to 6pm from Wednesday to Monday. It's free. You can see Constantin Brancusi's wood and plaster work..

Atelier for kids (Atelier des enfants) for 6-12 years old. Children workshop tickets Wednesday Courses - 3 sessions (1 child): full rate €30 / concessions €24 Workshops for 6-10 years old (1 child + 1 adult): full price €10 / concessions €8 Family workshops: full price €10 / concessions €8 All tickets give access to the Children's gallery and the museum right after the visit.

The Paris Museum Pass can be bought at the Pompidou Centre counters.

Restaurants near the Pompidou Centre

Le Hangar: 12 impasse Berthaud, 3rd arrondissement. Almost next door to the Centre Pompidou Excellent French bistro food, steak tartare, foie gras, chocolate souffle. Walk north on Rue Beaubourg toward Impasse Berthaud, turn right at Impasse Berthaud. Tues - Sat : noon to 2:30pm and 7pm to 11pm. Closed in August.

Au Bourguignon du Marais: 19 rue de Jouy. Handsome bistro and wine bar. Very good French specialities like Oeufs en meurette (eggs poached in red wine sauce), cepes mushrooms velote, the traditional boeuf bourguignon (beef cooked in red wine). Ten minutes walk from the Pompidou Centre. Walk south on Rue Beaubourg toward Rue Rambuteau, continue onto Rue du Renard, turn left at Rue de la Verrerie, turn right at Rue du Bourg Tibourg, turn left at Rue de Rivoli, turn right at Rue Tiron, continue onto Rue de Jouy. Opening hours: Mon-Fri: 00:00 - 00:00; Sat: until 3pm

Grande Arche de la Defense

Open: 7 days a week 10 AM to 8 PM from April 1st to August 31st; 10 AM to 7 PM from September 1st to March 31st.

Tickets: Adults 10 € Children : 8,50 €. It will take two hours for the visit.

That's the modern Paris, the European business Center with convention and conference centers. It's a fascinating Paris tourist attraction. This arch we can see from the Arch de Triomphe is in the same axis of the obelisk of the Concorde square. Its architecture is colossal like a big cube, 110m high. The Danish architect Johan Otto von Spreckelsen died two years before it was completely built.

Le Ô110 restaurant: restaurant at the top of the Arche de la Defense. From 11:30 AM to 2:30 PM Brasserie from 10 AM to 7 PM

Many hotels around like the Renaissance La Defense, Hilton La Défense, Pullman Paris La Défense...

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