What to see in France

a small playing-card museum in Issy-les-Moulineaux (temporarily closed)

the Impressionists in an old railway station, with a huge clock window

the garden between the Louvre and Concorde — sit by the fountain on the green chairs

a quiet street with a balustrade and a view of the tower

café on Avenue Rapp, next to the famous shot of the street with the tower

café by the Champ de Mars, the tower a stone's throw away

the embankment by Passerelle Debilly, a shot with the tower and the Seine

quiet pedestrian lane with steps and the tower at the end

a Paris street where the tower rises right above the houses

the embankment opposite the tower, viewed across the Seine

the lawns in front of the tower, a classic for picnics and photos

a two-level bridge with a colonnade and a view of the tower — the famous shot from “Inception”

a footbridge over the Seine with the Eiffel Tower right in the frame, best in the morning

the main viewpoint for the tower, best at sunrise before the crowds

the artists' hill, Sacré-Cœur and a view over all Paris

the most beautiful bridge in Paris, with gilded sculptures and a view of the tower

the opera house with a Chagall ceiling, a palace inside

resting place of great French figures, Foucault's pendulum

a bookshop from 1951 opposite Notre-Dame, where you can read right there

a 13th-century chapel made almost entirely of stained glass, best on a sunny day

the cathedral, restored after the 2019 fire, is open again