This Paris tourist map marks the 12 top sights in walking order, 36 hidden gems in orange and a 7.2 km walking route through the centre, from the Louvre Museum to Canal Saint-Martin. The map is free to view, print and download.
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Each sight is described in full on the tourist attractions in Paris.
The numbers below match the pins on the map, the PDF and the video. The first 7 sights sit on the walking route through the centre; the last 5 are reached by metro or RER.
Marked in orange on the map: 36 smaller sights worth a detour. The PDF lists all of them with addresses.
The PDF is the same map on four A4 pages. Page 1 holds the map of the centre with the numbered legend, how to get around and the licence. Pages 2 and 3 list the 12 sights with a photo, a short text and the full address, including the transport for the 5 outside the centre. The 36 hidden gems follow with their addresses, and a section on neighbourhoods closes it. In English, 1.7 MB. Edition: October 2026.
Start of a 7.2 km (4.5 miles) route, about 1 h 35 on foot, from Palais Royal-Musée du Louvre metro station (lines 1 and 7). The glass pyramid stands in the Cour Napoléon off Rue de Rivoli, between the three wings of the former palace. The route heads west into the Tuileries.
Le Nôtre's formal alley runs west between the round ponds and the clipped hedges, with bronzes by Aristide Maillol among the trees. Tuileries metro station (line 1) is on Rue de Rivoli. The Orangerie stands at the western end of the garden, above Place de la Concorde.
The former orangery stands in the Tuileries on the Place de la Concorde side, with Monet's Water Lilies in two oval rooms. Concorde metro station (lines 1, 8 and 12) is beside it. The route then crosses the Seine to the Left Bank.
Victor Laloux's former railway station of 1900 faces the Seine from the Esplanade Valéry Giscard d'Estaing. Solférino (metro line 12) and Musée d'Orsay (RER C) are the nearest stations. From here the route follows the river east for 1.8 km to the Île de la Cité.
Louis IX's chapel stands inside the courtyard of the law courts on Boulevard du Palais, so visitors pass through security before reaching the upper chapel and its fifteen windows. Cité metro station (line 4) serves both stops on the island. Notre-Dame is at its eastern end.
The cathedral on the Île de la Cité reopened in December 2024 and is free every day; the first hour of the morning is the calmest. Saint-Michel Notre-Dame (RER B and C) is across the river. The last leg is the longest, 2.5 km north through the Marais past Place de la République to the canal.
The route ends on Quai de Valmy and Quai de Jemmapes, where the open stretch of the canal of 1825 runs past locks, iron footbridges that swing aside for boats and plane trees. République (metro lines 3, 5, 8, 9 and 11) and Jacques Bonsergent (line 5) are the nearest stations.
The centre is walkable: the 7 stops on the route cover 7.2 km, about 1 h 35 of walking without the visits, and the longest leg is the 2.5 km from Notre-Dame Cathedral to Canal Saint-Martin.
The metro, run by RATP, and the RER follow the route: Palais Royal-Musée du Louvre (lines 1 and 7), Tuileries (line 1), Concorde (lines 1, 8 and 12), Solférino (line 12) or Musée d'Orsay (RER C), Cité (line 4) for Sainte-Chapelle and Notre-Dame, and République (lines 3, 5, 8, 9 and 11) or Jacques Bonsergent (line 5) for the canal.
Sights outside the walking route:
Four of the numbered sights are ticketed, and a time slot booked ahead suits the Louvre Museum and Sainte-Chapelle.
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