Champs-Elysées
District of Paris
Île-de-France Region - France

Champs-Élysées

The Avenue des Champs-Élysées is a street in Paris, France. With its cinemas, cafés, luxury specialty shops and clipped horse-chestnut trees, the Champs-Élysées is arguably the most famous street—and one of the most expensive strips of real estate—in the world. Several French monuments are also on the street, including the Arc de Triomphe and the Place de la Concorde. The name is French for Elysian Fields, the place of the blessed dead in Greek mythology.

Located at 48.8697, 2.3075 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Avenues in Paris, Visitor attractions in Paris, Shopping districts and streets in France, 8th arrondissement of Paris, Retailing in Paris, Historic public gardens, Champs-Élysées

8th arrondissement of Paris

The 8th arrondissement of Paris is one of the 20 arrondissements (administrative districts) of the capital city of France. Situated on the right bank of the River Seine and centred on the Opéra, the 8th is, together with the 1st and 9th arrondissements and 16th arrondissement and 17th arrondissement, one of Paris's main business districts. According to the 1999 census, it was the place of employment of more people than any other single arrondissement of the capital.

Located at 48.8742, 2.31111 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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8th arrondissement of Paris

Franklin D. Roosevelt (Paris Métro)

Franklin D. Roosevelt is a station of the Paris Métro serving both Lines 1 and 9. With 12.19m passengers annually, Franklin D. Roosevelt is the fourteenth busiest station in the Paris Métro system.

Located at 48.869, 2.30989 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt, Railway stations opened in 1900

Saint-Philippe du Roule (Paris Métro)

Saint-Philippe du Roule is a station on line 9 of the Paris Métro. The station opened on 27 May 1923 with the extension of the line from Trocadéro to Saint-Augustin. The village of Roule, which became a suburb in 1722, was a small locality called Romiliacum by Frédégaire, Crioilum by Saint Eligius, then Rolus in the 12th century.

Located at 48.8719, 2.31004 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Railway stations opened in 1923

Boulevard Haussmann

Boulevard Haussmann, 2.53 kilometres long from the 8th to the 9th arrondissement, is one of the wide tree-lined boulevards created in Paris during the Second French Empire by Baron Haussmann, with enthusiastic support from Napoleon III. The Boulevard Haussmann is mostly lined with apartment blocks, whose regulated cornice height gives a pleasing eyeline to the Boulevard. The department stores Galeries Lafayette and Au Printemps are sited on this street.

Located at 48.875, 2.30722 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Boulevards in Paris, Shopping districts and streets in France

Bateau Mouche

Bateaux Mouches are open excursion boats that provide visitors to Paris, France, with a view of the city from along the river Seine. The term is a registered trademark of the Compagnie des Bateaux Mouches, the most widely known operator of the boats in Paris, founded by Jean Bruel (1917-2003); however, the phrase, because of the success of the company, is used generically to refer to all such boats operating on the river within the city.

Located at 48.8639, 2.30583 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Visitor attractions in Paris, Boat types, Transport in Paris

Rue Pierre Charron, Paris

Rue Pierre Charron is a street in Paris' VIIIe arrondissement, near Paris' Avenue Montaigne high-fashion district.

Located at 48.8694, 2.30333 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Streets in Paris

The Scots Kirk, Paris

The Scots Kirk is situated at 17, Rue Bayard, near the Champs-Elysées in Paris. It is the only congregation of the Church of Scotland in France. The church building is modern but somewhat inconspicuous from the street. The nearest Paris Métro station is Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Located at 48.8668, 2.30764 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Church of Scotland churches, Protestant churches in Paris, Presbyterian churches in Europe

Le Queen

Le Queen is a nightclub in Paris, located on the avenue des Champs-Élysées. Once a gay nightclub, Le Queen was formerly known as "Le Central" until its closing in early 1991. It was more or less the sequel to the infamous Parisian club, "Le Boy" as it was owned by the same person. The golden age of the club was between 1993 and 1996; while entrance was extremely selective (Sandrine was the Physionomiste), it was in fact free on most nights (excluding Fridays and Saturdays).

Located at 48.8719, 2.30189 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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LGBT nightclubs, Nightclubs in France

Avenue Montaigne

Avenue Montaigne is a street in the 8th arrondisement of Paris, France

Located at 48.8667, 2.30611 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Avenues in Paris, Shopping districts and streets in France

Carré Marigny

The Carré Marigny ("Marigny Square"), in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, is the site of an open-air market where postage stamps are bought and sold by hobbyists and serious philatelists. The Carré Marigny was featured as a location in the Stanley Donen film, Charade (1963), starring Audrey Hepburn and Cary Grant.

Located at 48.869, 2.3126 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Squares in Paris, Stamp collecting

Musée Jacquemart-André

The Musée Jacquemart-André is a public museum located at 158 Boulevard Haussmann in the 8th arrondissement of Paris. The museum was created from the private home of Édouard André (1833–1894) and Nélie Jacquemart (1841-1912) to display the art they collected during their lives.

Located at 48.8754, 2.31051 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Art museums and galleries in Paris, 8th arrondissement of Paris, Historic house museums in Paris, Art museums established in 1913, 1913 establishments in France

Plaza Athénée

The Plaza Athénée is a hotel in Paris, France. It is located at 25 Avenue Montaigne, near the Champs-Élysées and the Eiffel Tower. It is part of the Dorchester Collection group of international luxury hotels. Opened in 1911, the hotel has 145 rooms and 43 suites. The hotel employs 520 people. There are several restaurants in the building. In 2000, Alain Ducasse chose the Athénée for his haute cuisine restaurant. It serves dinner on weeknights and lunch on Thursdays and Fridays.

Located at 48.8662, 2.30437 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Hotels in Paris, 1911 establishments in France, Hotels established in 1911, 8th arrondissement of Paris

Taillevent (restaurant)

Taillevent is a restaurant in Paris, founded in 1946 by André Vrina, and now owned by the Gardinier family.

Located at 48.8741, 2.30246 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Restaurants in Paris, Michelin Guide starred restaurants in France, Restaurants established in 1946, 8th arrondissement of Paris

Embassy of Canada, Paris

The Canadian Embassy in France is the main diplomatic mission of Canada to France. It is located at 35 avenue Montaigne, in the 8th arrondissement. The ambassador resides at 135 rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré. Paris is also home to Canada's permanent delegations to UNESCO and the OECD, which are housed separately, and the Quebec government's delegation, which is also in a separate building.

Located at 48.8668, 2.30542 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Diplomatic missions of Canada, 8th arrondissement of Paris, Diplomatic missions in Paris, Canada–France relations

Palais de la Découverte

The Palais de la Découverte is a science museum located in the Grand Palais, in the 8th arrondissement on Avenue Franklin D. Roosevelt, Paris, France. It is open daily except Monday; an admission fee is charged. The museum was created in 1937 by Jean Baptiste Perrin (awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics, 1926) during an international exhibition on "Arts and techniques in modern life".

Located at 48.8661, 2.31083 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Museums in Paris, Science museums in France, Planetaria in France

Rue La Boétie

The rue La Boétie is a street in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, running from rue d'Astorg to avenue des Champs-Élysées. Number 45 is the location of the Salle Gaveau, a 1020-seat concert hall built in 1905-1906 by the architect Jacques Hermant, for the piano manufacturer Gaveau.

Located at 48.8732, 2.3123 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Streets in Paris, 8th arrondissement of Paris

Hôtel de la Païva

The Hôtel de La Païva ("Mansion of La Païva") was built between 1856 and 1865 at 25 Avenue des Champs-Élysées by the courtesan Thérèse Lachman, better known as La Païva. She was born in modest circumstances in the Moscow ghetto, of Polish parents. By successive marriages, she became a Portuguese marchioness and a Prussian countess, this last marriage supplying the funds for the hôtel, at which she gave fabulous feasts.

Located at 48.8693, 2.30758 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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8th arrondissement of Paris, History of Paris, Hôtels particuliers in Paris, Houses completed in 1865

Studio Harcourt

Studio Harcourt is a photography studio founded in Paris in 1934 by the brothers Lacroix. It is known in particular for its black and-white photographs of movie stars and celebrities, but having one's photo taken at Harcourt a few times during one's life was once considered standard by the French upper middle class. The studio is currently located at 10 rue Jean-Goujon in Paris.

Located at 48.8667, 2.30889 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Photographic studios, Photography in France

Pershing Hall

The Pershing Hall is a historical building and luxury hotel in Paris, France dedicated to General of the Armies John J. Pershing.

Located at 48.8692, 2.3025 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Hotels in Paris

Cirque d'été

The Cirque d'été (Summer Circus), a former Parisian equestrian theatre (and a type of indoor hippodrome), was built in 1841 to designs by the architect Jacques Hittorff. It was used as the summer home of the Théâtre Franconi, the equestrian troupe of the Cirque Olympique, the license for which had been sold in 1836 to Louis Dejean by Adolphe Franconi, the grandson of its founder, Antonio Franconi.

Located at 48.8692, 2.3119 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Circuses in Paris, Former theatres in Paris, 8th arrondissement of Paris

Théâtre du Rond-Point

Théâtre du Rond-Point is a theatre in Paris, located at 2bis avenue Franklin-D. -Roosevelt, 8th arrondissement.

Located at 48.8678, 2.31083 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Theatres in Paris, 8th arrondissement of Paris, World's Fair architecture in France

Le Boeuf sur le Toit (cabaret)

Le Boeuf sur le Toit (The Ox on the Roof) is the name of a celebrated Parisian cabaret-bar, founded in 1921 by Louis Moysés which was originally located at 28, rue Boissy d'Anglas in the 8th arrondissement of Paris. It was notably the gathering place for the avant garde arts scene during the period between the wars. Maurice Sachs chronicled it in his 1939 book Au temps du boeuf sur le toit . Currently it is at 34, rue du Colisée, having moved five times within the 8th arrondissement.

Located at 48.8714, 2.31028 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Cabarets in Paris, Restaurants in Paris, 8th arrondissement of Paris

Exposition Internationale du Surréalisme

The Exposition Internationale du Surréalisme was an exhibition by surrealist artists that took place from January 17 to February 24, 1938, in the generously equipped Galérie Beaux-Arts, run by Georges Wildenstein, at 140, Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré in Paris. It was organised by the French writer André Breton, the surrealists' brain and theorist, and Paul Éluard, the best known poet of the movement.

Located at 48.8728, 2.31111 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Art exhibitions

Vozrojdénie

Vozrojdénie was a Russian language daily newspaper published from Paris, France, founded in 1925. The newspaper was anti-Communist, and circulated amongst the Russian diaspora around the world. As of the mid-1930s, its editor-in-chief was Julien Semenoff.

Located at 48.8711, 2.30344 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Russian-language newspapers, Newspapers published in France, White Russian emigrants, 1925 establishments