A capital of lights

City of lights, city of love, city of romance… the sheer number of evocative names Paris conjures up is enough to set you dreaming. With 29 million tourists a year, the French capital never ceases to attract culture lovers – or simply lovers – and maintains its status as the world’s most visited city.

A city of monuments and museums

The Louvre, Notre-Dame, the Sacré-Cœur, the Eiffel Tower… Paris is bursting at the seams with monuments which trace its ancient and modern history and which shape its architecture.

According to the passions of each President of the Republic, Paris has gained fine museums, libraries and other cultural centres which pay homage to Africa, Asia and the Orient, among others, and reflect the city’s ethnically diverse and cosmopolitan population.