The birthplace of Gothic architecture, rebuilt by Abbot Suger in the 12th century, and the burial place of almost all the kings and queens of France for over a thousand years. Its crypt and choir hold around 70 royal tombs and effigies, from Dagobert to Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.
It's just north of Paris at the end of Métro line 13, and much less crowded than the sights in the centre.
The white-domed basilica on the hill of Montmartre, the highest point in Paris, finished in 1914.
The little square at the top of Montmartre where artists set up their easels and sketch portraits, as they have since Picasso and Renoir's day.
The house and studio of the Symbolist painter Gustave Moreau, which he designed as his own museum before he died in 1898.
An 18th-century palace on the Place de la Concorde, built to store the royal furniture and later the headquarters of the French Navy for over 200 yea…
The palace built for Cardinal Richelieu, with a peaceful garden of lime trees and fountains framed by arcades of old shops and cafés, just north of t…
Napoleon's triumphal arch stands at the top of the Champs-Élysées, in the middle of a huge roundabout of 12 avenues.
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