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5.2 Museums

• The Louvre - a huge museum housing many works of art, including the Mona Lisa (La Joconde) and the Venus de Milo statue.
• The Musée d'Orsay - an art museum housed in a converted 19th century railway station, containly mainly Impressionist works.
• Centre Georges Pompidou, also known as Beaubourg - houses the Musée National d'Art Moderne and a cultural center with a large public library. Famous for its external skeleton of service pipes.
• The Musée Rodin - a large collection of works by France's most famous sculptor
• The Musée du Montparnasse in the former residence of artist Marie Vassilieff at 21 Avenue du Maine, details the history of the great artistic community of Montparnasse.
• Musée Cluny, also known as the Musée National du Moyen-Age, houses a large collection of art and artifacts from the Middle Ages, including the tapestry cycle The Lady and the Unicorn.

5.3 Streets and other areas within Paris

• Montmartre - historic area on the Butte, home to the Basilica of the Sacré Coeur and also famous for the studios and cafés of many great artists.
• Champs-Élysées - a famous street, a broad boulevard often clogged with tourists.
• Rue de Rivoli - boutiques for tourists
• Place de la Concorde - at the foot of the Champs-Élysées, formerly Place de la Revolution, site of the infamous guillotine and the obelisk.
• Place de la Bastille - where the Bastille prison stood until the Revolution.
• Montparnasse - historic area on the Left Bank, famous for the studios, music-halls, and cafés of artists.

The Statue of Liberty copy on the river Seine in Paris, France. Given to the city in 1885, it faces west, towards the original Liberty in New York City

• Père Lachaise Cemetery - a popular tourist site, it contains the graves of many famous French men and women and those from other countries who came to live in France.
• Cimetière de Montmartre
• Cimetière du Montparnasse
• Cimetière de Passy
• Catacombs of Paris
• Les Halles - shopping precinct, includes an important metro connection station.
• Le Marais - trendy district on the Right Bank with large gay and Jewish populations
• List of parks and gardens in Paris

5.4 Boutiques, department stores and hotels

• Food stores
  • Fauchon
  • Berthillon ice cream
• Department stores
  • Galeries Lafayette
  • Printemps
• Famous hotels:
  • Hôtel de Crillon, Place de la Concorde
  • Hôtel George V , Avenue Georges V
  • Hôtel Ritz Paris , Place Vendome

5.5 Night life

• Le Lido - cabaret on the Champs-Élysées famous for its exotic shows and where, as an American GI on leave with some army friends, Elvis Presley gave an impromptu concert.
• Bal du Moulin Rouge, Le Crazy Horse Saloon , the Paris Olympia, Folies Bergères, Bobino - famous nightclubs.
• The Buddha Bar , Barfly, Hotel Costes , Georges - trendy upscale restaurant / bars to see and be seen.

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