Things to Do in France

20 places across Paris, Marne-la-Vallee and 7 more cities — ranked by traveler ratings, with photos and where to find each one.

Eiffel Tower

Paris · Île-de-France · historical landmark · ★ 4.7 · 493,993 reviews · Open in Google Maps ↗

The Eiffel Tower is a lattice tower on the Champ de Mars in Paris, France. It is named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel, whose company designed and built the tower from 1887 to 1889.

Louvre Museum

Paris · Île-de-France · art museum · ★ 4.7 · 375,166 reviews · Open in Google Maps ↗

The Louvre, or the Louvre Museum, is a national art museum in Paris, France. The Louvre, a former royal palace, is known for its collection of celebrated paintings collected by the French kings, including the Mona Lisa of Leonardo Da Vinci.

Louvre Museum

The Arc de Triomphe

Paris · Île-de-France · monument · ★ 4.7 · 297,542 reviews · Open in Google Maps ↗

The Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile, often simply called the Arc de Triomphe, is one of the most famous monuments in Paris, France.

The Arc de Triomphe
Jiuguang Wang (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Piazza Navona

Paris · Île-de-France · plaza · ★ 4.7 · 217,089 reviews · Open in Google Maps ↗

Piazza Navona is a public open space in Rome, Italy. It is built on the site of the 1st century AD Stadium of Domitian and follows the form of the open space of the stadium in an elongated oval.

Piazza Navona
dalbera from Paris, France (CC BY 2.0)

Disneyland Paris

Marne-la-Vallee · Île-de-France · amusement center · ★ 4.5 · 321,208 reviews · Open in Google Maps ↗

Disneyland Paris is an entertainment resort in Marne-la-Vallée, France, located about 32 kilometres east of the city centre of Paris. It encompasses two theme parks, seven Disney-owned hotels, two convention centers, a golf course, an arena, and a shopping, dining and entertainment complex.

Disneyland Paris

Champ de Mars

Paris · Île-de-France · park · ★ 4.6 · 223,104 reviews · Open in Google Maps ↗

The Champ de Mars is a large public greenspace in Paris, France, located in the seventh arrondissement, between the Eiffel Tower to the northwest and the École Militaire to the southeast. The park is named after the Campus Martius in Rome, which was dedicated to the god Mars.

Champ de Mars

Sacre-Coeur

Paris · Île-de-France · church · ★ 4.7 · 167,213 reviews · Open in Google Maps ↗

The Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Montmartre, commonly known as Sacré-Cœur Basilica or simply Sacré-Cœur, is a Catholic church and minor basilica in Paris dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

Sacre-Coeur
JordiH (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Musée d'Orsay

Paris · Île-de-France · art museum · ★ 4.8 · 116,662 reviews · Open in Google Maps ↗

The Musée d'Orsay is a museum in Paris, France, on the Left Bank of the Seine. It is housed in the former Gare d'Orsay, a Beaux-Arts railway station built from 1898 to 1900. The museum holds mainly French art dating from 1848 to 1914, including paintings, sculptures, furniture, and photography.

Musée d'Orsay
Sanchezn (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Puy du Fou

Les Epesses · Pays de la Loire · amusement center · ★ 4.8 · 103,661 reviews

Le Puy du Fou () is a theme park in Les Epesses, in the Pays de la Loire region of western France. It receives more than 2 million visitors every year, making it one of the most popular theme parks in France. In 2025, it was the second most visited theme park in France, behind Disneyland Paris.

Puy du Fou

Palace of Versailles

Versailles · Île-de-France · castle · ★ 4.6 · 169,812 reviews · Open in Google Maps ↗

The Palace of Versailles is a former royal residence commissioned by King Louis XIV located in Versailles, about 18 kilometres (11 mi) west of the city centre of Paris, in the Yvelines department of Île-de-France region in France.

Palace of Versailles
ToucanWings (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Luxembourg Gardens

Paris · Île-de-France · garden · ★ 4.7 · 128,543 reviews · Open in Google Maps ↗

The Jardin du Luxembourg, known in English as the Luxembourg Garden, colloquially referred to as the Jardin du Sénat, is located in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, France. The creation of the garden began in 1612 when Marie de' Medici, the widow of King Henry IV, constructed the Luxembourg Palace as her new residence.

Luxembourg Gardens
Kirua (Public domain)

Ramparts of Mont Saint-Michel

Bayeux · Normandy · place of worship · ★ 4.7 · 123,132 reviews · Open in Google Maps ↗

The Mont-Saint-Michel Abbey is an abbey located within the city and island of Mont-Saint-Michel in Normandy, in the department of Manche. Now owned and operated as a French national monument, religious services still occur and occasionally monks are invited to take up residence.

Ramparts of Mont Saint-Michel
CC BY-SA 3.0

Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Strasbourg

Strasbourg · Grand Est · church · ★ 4.8 · 77,663 reviews

Notre-Dame de Paris, often referred to simply as Notre-Dame, is a medieval Catholic cathedral on the Île de la Cité (an island in the River Seine), in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, France. It is the cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Paris.

Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Strasbourg

Notre-Dame Cathedral of Paris

Paris · Île-de-France · church · ★ 4.7 · 98,659 reviews · Open in Google Maps ↗

Notre-Dame de Paris, often referred to simply as Notre-Dame, is a medieval Catholic cathedral on the Île de la Cité, in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, France. It is the cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Paris.

Notre-Dame Cathedral of Paris
Ali Sabbagh (CC0)

Tuileries Garden

Paris · Île-de-France · garden · ★ 4.6 · 119,251 reviews · Open in Google Maps ↗

The Tuileries Garden is a public garden between the Louvre and the Place de la Concorde in the 1st arrondissement of Paris, France. Created by Catherine de' Medici as the garden of the Tuileries Palace in 1564, it was opened to the public in 1667 and became a public park after the French Revolution.

Tuileries Garden
Tangopaso (Public domain

Cité de Carcassonne

Carcassonne · Occitanie · ★ 4.7 · 92,544 reviews · Open in Google Maps ↗

The Cité de Carcassonne is a medieval citadel located in the French city of Carcassonne, in the Aude department, Occitania region. It is situated on a hill on the right bank of the river Aude, in the south-eastern part of the city proper.

Cité de Carcassonne

Louvre Pyramid

Paris · Île-de-France · cultural landmark · ★ 4.7 · 84,632 reviews · Open in Google Maps ↗
Louvre Pyramid
Benh LIEU SONG (CC BY 2.5)

Dune of Pilat

Gujan-Mestras · Nouvelle-Aquitaine · wildlife refuge · ★ 4.8 · 38,956 reviews · Open in Google Maps ↗

The Dune of Pilat, also called Grande Dune du Pilat, is the tallest sand dune in Europe. It is located in La Teste-de-Buch in the Arcachon Bay area, France, 60 km (37.2 mi) southwest of Bordeaux along France's Atlantic coastlines.

Dune of Pilat

Beach of Malo-les-Bains

Dunkirk · Hauts-de-France · beach · ★ 4.5 · 10,360 reviews · Open in Google Maps ↗

Saint-Malo is a historic French port commune in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany.

Beach of Malo-les-Bains

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