Palais de Chaillot

The Palais de Chaillot, also named Trocadero, and its monumental architecture perfectly crowns the  Chaillot hill in Paris. Locate Palais de Chaillot on Paris map.

The Palais de Chaillot was commissioned for the 1937 world exhibition, the last colonial exhibition in Paris.

France had then the second largest colonial empire in the world including large parts of Africa and Asia.

From Palais de Chaillot, the view on the Eiffel Tower on the left bank of the Seine river is spectacular.

The Palais de Chaillot is also well worth a visit for its museums, specially the Navy museum with ship models spanning three centuries of naval history.

Architecture lovers will appreciate the Architecture Museum (Cite de l'architecture) devoted to French monuments (web site in French). Nice cafe with a view.

You will admire the fountains in the gardens of Palais de Chaillot facing the Eiffel Tower.

The 15 minute walk from Palais de Chaillot to the Eiffel Tower across the Seine river is one of the best sightseeing walking tours in Paris.

Palais de Chaillot
1, place du Trocadero Paris 75116
 Trocadero metro station on line 6 and 9
More  information on Palais de Chaillot

Paris monuments | Paris monument map | Paris Digest