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Palais de Chaillot in Paris is a must do for its spectacular view of the Eiffel Tower. Walking across the gardens and the river to the Eiffel Tower is a classic. Palais de Chaillot hosts first class architecture and maritime museums. Paris monuments.

Visit Palais de Chaillot in Paris

The Palais de Chaillot crowns the Chaillot hill facing the Eiffel Tower on the banks of the river in Paris. The spectacular view of the Eiffel Tower from Palais de Chaillot is rightly the most famous Paris view and a part of most Paris bus tours.

The walk from Palais de Chaillot to Eiffel Tower across the Trocadéro gardens and the Iéna Seine bridge is a scenic Paris walking tour. Details on Eiffel Tower walking tour.

Palais de Chaillot also hosts two world class museums.

Museums in Palais de Chaillot

Palais de Chaillot is worth a visit for its museums. Go with your children to the first class Maritime Museum, its great ship models spanning three centuries, or to Paris Aquarium (web site), located in Palais de Chaillot Gardens.

Architecture lovers enjoy the Cité de l'Architecture, a rich museum devoted to France's monuments, allowing a journey through space and time. Web site. The Musée de l'Homme Anthropology Museum is also quite interesting. Web site.

Information on Palais de Chaillot

1, place du Trocadéro
Paris 75116 France

Paris metro: Trocadéro station on lines 6 and 9
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In Palais de Chaillot, the Maritime Museum, Musée de l'Homme and Cité de l'Architecture can be visited.

The frozen fountains of Palais de Chaillot
The frozen fountains of Palais de Chaillot

Apartments and hotels near Palais de Chaillot on the map

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Palace near Palais de Chaillot

A former residence of Prince Roland Bonaparte and listed in the French “Monuments Historiques”, Shangri-La Hotel is a hotel palace located 500m away from du Place Trocadéro, across the Seine River and facing the Eiffel Tower.

It reflects both Asian hospitality and French art de vivre. It has 2 restaurants, one of them a Michelin star. An indoor pool and a spa are featured. Many rooms have Eiffel Tower views.

10, avenue d'Iena
Paris 75016 France
Hotel Shangri-La is a superb palace
Hotel Shangri-La is a superb palace

Palais de Chaillot hotel

Hotel Etoile Trocadéro is in the 16th arondissement, within walking distance of the Champs Elysées and Palais de Chaillot. It offers air-conditioned rooms with satellite TV and private bathroom. Each room at the Etoile Trocadero also features a minibar, a hairdryer and dry-cleaning service is available. A continental breakfast is provided every morning and can be served in the guest rooms. Guests arriving late can benefit from 24-hour reception and they can also leave their bags during the day. Daily newspapers are provided, along with Wi-Fi access.

21, rue Saint Didier
Paris 75016 France
Hotel Etoile Trocadéro
Hotel Etoile Trocadéro

Restaurant in Palais de Chaillot

With a unique and breathtaking view of the Eiffel Tower, Les Îlots de Chaillot showcases an inventive and affordable cuisine in the heart of Palais de Chaillot. The Art Deco restaurant room is gorgious and quiet.

Proposed by Véronique Dossetto, an actress with an atypical career, and Olivier Dufour, an esthete and humanist cook, promoted Toque Française, their cuisine offers a choice of fresh products from organic farming. A hidden treasure.

1, place du Trocadéro
Paris 75016 France
Restaurant in Palais de Chaillot
Restaurant in Palais de Chaillot

History of Palais de Chaillot

Replacing the controversial Palais du Trocadéro built in 1878, the Palais de Chaillot was built in 1937 by architects Carlu, Boileau and Azema. It was one of the highlights of the 1937 Paris International Exhibition. Two years before World War Two broke out, this World Exhibition, the last in Paris until today, was the dramatic stage of a prestige showdown between the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Palais de Chaillot, the Musée d'Art Moderne near-by and the grande galerie of the Air and space museum are the main legacies of Paris 1937 international exhibition.

Palais de Chaillot and United Nations

The Palais de Chaillot hosted the third United Nations General Assembly, benefiting from a temporary extraterritorial exception. For this, a ceremony was organized on September 1, 1948, during which the French Minister of Foreign Affairs Maurice Schumann symbolically handed over the keys of the palace to the Secretary-General of the UN, Trygve Lie.

The United Nations General Assembly adopted there the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on December 10, 1948. In 1951, the Palais de Chaillot hosted the sixth General Assembly of the United Nations.

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