Louvre to Arc de Triomphe walking tour

Champs-Elysées

The distance from Louvre to Arc de Triomphe is five kilometers in a straight line. The Louvre to Arc de Triomphe walking tour is a classic tour that can be done in two hours. Passing by the Louvre Museum, the Tuileries Gardens, Place de la Concorde, Champs-Elysées, Arc de Triomphe, the walk combines sightseeing and shopping. Paris walking tour maps.

Paris triumphal way

The triumphal way in Paris is a grandiose five kilometer perspective in a straight line from the Louvre to Arc de Triomphe through Champs-Elysées.

The triumphal way is the result of a century long royal project to extend westwards the Louvre Palace. This extention included the Tuileries Gardens, Place de la Concorde and Champs-Elysées Avenue. It was completed with Arc de Triomphe at the top of Champs-Elysées Avenue. The Louvre to Arc de Triomphe walking tour follows the triomphal way.

Paris triomphal way walking tour: Tuileries Gardens
Tuileries Gardens are on the tour

Louvre to Arc de Triomphe in 2 hours

Start at the Louvre (A), continue through beautiful and relaxing Tuileries Gardens (B) up to Place de la Concorde (C), the most beautiful square in Paris. Pay attention to car traffic when walking across Place de la Concorde.

Walk up the Champs-Elysées past Grand Palais (D), the grandiose 1900 palace, Vuitton megastore (check page on Champs-Elysées shops) (E) up to Arc de Triomphe (F).

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Paris triomphal way walking tour: Champs-Elysées
Paris triomphal way walking tour: Champs-Elysées

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