Guide to the 1st Arrondissement in Paris

The heart of what was once the seat of royal power in Paris, the 1st arrondissement retains an atmosphere of elegance and regality.

• Musée du Louvre (Louvre Museum)
• Tuileries Gardens
• Jeu de Paume-National Galleries
• Musee des Arts Decoratifs (Decorative Arts Museum)
• Musee de l'Orangerie
• Palais Royal (former seat of royal power)
• La Comédie Française (classic Paris theater where French playwright Molière once performed)
• Place Vendôme
• Forum des Halles (monstrous shopping center and district) and the Les Halles/Beaubourg neighborhood
• Eglise Saint-Eustache
• Chatelet and the Saint-Jacques Tower
• Ile de la Cite (natural island on the Seine)
• Sainte-Chapelle chapel and the Conciergerie (former Revolutionary prison)

See Map of the 1st Arrondissement: View map here