Grand Palais
3 Avenue du Général Eisenhower, 75008 Paris
Website – tel: 01 44 13 17 17
Metro station: Champs-Élysées – Clemenceau
Prices vary depending on the collection
Open daily except on Tuesdays: 10 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. ; Wednesday, Friday and Saturday until 10 p.m.
The Glass Roof Spectacle: I highly recommend visiting the Nave on a sunny day; as the largest iron and glass structure in Europe, the way the light filters through the newly restored dome is a masterpiece of architecture and engineering that you have to see from the inside.
The Grand Palais was built for the World’s Fair of 1900, a showcase for arts meant to demonstrate the vitality of contemporary art in all its forms (exhibitions, cultural events, concerts, art market).
Its architecture, iron and stone, made particularly impressive by the monumental glass of the nave, the largest in Europe.
The monument also houses the Palace of Discovery and the National Gallery, homage to other forms of creativity: cultural, scientific and technical.
A self-guided family tour consists of questions for children and parents, a fun and creative way to discover this wonderful building.
My Tip: To walk among Parisian palaces, this is the experience I suggest.
