The Paris' landmark : in 1889 Gustave Eiffel gave the French flag a 300 m (984 ft.) pole to commemorate the revolution centenary, just 15mn from the hotel de la Motte Picquet.

4 prestigious buildings dedicated to the first arts of Asia, America, Oceania and Afica, just 15 mn from the hotel de la Motte Picquet.

Temporary exhibits and Napoleon tomb just 10 mn from the hotel de la Motte Picquet.

Orsay Museum, 19th century arts, just 15 mn from the hotel de la Motte Picquet.

The intellectual and fashion district just a couple of station from the hotel Motte Picquet.

The Church of Saint Sulpice, the famous location of the Da Vinci Code.

Louvre Museum, antiquity to 18th century, 1st museum world wide.

Not far from Les Halles, the Centre Beaubourg or better known as the Pompidou Center,created alot of mixed feelings with its radical architectural design.

Landmark of the French Revolution better known today as a hip district hosting the new opéra.

A famous early 17th century square with some of the most beautiful parisian apartments in the middle of a middle-age district.

This arch was built in memory of Napoléon's Great Army at the top of the Champs-Elysées.

Neo-Greek temple ordered by Napoleon in homage to its Great Army, today a rich catholic parish.

Two operas : the original one built by Garnier in 1875 & Opera Bastille from 1989.

Basilica built to the glory of the "Holy Heart of Jesus" to redeem the Nation's sins after the 1870 bloodshed of the Commune of Paris overlooks Paris from the Montmartre hill.

The 21 st century skyscrapers business district erected outside the western city-limits of Paris was recently enriched by the spectacular Grande Arche.

The first leisure/theme park of Europe.

The Sun-king palace in Versailles is half an hour by train from Paris.