MUSEUMS · PALACES · HERITAGE
Places to visit
Major landmarks and places genuinely worth the detour, with visits planned without wasting the day.28 guides to explore
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Louvre Museum
Plan a focused visit to Paris's immense art collection.
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02 · Museums & heritage
Musée d’Orsay
Nineteenth-century masterpieces inside a former railway station.
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03 · Museums & heritage
Centre Pompidou
Modern art, radical design and rooftop views of Paris.
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04 · Museums & heritage
Château de Versailles
A royal day of palace interiors, gardens and estates.
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05 · Museums & heritage
Mont-Saint-Michel
A dramatic abbey rising above Normandy's tidal bay.
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06 · Museums & heritage
Carcassonne
A fortified city best explored early or near sunset.
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07 · Museums & heritage
Plages du Débarquement
Memorial sites, museums and Normandy's coastal landscape.
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Route des châteaux de la Loire
A flexible route through architecture, gardens and villages.
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Palaces and châteaux of France
From royal homes to private fantasies, power written in stone.
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