Skip to content
TimeToStep

Landmark

Hôtel des Invalides

Louis XIV founded it in 1670 as a home for wounded veterans. The gold-domed church, finished in the early 1700s by Hardouin-Mansart, holds Napoleon's tomb, moved here in 1861 after his remains came back from Saint Helena.

Walks that pass here

Musée d'Orsay

Walk

From the Iron Tower to the Royal Garden: A First Walk Through Paris

A short first walk through Paris in six stops: the Eiffel Tower, Les Invalides, the Musée d'Orsay, the Tuileries Garden and the Luxor Obelisk, mostly along the Left Bank. It suits first-time visitors with about two hours.

~6 h 30 min in total
~5.2 km, ~1 h 5 min walking
Read the guide