Eiffel Tower
I’ve been to Paris over 15 times yet I’ve never climbed the Eiffel Tower. I look at the Eiffel Tower, dream of the Eiffel Tower, and find it beautiful to ponder, yet I don’t feel it necessary to visit it directly. – JR
Eiffel Tower at night in Paris, France.
Eiffel Tower Visit Information
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Champ de Mars, Paris 75007
Tel : +33 1 44 11 23 45
Tel : +33 1 44 11 23 22
courrier@tour-eiffel.fr
Métro: Bir-Hakeim.
RER: Champ de Mars Tour Eiffel
Jan 1-Jun 13: 9:30am-11pm daily (stairs: 9:30am-6pm); Jan 14-Aug 31: 9am-midnight daily;
The first and second floors can be reached using the stairs, lifts take visitors to the magnificent view at the top. Admission (elevator/lift): EUR 9.90 Adults; EUR 5.30 Children under 12.
A Brief Eiffel Tower History
The towering Eiffel Tower was built for the World’s Fair of 1889, held in Paris that year to commemorate the centenary of the French Revolution. Named after its designer, Gustave Eiffel, it stands 320m (1050ft) high and held the record as the world’s tallest structure until the Empire State Building was completed in 1930. Initially opposed by the city’s artistic and literary elite the tower was almost torn down in 1909. Salvation came when it proved an ideal platform for the antennas needed for the new science of radiotelegraphy. Today the Eiffel Tower is one of the world’s most visited monuments.
When you’re done peering upwards through the girders, you can visit any of the three public levels, which can be accessed by lift or stairs. Just south-east of the tower is a grassy expanse that was once the site of the world’s first balloon flights and is now used by teens as a skateboarding arena or by activists bad-mouthing various French politicians.
Website: www.tour-eiffel.fr
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