Valentine's Day 2024: romantic spots for romantic photos

Published by Cécile de Sortiraparis · Photos by My de Sortiraparis · Published on February 14th, 2024 at 12:38 p.m.
It's true love between you and your sweetheart. A moment of happiness like that needs to be immortalized! Discover the best spots for romantic photos in Paris and the Ile-de-France region.

It's a well-known fact: love makes you beautiful. And when you're in Paris, the city of love par excellence, you're a knockout! Luckily, cameras are available to immortalize all this beauty. So grab your loved one by the hand and take to the streets of the capital for a photo shoot worthy of your love story.

It's all very well to take photos with your loved one and make unforgettable memories, but not just anywhere. For beautiful photos, you need a romantic and remarkable setting. Don't look any further, we've got the addresses you need for great couple photos. Take notes!

Let's start with the must-sees: Montmartre, with its picturesque streets, pink houses and Mur des Je t'aime. It's impossible to miss this district, renowned for its romantic side. And if you wait for the sun to set, you can enjoy an exceptional view of the capital from the top of the hill!

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Speaking of hilltops, let's head for the Chaumont hilltop, and more specifically its pretty belvedere on the Île du Lac. Access is via two bridges, which also offer some nice photo opportunities.

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On the classic side, the Eiffel Tower is not to be missed. At the top, in the park at its feet, in the adjacent streets, in an elevated spot that gives us a better view of the Iron Lady... All options are good: the Eiffel Tower never disappoints. Especially when you can capture the moment when it sparkles! A romantic photo worthy of the greatest Hollywood comedies.

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We continue our tour of romantic spots, with the Café Renoir, a pretty island of greenery cut off from the world, the Place de Furstemberg and its chic, charming symmetry, theAvenue de Camoëns, in the 16th arrondissement, or the Galerie Vivienne, Paris's most famous covered passageway.

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The bridges of Paris are another must-see. A photo on the Seine, with the city's most illustrious monuments in the background, always makes an impression. In this category, it's impossible to miss the Pont des Arts, the Pont Alexandre III, or the Debilly footbridge.

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Now let's take a look at the museums. Art and love often go hand in hand, especially when you can enjoy museums as magnificent as ours! For a change from a selfie in front of the Venus de Milo statue, we suggest you take a look at the gardens and squares of Parisian museums.

For a lovely moment for two, take a stroll through the Palais Galliera square, decorated with sculptures. You can also visit the Maison de Balzac, with its garden overlooking the Eiffel Tower. Don't miss the garden and café of the Musée de la Vie Romantique, or the sculpture garden of the Musée Rodin. The interior garden of the Petit Palais also offers great photo opportunities.

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Want even more gardens? Schedule a photo appointment at Parc Monceau, on Paris's Bridge of Sighs. Discover the romantic kiosk in the Bois de Vincennes, and stroll along the Coulée verte. You can also take beautiful photos in the Jardin du Luxembourg: flowers, statues, the Médicis fountain: there's no shortage of scenery!

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And outside Paris?

Paris may be the City of Love, but the rest of theÎle-de-France region is also full of romantic spots to discover with your other half. If you'd like to make memories in more unusual places, head for the départements of the Ile-de-France!

Let's start with a classic: the Trianon estate in Versailles, and more specifically the Temple of Love. It's all in the name, and it's hard to get more romantic than this pretty rotunda surrounded by trees. If you like châteaux, but are looking for something a little more original, you'll want to check out the Château de Courances and its magnificent park, which offers plenty of photo opportunities in all seasons.

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When the weather's fine, take a trip by car or public transport to discover the region's rose gardens. With their thousands of roses and landscaped gardens, they're an exceptional sight to behold. It's impossible to miss your photos amidst all these colorful flowers!

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For a more original photo shoot, it's time to move a little further away from Paris. Welcome to Crecy la Chapelle, in Seine-et-Marne. Here, we visit the Moulin Jaune and its remarkable gardens, which give us the impression of being plunged into the world of Alice in Wonderland. This astonishing place offers us colorful, strange, poetic and romantic spaces: just the thing to let your creativity run riot and have fun with your loved one!

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Finally, for a romantic adventure in the Yvelines, we recommend the famous Serre aux Papillons. Enter this colorful jungle and marvel at its winged inhabitants. More than 700 butterflies await you in this unique place.

With all these suggestions, you'll be able to fill your photo albums in no time!

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