While the Champs-Élysées instantly conjures luxury and window-shopping, its quieter side hides a true landscape haven. For a long time, the area consisted of
That's when the park settled into its unmistakably English-inspired layout, carved into several grand tree-lined "squares": the Marigny Square, the Geoffroy-Saint-Hilaire Square, and the Ambassadors’ Square. Woven through its shaded paths flanked by century-old chestnut trees and majestic plane trees, the garden reveals an exceptional architectural and cultural heritage.
There you'll come across sublime cast-iron fountains from the Durenne house, numerous statues of great literary figures, but also iconic theatre venues like Théâtre Marigny, the Pavillon Gabriel, or Théâtre du Rond-Point.
Famed for housing the Élysée Palace on its northern flank, the garden is also framed by Paris’s great cultural landmarks, with the Grand Palais and the Petit Palais lying to the south. Fully redesigned and upgraded for Paris 2024’s Olympic and Paralympic Games, this historic green space now features redesigned promenades and preserved biodiversity.
To reach it, you can take the Lines 1 and 13 of the metro (Champs-Élysées - Clemenceau station, located in the heart of the garden), the Lines 1, 8 and 12 (Concorde station) or the Line 9 (Franklin D. Roosevelt station). The bus lines 28, 42, 72, 73, 80 and 93 also service the park’s perimeter.
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Gardens of the Champs-Elysées,
10 avenue des Champs Elysées
75008 Paris 8
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