Concorde

Concorde station sits beneath one of the most historically charged public spaces in Paris. Place de la Concorde is where Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette were guillotined during the Revolution, where thousands died under the blade, and where, in the centre of it all, stands a 3,300-year-old Egyptian obelisk gifted by the Viceroy of Egypt in 1829 - indifferent to the violence that preceded it. The square is enormous, the fountains are grand, and the view stretching east down the Tuileries Garden toward the Louvre and west up the Champs-Élysées toward the Arc de Triomphe is one of the great urban perspectives in the world.

Three lines serve this station, positioning it perfectly between the Right Bank's grandest avenue and the Left Bank's museum quarter across the river.

Station Overview

Zone 1. Lines 1, 8 and 12. Step-free access available. Central position between the Tuileries Garden, Champs-Élysées and the Seine bridges to the Left Bank.

Travel Tips

• Musée de l'Orangerie (Monet's Water Lilies rooms) is a 5-minute walk west through the Tuileries - book online, queues can be long
• The Tuileries Garden between Concorde and the Louvre is free to walk through and excellent for a short break
• Cross Pont de la Concorde for the Assemblée Nationale and the Left Bank museums
• Line 1 from here reaches the Louvre in 3 minutes and Bastille in 12

Nearby Attractions

Place de la Concorde - Directly above. The Luxor Obelisk and grand fountains. Historically significant as the site of Revolutionary guillotine executions.

Musée de l'Orangerie - 5 minutes walk west through Tuileries. Monet's eight Water Lilies panels in purpose-built oval rooms. Admission charged; book online.

Tuileries Garden - Directly alongside. A formal French garden running 1km between Concorde and the Louvre. Free, always open.

Timings and Best Time to Travel

Standard Métro hours. The square and gardens are accessible 24 hours. Sunset from the Concorde bridge looking toward the Louvre is outstanding - the golden light on the Tuileries is one of Paris's finest daily spectacles.