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These are the stops. Most of a Paris Layover is spent looking at the outside of things, which is exactly the right way to spend it — the queue for the inside of any of them is longer than the gap between your flights.

The Eiffel Tower at dusk seen down the lawns of the Champ de Mars

The Eiffel Tower from the Champ de Mars on a clear morning

Paris from above, with the Eiffel Tower and the towers of La Défense beyond

The Arc de Triomphe from the pavement at Place Charles de Gaulle

The Champs-Élysées looking towards the Arc de Triomphe

Notre-Dame de Paris with its rebuilt spire above the trees

Notre-Dame across the Seine with a river cruise boat passing

The glass pyramid in the Louvre courtyard seen from below

The Louvre's long riverside facade from the Rue de Rivoli

The Winged Victory of Samothrace at the head of the Daru staircase

The Venus de Milo in her alcove in the Louvre

The Palais Garnier from the Place de l'Opéra

The gilded grand foyer inside the Palais Garnier

The Sacré-Cœur basilica on the summit of Montmartre

Sacré-Cœur seen over the flowerbeds of the Montmartre gardens

The gilded dome of Les Invalides with a private tour vehicle waiting below

The gilded gate of the Palace of Versailles

Mont-Saint-Michel rising from the bay at high tide

A classic car crossing the Pont Alexandre III at dusk

Private tour vehicles lined up in front of the Eiffel Tower

A Haussmann street corner with a café awning and a tour van passing

The rear seats of an air-conditioned private tour minivan

See them for yourself

Every landmark above sits on at least one of the routes here, with a car that waits while you photograph it.

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Which of these you can reach depends on your hours: short layover routes for four to six, layovers of six hours or more beyond that, and Paris Layover Tours for the tours themselves.