The Monuments by the Hotel
The Hotel Relais Monceau is situated in the heart of Paris, and therefore it is easy and quick to get around to all the major monuments and sites: (everything is 15 or less minutes away) :
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| The sights of a first weekend in Paris | ||
|---|---|---|
| Champs Elysees |  |
20 “ |
| Arc de Triomphe | |
25 “ |
| Musee du Louvre | |
30 “ |
| Concorde | |
25 “ |
| La Tour Eiffel | |
45 “ |
| Notre Dame | |
50 “ |
| Sacre Coeur | |
35 “ |
| And to go a little further … | ||
| Eglise Saint Augustin | |
5 “ |
| Opera Garnier | |
15 “ |
| Eglise de la Madeleine | |
17 “ |
| Petits Palais et Grands Palais | |
25 “ |
| Musee du quai d’Orsay | |
35 “ |
| Les Invalides | |
35 “ |
| Jardins des Tuileries | |
25 “ |
| Musee du quai Branly | |
50 “ |
| To discover Paris by an other way … | ||
| Parc Monceau | |
5 “ |
| Musee Nissim de Camondo | |
6 “ |
| Musee Jacquemart Andre | |
6 “ |
| Musee Cernuschi | |
17 “ |
| Musee de la Vie Romantique | |
17 “ |
| Les Arts Decoratifs | |
30 “ |
| Musee Guimet | |
37Â “ |
Towards the West, in the same neighborhood, you can find the Orthodox Church of Paris, with its wonderful golden onion-shaped cupolas consecrated in 1861 by Saint-Alexander-Nevsky (it is the primary place of worship for the Russian orthodox community in France).
Towards the South is the Church of Saint Augustin with its impressive metal dome, dating back to 1860-1871; to the East is the Madeleine church designed in the neoclassical style and whose first stone was laid by Louis the 15th – it was consecrated only in 1845. At one point, there were plans to turn the Madeleine Church into Paris’ first train station or into a temple to honor Napoleon’s soldiers.
The Lycée Condorcet is nearby; it is a former monastery, designed by the famous Brongniart, and converted into a school by Napoleon in 1803. Among its former pupils are Proust, the artists Jean Cocteau and Toulouse-Lautrec, the car manufacturer André Citroën, the photographer Nadar…