Can you believe that the Eiffel Tower was originally a temporary structure made to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the French Revolution? No? Neither can we. Now one of the most iconic and recognisable peices of architecture in the world, nothing symbolises France more than this 'iron lady'. A hubbub of tourists, locals, street sellers and Romanian scam artists, the Champ de Mars is never empty. The queues to take the lift up can get lengthy, but if you're happy to plod up the first few flights of stairs - you'll cut your wait time in half (if you don't mind breaking into a sweat).
One thing to note: The only problem with climbing the old Eiffel, is that - go figure - you're ON the old Eiffel, meaning it won't feature in any of your aerial pictures of Paris. If you want a beautiful view of Paris WITH the Eiffel Tower, we suggest you try Montparnasse tower instead (which is cheaper, and houses the worlds fastest lift!).
In short: you can't come to Paris and not see this baby, but you knew that already didn't you? It's one to tick off the bucket list. There's also a pretty swanky restaurant at the summit "Le Jules Verne" - As you can probably imagine, its expensive. Very Expensive.
Once night falls, every hour on the hour, the Eiffel tower twinkles and it really does look so incredibly beautiful and a perfect Kodak moment.
Fun fact: The popular French author Guy de Maupassant ate in the Eiffel Tower restaurant every night. Why? It was the only place in Paris that he didn't have to look at the 'monstrous' thing.
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