Adorning the eastern end of Avenue Champs-Élysées is the historic square in Paris, Place de la Concorde. With an area of more than 7 hectares, it is considered the largest square in Paris.
This 18th-century square had witnessed many public executions; one of the high-profile cases is that of King Loius XVI. Today, it is adorned with two fountains, the Maritime Fountain and the Fountain of the Rivers, and a Luxor obelisk, a 3000-year-old 23-meter structure shipped from Egypt in 1833.
Next to it lies the Jardin des Tuileries (Tuileries Garden), which is an ideal spot to rest and relax after hours of sightseeing. Here you’ll find two spacious ponds, surrounded by lanes of manicured trees, which are studded by various statues. In the southwest nook stands the Musée de l’Orangerie, which houses the works of Monet.
If you keep walking across the garden, you’ll eventually reach the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel and then the Louvre!