The 1st arrondissement borders the bank of the Seine and stretches from the Place de la Concorde (technically in the 8th) to Chatelet and includes part of the Ile de la Cite.

Paris, Banks of the Seine
From the Louvre to the Eiffel Tower, from the Place de la Concorde to the Grand and Petit Palais, the evolution of Paris and its history can be seen from the River Seine. The Cathedral of Notre-Dame and the Sainte Chapelle are architectural masterpieces while Haussmann's wide squares and boulevards influenced late 19th- and 20th-century town planning the world over".

Places of interest

Louvre Musuems
Tuileries Gardens
Palais Royale
Rue Rivoli
Decorative Arts Museum Advertising Museum
Rue St. Honoré
Place Vendome
Eglise St.Germain Auxerrois
Pont des Arts
Chatelet
Les Halles
Eglise de St. Eustache
Ile de la Cite & Ile St. Louis
The Pont Neuf

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