# Visit Paris 16th arrondissement (75016) — full content (llms-full.txt)

> Your guide to the 75016, the elegant west of Paris: the Trocadéro and Palais de Chaillot facing the Eiffel Tower, the Impressionist Musée Marmottan Monet, the Fondation Louis Vuitton, the Musée d'Art Moderne and Palais Galliera, the villages of Passy and Auteuil and the vast Bois de Boulogne. Book your stay, check the weather and plan your visit.

This is the extended machine-readable guide: full details for every place page, plus hotels. Pages are in English; the home page also exists in French, German, Spanish and Japanese.

## Place guides — full details

### Bois de Boulogne
- URL: https://visitparis16.com/boisdeboulogne/
- Type: Public park & forest
- Address: Bois de Boulogne, 75016 Paris
- Admission: Open access · free (some gardens & attractions paid)
- Access: Métro Les Sablons (1), Porte Dauphine (2) or Porte d'Auteuil (10)

Paris's great western forest — more than twice the size of New York's Central Park. Lakes with rowing boats, the Pré Catelan and the Bagatelle rose garden, two racecourses, the family Jardin d'Acclimatation and Frank Gehry's Fondation Louis Vuitton. A vast green escape on the edge of the city.

Nearby: The Fondation Louis Vuitton and the Jardin d'Acclimatation are inside the wood; the Musée Marmottan Monet is by its eastern edge.

### Fondation Louis Vuitton
- URL: https://visitparis16.com/fondationlouisvuitton/
- Type: Art museum & cultural centre (2014)
- Address: 8 Avenue du Mahatma Gandhi, Bois de Boulogne, 75116 Paris
- Opening hours: Mon 10:00 AM–8:00 PM, Tue closed, Wed–Thu 10:00 AM–8:00 PM, Fri 10:00 AM–9:00 PM, Sat–Sun 10:00 AM–8:00 PM
- Admission: €16 · skip-the-line & guided visits via Tickets
- Access: Métro Les Sablons (1), then a short walk — or the dedicated shuttle from Étoile
- Tickets (GetYourGuide): https://www.getyourguide.com/louis-vuitton-foundation-l4985/
- Official site: https://www.fondationlouisvuitton.fr/en

Frank Gehry's spectacular glass-sailed building in the Bois de Boulogne, opened in 2014. A private art centre staging major modern and contemporary exhibitions, with a sculpture terrace and rooftops offering sweeping views over Paris and the wood.

Nearby: The Jardin d'Acclimatation is next door; the Musée Marmottan Monet is across the Bois de Boulogne.

### Maison de Balzac
- URL: https://visitparis16.com/maisondebalzac/
- Type: House-museum (City of Paris)
- Address: 47 Rue Raynouard, 75016 Paris
- Opening hours: Mon closed, Tue–Sun 10:00 AM–6:00 PM
- Admission: Free collections · temporary shows paid · guided visits via Tickets
- Access: Métro Passy (6) or La Muette (9) — a few minutes' walk
- Tickets (GetYourGuide): https://www.getyourguide.com/museum-maison-de-balzac-l143589/
- Official site: https://www.maisondebalzac.paris.fr/en

The novelist's last Paris home — a modest green-shuttered cottage tucked into the hillside of Passy, with a garden looking over the rooftops. Here Balzac corrected 'La Comédie humaine'; the museum keeps his manuscripts, portraits, caricatures and his famous monogrammed coffee pot. The permanent collections are free.

Nearby: The Maison de la Radio, the village of Passy and the Musée Marmottan Monet are all nearby.

### Musée Guimet
- URL: https://visitparis16.com/museeguimet/
- Type: Art museum (Asian arts)
- Address: 6 Place d'Iéna, 75116 Paris
- Opening hours: Mon 10:00 AM–6:00 PM, Tue closed, Wed–Sun 10:00 AM–6:00 PM
- Admission: Paid · skip-the-line & guided tours via Tickets
- Access: Métro Iéna (9) — right on Place d'Iéna
- Tickets (GetYourGuide): https://www.getyourguide.com/musee-national-des-arts-asiatiques-guimet-l3252/
- Official site: https://www.guimet.fr/en

The Musée national des Arts asiatiques — Guimet holds one of the finest collections of Asian art in the West: Khmer sculpture, Chinese ceramics and bronzes, Japanese, Korean, Indian and Himalayan treasures spanning two thousand years, near Place d'Iéna.

Nearby: The Palais de Tokyo, the Musée d'Art Moderne and Palais Galliera are all a short walk away.

### Musée Marmottan Monet
- URL: https://visitparis16.com/marmottanmonet/
- Type: Art museum
- Address: 2 Rue Louis-Boilly, 75016 Paris
- Opening hours: Mon closed, Tue–Wed 10:00 AM–6:00 PM, Thu 10:00 AM–9:00 PM, Fri–Sun 10:00 AM–6:00 PM
- Admission: €14 · guided tours & skip-the-line via Tickets
- Access: Métro La Muette (9) — a few minutes' walk
- Tickets (GetYourGuide): https://www.getyourguide.com/museo-marmottan-monet-l3240/
- Official site: https://www.marmottan.fr/en/

An elegant 19th-century mansion near La Muette, the Marmottan Monet holds the world's largest collection of works by Claude Monet — including 'Impression, Sunrise', the painting that gave Impressionism its name — alongside Berthe Morisot, Degas, Renoir and a celebrated set of medieval illuminations.

Nearby: The Bois de Boulogne, the village of Passy and the Maison de Balzac are all close by.

### Palais de Tokyo
- URL: https://visitparis16.com/palaisdetokyo/
- Type: Contemporary-art centre
- Address: 13 Avenue du Président-Wilson, 75116 Paris
- Opening hours: Mon 12:00 PM–9:00 PM, Tue closed, Wed–Sun 12:00 PM–9:00 PM
- Admission: Paid · guided visits & experiences via Tickets
- Access: Métro Iéna (9) or Alma-Marceau (9) — a few minutes' walk
- Tickets (GetYourGuide): https://www.getyourguide.com/palais-de-tokyo-l28008/
- Official site: https://www.palaisdetokyo.com/en

Europe's largest centre for contemporary art, housed in a wing of the 1937 Palais de Tokyo on Avenue du Président-Wilson. Its raw, industrial halls stage bold rotating installations, performances and multimedia that push well beyond the traditional museum — and it stays open late into the night.

Nearby: The Musée d'Art Moderne shares the building; the Musée Guimet and Palais Galliera are next door.

### Passy & Auteuil villages
- URL: https://visitparis16.com/passy/
- Type: Historic villages & market streets
- Address: Rue de l'Annonciation & around, 75016 Paris
- Admission: Open access · free to wander
- Access: Métro Passy (6), La Muette (9) or Église d'Auteuil (10)

Once independent villages outside Paris, Passy and Auteuil are now the leafy, residential heart of the 16th — the market street Rue de l'Annonciation, the Art Nouveau façades of Hector Guimard, the writers' homes of Balzac and Radio France, and quiet private lanes (villas) hidden behind the avenues.

Nearby: The Maison de Balzac, the Musée Marmottan Monet and the Maison de la Radio are all within the two villages.

### Trocadéro & Palais de Chaillot
- URL: https://visitparis16.com/trocadero/
- Type: Monument & public square (1937)
- Address: Place du Trocadéro-et-du-11-Novembre, 75016 Paris
- Admission: Open access · free
- Access: Métro Trocadéro (6, 9) — right by the esplanade

The grand 1937 Palais de Chaillot and its esplanade offer the most famous head-on view of the Eiffel Tower across the Seine — framed by the Trocadéro Gardens, the Warsaw Fountains and three major museums. Free, open day and night.

Nearby: The Cité de l'architecture, the Musée Guimet, the Palais de Tokyo and the Musée d'Art Moderne are all a few minutes away.

## Hotels in the 16th
- Best Western Au Trocadéro — https://visitparis16.com/bestwesternautrocaderoparis/: Classic 3-star hotel steps from Place du Trocadéro, with air-conditioned soundproof rooms and a 5-minute walk to the Eiffel Tower.
- Best Western Premier Trocadero La Tour — https://visitparis16.com/trocaderolatour/: Refined 4-star boutique hotel on a quiet Passy street, near rue de Passy shopping and the Eiffel Tower.
- Eiffel Trocadéro — https://visitparis16.com/eiffeltrocadero/: Elegant 4-star boutique hotel in a restored 18th-century building overlooking the Trocadéro gardens, a 7-minute stroll from the Eiffel Tower.
- Hôtel Gavarni — https://visitparis16.com/gavarni/: Eco-friendly 3-star boutique hotel near Passy, the first Paris hotel with the European Ecolabel, steps from Trocadéro.
- Hôtel Keppler — https://visitparis16.com/keppler/: Intimate 4-star hotel by Pierre-Yves Rochon near the Arc de Triomphe, with spa, hammam and rooftop views.
- Hôtel Passy Eiffel — https://visitparis16.com/passyeiffel/: Friendly 3-star hotel on lively rue de Passy, walking distance to the Trocadéro and Eiffel Tower, some rooms with tower views.
- Saint James Paris — https://visitparis16.com/saintjames/: Paris's only château-hotel, a 19th-century mansion with private gardens, Spa Guerlain and a members' club.
- Shangri-La Paris — https://visitparis16.com/shangrila/: Palace hotel in Prince Roland Bonaparte's former mansion, with Eiffel Tower views and Asian-inspired luxury.

## Booking
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