{"id":484,"date":"2002-05-08T05:27:19","date_gmt":"2002-05-08T05:27:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hiptravelguide.com\/go\/hip-guide-to-france\/things-to-do-in-france\/arc-de-triomphe\/"},"modified":"2002-05-08T05:27:19","modified_gmt":"2002-05-08T05:27:19","slug":"arc-de-triomphe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hiptravelguide.com\/go\/hip-guide-to-france\/things-to-do-in-france\/arc-de-triomphe\/","title":{"rendered":"Arc de Triomphe"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-482\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hiptravelguide.com\/go\/wp-content\/uploads\/2002\/05\/arc2.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"400\" height=\"190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hiptravelguide.com\/go\/wp-content\/uploads\/2002\/05\/arc2.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.hiptravelguide.com\/go\/wp-content\/uploads\/2002\/05\/arc2-300x143.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/div>\n<div>One of the most famous monuments in Paris is the Arc de Triomphe, which has been a place to celebrate war victories since the time of Napoleon (who commisioned it in 1806).<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>Standing 50 meters above Place Charles de Gaulle, it provides outstanding 360\u00ba views including the Champs \u00c9lys\u00e9es and 11 other grand boulevards which all radiate from the traffic circle around the Arch. The Arc is a beautiful sight at night especially looking down the Champs \u00c9lys\u00e9es where it stands majestically lit up at one end of the boulevard.<\/div>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-483\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hiptravelguide.com\/go\/wp-content\/uploads\/2002\/05\/arc3.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" width=\"400\" height=\"305\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hiptravelguide.com\/go\/wp-content\/uploads\/2002\/05\/arc3.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.hiptravelguide.com\/go\/wp-content\/uploads\/2002\/05\/arc3-300x229.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<div>Visitors can climb 284 steps to the top of the arch or there&#8217;s an elevator for handicapped access, but whether it is working when you visit is another story.<\/div>\n<p>The body of the unknown soldier rests under the arch and at certain times there is a ceremonial wreath laying on the grave.<\/p>\n<p>The Arc de Triomphe is open 9:30-11pm, April thru September; 10am-10:30pm, October thru March.<\/p>\n<p>Admission is \u20ac6.10\/4.90<\/p>\n<p>Phone: 01 43 80 3131<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the most famous monuments in Paris is the Arc de Triomphe, which has been a place to celebrate war victories since the time of Napoleon (who commisioned it in 1806). \u00a0 Standing 50 meters above Place Charles de &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hiptravelguide.com\/go\/hip-guide-to-france\/things-to-do-in-france\/arc-de-triomphe\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[137],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hiptravelguide.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hiptravelguide.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hiptravelguide.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hiptravelguide.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hiptravelguide.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=484"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hiptravelguide.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hiptravelguide.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hiptravelguide.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hiptravelguide.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}