All you ever wanted to know about the Champs Elysées! The Champs-Elysées, is for the French “La plus belle avenue du monde”. It starts from the Place de la Concorde and runs up to the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. In French they call it “Les Champs” and it’s the most fashionable and luxurious area in Paris.

This is where some of the most significant events of the year are held: New Year’s Eve gathering, 14th July military parade and the arrival of the Tour de France cycling race. The Champs-Elysées is at the center of Parisian life and the walk from the “Champs-Elysées Clemenceau” to the “Etoile Charles de Gaulle” metro stations is a perfect introduction to the city. Here you can find people from all over the world in shops, theaters and in restaurants.

The Champs-Elysées are 2 Km long and 80 meters wide. At the top of Champs-Elysées is The Arc de Triomphe, which was completed in 1836. This arc is a memorial of the soldiers killed in World War I and there is one permanently burning flame in the memory of those killed in the war.

The season of Christmas starting from December and up to January with numerous illuminations is one of the most coveted times on the Champs Elysées.

The Champs-Elysées is the home of some of the very best cinemas and if you want to catch a movie in English then UGC and Gaumont, the two biggest French film distributors, screen a wide range of international films on The Champs-Elysées.

The Champs-Elysées also houses Citroën, Mercedes and Peugeot showrooms. Cafes and restaurants like Planet Hollywood, Häagen-Dazs ice-creams, the gigantic Pizza Pino, the Copenhague Nordic restaurant, the Brasserie Lowenbrau with its Bavarian orchestra, the Chez Clément, Batifol and Bistro de la Gare are some of the international cafes and restaurants available on the Champs.

Enjoy, you are at the center of Paris!