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Tuileries Garden

The formal garden linking the Louvre to Place de la Concorde — a central, free stroll.

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The verdict

Who it's worth it for

Great for
  • Travellers on a budget
  • If you've only got a day
  • Families with kids
  • Couples
  • Solo travellers
  • Anyone here to unwind
  • Photographers
Depends
  • Nature lovers
Not for

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Worth it for travellers on a budget, if you've only got a day and families with kids.

Why we say this

Insider secrets & local vibes

André Le Nôtre redesigned it in 1664 into the formal jardin à la française — symmetry, order and a long perspective that anchors the Louvre-to-Concorde axis.
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Pull a free Fermob chair up to one of the octagonal fountains and you're sitting where Parisians have lounged for a century.
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It doubles as an outdoor gallery, scattered with works by Maillol, Rodin and Giacometti between the lawns and lime walks.
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Created in 1564 for a vanished royal palace and named for the tile kilns that stood here, it's been a public park since the Revolution.
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It's a formal, mostly treeless gravel expanse — grand but with little shade, and it can feel hot, dusty and crowded in high summer.
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What it feels like

Reading the room, traveller by traveller

  • First-timers

    The perfect connective tissue between the Louvre and Place de la Concorde — a free, central stroll that links the city's biggest landmarks.

    “The garden links two of the city's most important landmarks: the Louvre Museum and Place de la Concorde”

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  • On a budget

    Free to enter, with movable chairs by the fountains; a no-cost rest stop bang in the center of Paris between museum visits.

  • As a couple

    A summer carnival sets up along the garden in season; otherwise a classic Parisian promenade past fountains and statues.

  • For photos

    Le Nôtre's long symmetrical sightlines frame the Louvre one way and the Concorde obelisk and Arc de Triomphe the other — postcard geometry in both directions.

What people say

Straight from the reviews

“In 1664, landscape architect André Le Nôtre redesigned the entire garden, immediately transforming the Tuileries into a formal jardin à la française, based on symmetry, order and long perspectives”

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“It's filled with sculptures by artists like Maillol, Rodin, and Giacometti”

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“The Green Chairs are iconic Parisian seats that are free to move and use for relaxing by the fountains”

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Good to know

Before you go

Cost
Free
Time
45 min – 1 hr
Last verified
2026-06-17
Best time
Late afternoon for golden light down the axis; summer for the funfair, but expect crowds and little shade.
Getting there
Métro Tuileries or Concorde (line 1), or Palais Royal–Musée du Louvre; 1st arrondissement.
Hours
Daily, roughly 7–7:30am to 7:30–11pm depending on season.
Booking
Free, no ticket; the summer Fête des Tuileries funfair has paid rides.
Accessibility
Flat but gravel underfoot; navigable for wheelchairs and strollers with some effort.
Alternatives

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the Monet rooms sit inside this gardenthe museum it adjoins
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