Free Paris: The Best Things That Cost Nothing
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AlexWorld-class museums with free permanent collections, elevated garden walks, and the parks Parisians actually use — no entry fee required.
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Musée Carnavalet
The entire history of Paris told through 600,000 objects — permanent collection fully free since 2019, and one of the finest museum buildings in the city
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Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris
A permanent collection spanning Fauvism to contemporary art — Matisse, Dufy, Modigliani — all free, and criminally under-visited compared to the Pompidou
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Musée de la Vie Romantique
A rose-garden courtyard and a house frozen in the 1830s — George Sand's jewels and Chopin memorabilia, free permanent collection, hidden in Pigalle
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Jardin du Palais Royal
A perfectly symmetrical garden enclosed by arcaded galleries — the most elegant free lunch spot in Paris, calm even in high season
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Promenade Plantée
A disused railway viaduct turned into an elevated garden walk — the original High Line, built 20 years earlier, stretching 4.5 km east from Bastille
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Parc des Buttes-Chaumont
Cliffs, a lake, a suspension bridge, a hilltop temple — the most dramatic park in Paris, in the 19th arrondissement where tourists rarely go
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Sacré-Cœur Basilica
Free to enter, and the hilltop steps outside offer the best panoramic view of Paris without paying for a tower — arrive early to beat the crowd
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Père Lachaise Cemetery
The most visited cemetery in the world — Proust, Édith Piaf, Oscar Wilde, Jim Morrison — free to wander, genuinely beautiful, never feels morbid
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Canal Saint-Martin
Iron footbridges, lock gates, and tree-lined quays — walk the full stretch on a Sunday when the road is closed to cars and locals take it over completely
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