Eiffel Tower (Tour Eiffel)

Designed and constructed for the 1889 Exposition Universelle (that's the World Fair to us), the Eiffel Tower was almost universally hated by the French. But it managed to skirt demolition talks and has since become one of Paris' most well-known symbols.

Gaze up at the Tour Eiffel during a twilight picnic on the Parc du Champs de Mars, or enjoy a Parisian panorama by walking or taking the elevator up inside it. Find the Eiffel Tower off the Bir-Hakeim, Trocadéro or Ecole Militaire métro stops.

• Three levels are open to the public. There are elevators to the top but they have long queues. You can avoid the queues by walking up the stairs in the south pillar to the 1st or 2nd platforms." -- Lonely Planet