Prepare your visit

Reservations are mandatory for groups.

For all requests, please send the completed booking form at least four weeks before the desired visit date to: reservations.arcdetriomphe@monuments-nationaux.fr

Reservation Request Form

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Payment must be made on the day of your visit at the monument's ticket office, in cash, by credit card or by cheque (made out to "Régisseur des recettes du droit d'entrée" and on presentation of a French identity document).

If you are already in possession of tickets purchased in advance, please go directly to the entrance of the monument, at the access control.

For schoolchildren, we accept payment via the Pass culture.

Access to the monument is via thePassage du Souvenir , at the top of avenue des Champs-Élysées or avenue de la Grande-Armée.

By car

From outside Paris: exit at Porte Maillot and avenue de la Grande-Armée or exit at Porte Dauphine and avenue Foch.

By bike

Vélib' stations on rue Arsène Houssaye, avenue Hoche, rue Beaujon, rue Balzac and rue Traktir.

By public transport

Metro lines 1, 2, 6 and RER A, Charles-de-Gaulle-Étoile station.
Bus lines 22, 30, 31, 52, 73, 92 and Balabus.

Visitor services and conditions

• 284 steps up to the terrace. An elevator is available only to those who need it, without the need for prior reservation.
• Maximum baggage allowance: 40x40x20cm.
• No lockers available.
• Objects prohibited in the monument: flags, banners, selfie poles, tripods, scooters, rollerblades, sharp objects, glass bottles, weapons.