Urban Travel, Sustainability & Accessibility

PARIS, FRANCE The Eiffel Tower’s refurbished 1st floor has shops. On the 2nd, treat yourself to a gastronomic meal at the famous Ju...

PARIS, FRANCE A pop-culture movie cliché is that the view from a Parisian window always includes the Eiffel Tower. In reality, sinc...

PARIS, FRANCE Maintenance of the Eiffel Tower includes applying 60 tons of paint every seven years to prevent it from rusting. The...

PARIS, FRANCE The Eiffel Tower is painted in three shades: lighter at the top, getting progressively darker towards the bottom to compl...

PARIS, FRANCE The Eiffel Tower’s arrangement of the lifts has been changed several times during the tower's history.  Given the...

PARIS, FRANCE The Eiffel Tower has three levels for visitors, with restaurants on the first and second levels.  The top level's...

PARIS, FRANCE The Eiffel Tower’s base is square, measuring 125 metres (410 ft) on each side.  During its construction, the Eiffel T...

PARIS, FRANCE Constructed from 1887–1889 as the entrance to the 1989 World’s Fair, the Eiffel Tower was initially criticized by some of...

PARIS, FRANCE The Eiffel Tower is a wrought iron lattice tower on the Champ de Mars.  It is named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel...