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Palais Garnier

Palais Garnier is an opera house. You can find it in Paris 9e. It has been a classé historic monument since 1923.

Photo: Palais Garnier, Alexander Hoernigk (CC BY 3.0)

Where

In Paris 9e

inside the commune

Historic monument

1923

Classé historic monument

How well known

Top 1%

#21 of 37,318 French places we list

Warmest months

Apr–Oct

highs of 18–27°C

In brief

Attraction in Paris 9e

One of the best-known places to visit in France

#21 of the 37,318 museums, châteaux, gardens and other attractions we list in France, by how widely it is covered (63 Wikipedia and sister-site articles). About ↓

In Paris 9e

Palais Garnier is in the commune of Paris 9e, with 1,467 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Classé historic monument

Protected as a historic monument since 1923; built in the 19th century (Mérimée record PA00089004). About ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the Culture ministry’s Mérimée database and Météo-France 1991–2020 normals.

When to go

Afternoons in Paris 9e reach 18–27°C from April to October.

Jan8° / 3°51 mm

Feb10° / 4°45 mm

Mar14° / 6°46 mm

Apr18° / 8°49 mm

May21° / 11°75 mm

Jun24° / 14°55 mm

Jul27° / 16°57 mm

Aug27° / 16°59 mm

Sep23° / 13°49 mm

Oct18° / 10°57 mm

Nov12° / 6°58 mm

Dec9° / 4°67 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Paris 9e, and rain in a month. Météo-France 1991–2020 normals from the Luxembourg station, 3.7 km away. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Paris 9e’s full climate →

About

Palais Garnier

There are Wikipedia articles on it in 63 languages. Our list has 2,190 more places within 15 km; first among them is Musée du Louvre, at 1.3 km.

Palais Garnier on Wikipedia ↗

Mérimée record PA00089004 (Culture ministry) ↗

Type: Attraction
Protection: Classé historic monument · 1923
Built: 19th century
Covered in: 63 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
Commune: Paris 9e, Paris
Official site: operadeparis.fr

Facts: Wikidata (CC0), OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors) and the Mérimée database (Licence Ouverte 2.0).

Plan your visit

Entry, hours, address

Hours10:00–17:00

Hours and entry: OpenStreetMap contributors. They change through the year: check its site before you go.

The map

Finding Palais Garnier

The map centres on Palais Garnier, in orange, with nearby places numbered.

Towns near it

Staying near Palais Garnier

The most populous of the 8 is Paris 18e, at 183,127. Its own town leads; the rest list it too, closest first.

1 · It’s in this commune

Paris 9e

57,271 people

2 · 1.1 km southeast of it

Paris 1er

15,114 people

3 · 1.2 km southeast of it

Paris 2e

19,847 people

4 · 1.3 km west of it

Paris 8e

35,317 people

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Palais Garnier is	People
Paris 9e	It’s in this commune	57,271
Paris 1er	1.1 km southeast of it	15,114
Paris 2e	1.2 km southeast of it	19,847
Paris 8e	1.3 km west of it	35,317
Paris 10e	2.2 km east of it	83,873
Paris 7e	2.3 km southwest of it	48,015
Paris 18e	2.3 km northeast of it	183,127
Paris 17e	2.3 km northwest of it	159,212

Make a day of it

Nearby, too

Nearby, 2,190 places within 15 km include 6 attractions and 2 museums.

1MuseumMuseumMusée du Louvre1.3 km south, in Paris 1er 2

AttractionTour Eiffel3.1 km southwest, in Paris 7e 3

MuseumMusée d'Orsay1.4 km south, in Paris 7e 4

AttractionCathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris2.5 km southeast, in Paris 4e 5

AttractionAvenue des Champs-Élysées1.9 km west, in Paris 8e 6

AttractionArc de triomphe de l'Étoile2.7 km west, in Paris 8e 7

AttractionPalais de l'Élysée1.2 km west, in Paris 8e 8

AttractionPlace de la Concorde1.1 km southwest, in Paris 8e

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Visiting Palais Garnier: the answers

Where is Palais Garnier?

Palais Garnier is in Paris 9e, in Paris (Île-de-France).

What is Palais Garnier?

Opera house in Paris, France.

Is Palais Garnier a historic monument?

Yes: Classé historic monument, since 1923, Mérimée record PA00089004.

How well known is Palais Garnier?

Palais Garnier has 63 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages: #21 of the 37,318 French places we list.

When is the best time to visit Palais Garnier?

April to October are the warmest months in Paris 9e, with afternoon highs of 18–27°C (Météo-France 1991–2020 normals).

What else is there to see near Palais Garnier?

Within 15 km: Musée du Louvre (1.3 km), Tour Eiffel (3.1 km), Musée d'Orsay (1.4 km) and Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris (2.5 km).

Sources: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), Wikidata (CC0: what it is, its articles, how widely it is covered), the Culture ministry’s Mérimée database (Licence Ouverte 2.0), IGN commune boundaries, Météo-France 1991–2020 normals (Licence Ouverte 2.0).

Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (8)

Palais Garnier: Alexander Hoernigk, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Tour Eiffel: Benh LIEU SONG, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Musée d'Orsay: Cheng-en Cheng from Taichung City, Taiwan, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris: P e z i, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Avenue des Champs-Élysées: SoWhat, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Arc de triomphe de l'Étoile: ZeusUpsistos, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Palais de l'Élysée: U.S. Department of State from United States, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Place de la Concorde: Cristian Bortes from Cluj-Napoca, Romania, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.