~Le Tour Eiffel~

What can I say about the Eiffel Tower that hasn't already been said?  It is awesome!  I prefer seeing it from afar~it's always so crowded around the base, except when we were there on September 12th.  That day there was less than of a crowd and a distinct military presence.

The first time you visit Paris and want to see the Eiffel Tower, you should go to the Trocodero Metro stop and get your first view from here, the Palais Chaillot.  The Palais sits on a hill across the Seine from the Eiffel Tower.

From here you can appreciate the perspective and the engineering feat 

that building the tower was.

This is the view from the terrace of the Palais Chaillot.  On the other side of the tower is a park, the Champs-de-Mars, which is a great place for a picnic or viewing the tower at night.

The Pont d'Iena.

The 'usual' sight is wall-to-wall tourists.

Looking up....

The iron work looks so light and delicate.

It's simply an incredible structure.

We wondered why it wasn't very crowded. Then we noticed all the military and realized it was September 12th.

A view from the Champs-de-Mars.

From the Pont Alexander III.

From across town at the Pantheon.

From the Pont Neuf.

From Pont Alexander III

From Montmartre.

From the Tuilleries garden.

At sunset from the Pont Neuf.


" ...there is an attraction, a special charm in the colossal to which ordinary theories of art do not apply."

~Gustave Eiffel