Trocadero

Trocadero. The most spectacular vista platform of Paris. Always packed with people and for all the good reasons. When you reach the square you have a feeling you always needed this view to be a part of your memories. A view of Paris as you dreamed of it.

Before you leave Eiffel Tower behind and depending on the hour of your visit you could stroll around the Champ de Mars garden, a great place for you and your camera to experiment on the zillion different angles and close ups of your famous backdrop. Crossing the Pont d’Iéna to the other side of the Seine you move along the Fountain du Trocadéro, the water mirror with its twenty fountains before you reach the  Trocadero Square, the place with the most amazing and open view of the Eiffel Tower.

With a surface area of nearly 94,000 sq. m. the Trocadéro is also home to the Chaillot Palace which itself has several museums, gardens, a square, and an underground aquarium. The square was built in 1869 during the Second Empire. The name Trocadero comes from a battle led by Napoléon Bonaparte in Spain on August 31, 1823. At the center of the square is a statue of Marshall Foch on horseback as well as a memorial to the French Army. Further down from the Chaillot Palace is the Trocadéro Fountain, made up of several small basins and a large one in the middle with 20 canons that spew out water at an impressive range of 7 meters.