Discover Paris La Défense: a tourist destination

An eclectic, monumental and surprising destination, Paris La Défense invites you to discover a different kind of Paris.

Located just 10 minutes from Paris, and a few short hours from major European capitals, the area is linked by one of the world’s most extensive transport networks, enhanced by the opening of the RER E in 2024 and the Grand Paris Express in 2031.

As Europe’s foremost vertical district, it offers the chance to soar to new heights. Paris La Défense is a hotbed of architectural and artistic creation, home to emblematic towers designed by world-renowned architects, as well as an open-air museum featuring some 60 works of contemporary art.

This visitor experience, unique in Europe, is further enriched by an ample, diversified and high-quality retail, dining, accommodation and entertainment offering, along with exceptional seminar and meeting venues. The heart of Paris La Défense also pulses to the rhythm of the major events organized for the district’s diverse populations, including the La Défense Jazz Festival, Garden Parvis and the traditional Christmas Market, not to mention a wide variety of commercial events highlighting major brands. The largest indoor venue in Europe, the Paris La Défense Arena brings crowds to their feet with concerts and sporting events.

Every day, the district and its surroundings are becoming a more pleasant place to call home thanks to urban renewal projects carried out by Paris La Défense, the public establishment created to develop, operate and enliven the area. In 2021, the public establishment demonstrated its commitment by adopting a raison d’être, with the ambitious goal of making Paris La Défense the world’s first post-carbon business district and halving its greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. Paris is bound to surprise you.