Climb the Arc ~90 minutes before sunset, walk or hop the 6 to Trocadéro for the light show, then picnic blankets on the Champ de Mars — the tower sparkles for five minutes on every hour.
Champs-Élysées
~2hGolden-hour warm-up on the grand axis
- Arc de Triomphe
Climb the roof for the cleanest Haussmann axis view in the city.
- Avenue des Champs-Élysées
The avenue. Walk it once; eat somewhere else.
Eiffel / Trocadéro
~3hThe main event — dusk, lights, sparkle
- Trocadéro
Best frontal view of the Eiffel Tower across the Seine.
- Eiffel Tower
Sunset from Trocadéro, climb at dusk for the hourly sparkle.
- Champ de Mars
Tower-side lawn — picnic and golden-hour photos.
