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Louvre, Islands & Le Marais: what’s worth it?

1st–4th: the Louvre, Notre-Dame, Sainte-Chapelle and the Marais.

Place des Vosges — photo by Antoine

Worth itReality 81 +201Place des Vosges★ 4.6Louvre, Islands & Le Marais · LandmarkParis's oldest planned square (1612): red-brick arcades around a tree-lined garden in the Marais

Notre-Dame — photo by Bülent TEYMUR

Worth itReality 76 −42Notre-Dame★ 4.7Louvre, Islands & Le Marais · Sacred siteGothic cathedral on the Île de la Cité, reopened in December 2024 after the 2019 fire

Bourse de Commerce — photo by Clemence Laurent de Cassini

Worth itReality 75 +383Bourse de Commerce★ 4.4Louvre, Islands & Le Marais · MuseumContemporary art museum in a domed 18th-century grain exchange remodelled by Tadao Ando

Le Marais — photo by Bernard VAN DE VEN

Worth itReality 75 +254Le Marais★ 4.6Louvre, Islands & Le Marais · NeighbourhoodMedieval-lane district of mansions, boutiques, falafel, museums and Paris's Jewish and LGBTQ quarters

Musée Picasso — photo by Franck Diverd

Worth itReality 75 +315Musée Picasso★ 4.4Louvre, Islands & Le Marais · MuseumThe world's largest public Picasso collection, in the 17th-century Hôtel Salé mansion in the Marais

Marché des Enfants Rouges — photo by lefteris apostolatos

Worth itReality 70 +426Marché des Enfants Rouges★ 4.4Louvre, Islands & Le Marais · MarketParis's oldest covered market, in the northern Marais: produce stalls plus Moroccan, Japanese and French lunch counters

Orangerie — photo by William Cheng

Worth itReality 70 +147Orangerie★ 4.6Louvre, Islands & Le Marais · MuseumSmall Tuileries museum built around Monet's immersive Water Lilies oval rooms

Sainte-Chapelle — photo by Julian Grijalba

Worth it if…Reality 68 +18Sainte-Chapelle★ 4.6Louvre, Islands & Le Marais · Sacred site13th-century royal chapel on the Île de la Cité, walled almost entirely in stained glass

Angelina — photo by Angelina Paris - Rivoli

Worth it if…Reality 64 +199Angelina★ 4.3Louvre, Islands & Le Marais · FoodBelle-Époque tea room from 1903 by the Tuileries, famous for thick hot chocolate and Mont-Blanc

Berthillon — photo by Maison BERTHILLON

Worth it if…Reality 59 +3110Berthillon★ 4.5Louvre, Islands & Le Marais · FoodÎle Saint-Louis glacier since 1954, famed for intense fruit sorbets and small scoops

Louvre — photo by Chien Ping

Worth it if…Reality 59 −3511Louvre★ 4.7Louvre, Islands & Le Marais · MuseumThe world's most-visited art museum, in a former royal palace, home of the Mona Lisa

Tuileries Garden — photo by Serg Brandys

Worth it if…Reality 56 −2412Tuileries Garden★ 4.6Louvre, Islands & Le Marais · ParkFree 23-hectare formal garden linking the Louvre to Place de la Concorde

Conciergerie — photo by luis vidilla

Worth it if…Reality 55 +1513Conciergerie★ 4.4Louvre, Islands & Le Marais · HistoryMedieval royal palace turned Revolutionary prison on Île de la Cité, with Marie Antoinette's cell

The numbers

#	Place	Verdict	Hype	Reality	Gap	Google
1	Place des Vosges	Worth it	61	81	+20 · Underrated	★ 4.6 (33,813)
2	Notre-Dame	Worth it	80	76	−4 · Lives up to the hype	★ 4.7 (102,007)
3	Bourse de Commerce	Worth it	37	75	+38 · Underrated	★ 4.4 (9,903)
4	Le Marais	Worth it	50	75	+25 · Underrated	★ 4.6 (519)
5	Musée Picasso	Worth it	44	75	+31 · Underrated	★ 4.4 (15,483)
6	Marché des Enfants Rouges	Worth it	28	70	+42 · Underrated	★ 4.4 (5,483)
7	Orangerie	Worth it	56	70	+14 · Underrated	★ 4.6 (25,108)
8	Sainte-Chapelle	Worth it if…	67	68	+1 · Lives up to the hype	★ 4.6 (50,632)
9	Angelina	Worth it if…	45	64	+19 · Underrated	★ 4.3 (18,833)
10	Berthillon	Worth it if…	28	59	+31 · Lives up to the hype	★ 4.5 (4,747)
11	Louvre	Worth it if…	94	59	−35 · Overhyped	★ 4.7 (380,259)
12	Tuileries Garden	Worth it if…	80	56	−24 · Overhyped	★ 4.6 (119,827)
13	Conciergerie	Worth it if…	40	55	+15 · Lives up to the hype	★ 4.4 (11,773)