The first line of the Paris metro is inaugurated in 1900 during the Universal Exposition. Recently, in 2000 on the occasion of the centenary of the Paris Metropolitain, 175 of the 300 metro stations were refurbished.
The art of Paris as well as in its museums and in the streets is also in the subway where the stations inaugurate temporary installations and exhibitions in the underground of the city. This great means of transport in Paris is unique in Europe and its carte and its discounts they are really advantageous, whether you visit us for a week or want to live there.
La Paris Metro it is the second largest in Europe after London and Madrid. Here you will find stations that have made history and which are still splendid today and are worth a thorough visit just like in a museum. One of the things to do as soon as you arrive in Paris is to take a ride on the metro, if you are lucky to spend a lot of time in this wonderful city, how about exploring the subway stops one by one? :) Let's start our tour with some ideas for your visit!
Carrefour Pleyel is the station dedicated to the musician pianist Ignace Joseph Pleyel and the station is conceived as a single large organ where the trains are the instruments and the passengers their picks.
Bastille it is the subway stop that rises right where it once was born French Revolution, could have no other theme, here inside the station a large painting on ceramic depicts scenes from newspapers during the days of the Revolution.
Art et Métiers is the Paris metro station that looks like a submarine, Louvre-Rivoli to an Egyptian museum.
Concord it is the station covered with 45.000 blue and white tiles and which together carry the text of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen of 1789.
