Best Places to Watch the Eiffel Tower Fireworks
1. Champ de Mars
Many locals and visitors enjoy watching the Eiffel Tower fireworks from Champ de Mars, located at the foot of the Eiffel Tower. Here, the fireworks are always preceded by a grand concert featuring the Orchestre National de France, the Choir, and the Maîtrise de Radio France, which typically concludes with the Marseillaise, marking an intense moment of national unity.
Needless to say, Champ de Mars is the most crowded place to watch the Eiffel Tower fireworks, and finding a free spot of grass is always challenging (many people camp out on the Champ de Mars all day to have a front-row seat).
Security checks to access Champ de Mars are also long. Also, please note that knives are not permitted (not even for your picnic), and glass bottles of any kind are prohibited, as well as all alcohol after 4 p.m.
Arrive at Champ de Mars well in advance! Arrive at least 45 minutes in advance to undergo security checks at the entrance points. For security reasons, some metro stations will be closed from 7 p.m.
- Line 6: Kléber, Boissière, Passy, Trocadéro, Bir-Hakeim, Dupleix, La Motte-Picquet Grenelle, Cambronne, Sèvres-Lecourbe
- Line 8: La Tour-Maubourg, École Militaire, Invalides, La Motte-Picquet Grenelle
- Line 9: Trocadéro, Alma-Marceau, Iéna, Rue de la Pompe
- Line 10: Javel – André Citroën, La Motte-Picquet Grenelle, Église d’Auteuil, Avenue Émile Zola, Boulogne Pont de Saint-Cloud, Boulogne Jean Jaurès, Chardon Lagache, Charles Michels, Michel-Ange Auteuil, Michel-Ange Molitor, Mirabeau, Porte d’Auteuil, Ségur
- Line 13: Invalides, Saint-François-Xavier, Varenne
- RER C: Pont de l’Alma, Champ-de-Mars – Tour Eiffel, Avenue du Président Kennedy – Maison de Radio France, Javel, Invalides.
