The third floor is 276 meters high and only accessible by lift – and even then there is a 800-person limit. If you’re in a rush, do at least make a quick stop at the bar à macarons before continuing your ascent. And the upcoming opening in May 2022 of a brand new restaurant "Madame Brasserie " with a menu signed by Thierry Marx, which honors a contemporary and friendly cuisine.Ĭlimb a further 359 steps and you’ll arrive at the second floor 115 meters above ground, with its wonderful views over the city… The gourmet Le Jules Verne restaurant offers a refined menu created by Frédéric Anton and has its own dedicated lift in the South Pillar. Three glass-and-steel pavilions have also been added, tilted to follow the curves of the pillars, which house some reception areas, and an immersive film show about the history of the tower. A highlight of the renovation? The transparent floor across the esplanade that allows you to feel like you’re flying over the crowds below.
The first floor, at 57 metres above ground level (345 steps), has been extensively revamped. Today it remains Paris’s most visited monument. And, until the inauguration of the Empire State Building in 1931, was the tallest building in the world!īuilt as a technological showcase for France, the audacious and monumental tower propelled the country into modernity. Nothing so high had been built since the Great Pyramid! Constructed over two years for the Exposition Universelle of 1889 and the centenary of the French Revolution, the Eiffel Tower soars up 300 metres high.
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