"The Problem" with visiting a city like Paris is you only have a limited amount of time. Three days. Two weeks. One month...if you're exceptionally lucky!
We've been around this jewel of a ville for nearly four years now, and we're not even close to finished with just the things we'd like to do!
Enter another off-the-radar fantastic museum: Cité de l'Architecture et du Patrimonie inside the Palais de Chaillot.
How this museum stays totally ignored is beyond me - oh wait, it's on the crest of the best view of the Eiffel Tower at the Trocadéro. So everyone's seen it, but they'd rather obsess over the giant latticed tower of wonder.
I was found guilty, too.
It took me - give or take - a hundred trips to the Tour Eiffel to finally give a deserving glance to my left. I found the models of places I have sought out: the châteaux, the cathedrals, the monuments. And I had them all to myself (for just 8 euros, regular adult rate).
I hope you can experience the magnificence of the architecture museum yourself someday! Until then, enjoy the photos!
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfNbxjiysJMH_7Imo6QRyfIjm18snGf2vQvC1cZwVrJTqX4b7WNYNzkG2Jte6_kL2CWFRYKpcFjHUXrTvjalQ-R-K8gMx-2qNo2-qAZBjsENt-nyBeEycO-W4zpqQURbp2b-PgOWkLoRU/s1600/IMG_1981.JPG) |
Just one of many life-size "shadow boxes." |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifZ98vGt5C9jyTNVHQun6qoEuK_pV4ny2tD_iD9KkYRzSSbJAhl_rqQMhfO7Hm-E_x-RVPCcaLG_Z6Xprs1mEI_LX59qeg2nGk2inLJgUEthi9HHOBSgw3YrkbNAPq07J0STKazwFDPy0/s1600/photos.jpg) |
The models of churches, from all over France, just next to the Eiffel Tower. |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWanLpbDOa6WsVJL3rDSfMlR-ArXzJn5ljg0E9xiNP12DrY1R98L5LGvEGwU_ntXumALxr77EbM8iwcd2TqQnUKYaLTKUTeo_UTRMIsuQkwUKDqMHK3HpgnSoCoXQysG2kyytu9XBnMyI/s1600/IMG_1972.JPG) |
Coucy-Le-Château is literally around the corner from my coach's house. |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPoWkQFJpOo3qL_OacDHnm-SIZjw35BdNvpS0n3DM5PWzzNOApESomjq5BkUXtLb52WZnfnefp-HZ81dtcqcLrH__cyq8926UPeUXvO03qN2_I3lezx0VLQnCI7pctWRrXjW_I4OCnpR8/s1600/IMG_1977.JPG) |
The entrance to more awesome stuff! |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA0_KWLsrg40-XFmssFLMQAQrKbr7A024YhSfq8HshUXgAZBe0Z4cyNEIvPUODQKIRZrsYO1VIgyoyVzwYs04kj-u7xyzNPyBVm_iBRRFUkT_b2I5AMKHX5cbhJMz9bTckPYMQJTm9q5c/s1600/IMG_2005+pana.jpg) |
North view from the 4th floor (access not allowed). (Access found.) |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh-TXCvLEk8N8CEfoKtWdZnPc8kOiH1ALhUmbFi_7i9m4I5rYKLar3bRSMAt0Xl25REx5ybmGM5PsdimYwfIlZkxYgNLGOFGivnMMxzflR5s8yTU3hUWM21FYslCWVD2CEcq-XtXoIXJE/s1600/photos+(3).jpg) |
The colors, paintings, subjects, and creativity on ceilings and walls. |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5PdHqXVt795zkC-x8aOYDeHPdSUsowxufjT0MJ9_Hd3KCEfr8FTD7pECJ62bVlsEmbau05J192pt3MDevuU8svunNPsqhdUICURLK9BgvIc9ylPCpHogv5yhJ3LOWc-d7NNc4SMHkzNA/s1600/IMG_2004.JPG) |
Reason enough to go to this beautiful museum. |