Champ-de-Mars
Photo guide and photographers
The long lawns at the foot of the Eiffel Tower: a relaxed setting for picnics, families and couples, with the tower filling the whole frame.
- Best time
- Early morning or golden hour
- Getting there
- Métro École Militaire, line 8, or RER C Champ de Mars
- Crowds
- Lively all day, especially in summer
Plan your session
The Champ-de-Mars gives you the Eiffel Tower from below and from afar, across a long line of lawns and trees. It suits natural, unposed sessions: sitting on the grass, walking along the alleys, a picnic at sunset.
The tree-lined side paths stay quieter than the central lawns, and the view from the far end, near the École Militaire, shows the whole tower in one frame.
1 photographer shoot here
About this spot
Is the Champ-de-Mars good for family photos?
Very. Children can run on the lawns, and the open space makes relaxed, spontaneous pictures easy.
When is the light best?
In the early morning and in the hour before sunset, when the tower catches warm light.
