The Place du Trocadéro sits across the Seine, the Champ de Mars, and the Eiffel Tower on the Chaillot Hill which offers a fantastic view of said Tower. It also is the place where the Palais de Chaillot rests which houses many museums: Musée de l’Homme (anthropology & prehistory), Musée national de la Marine (naval), L’Aquarium de Paris (Paris Aquarium), Musée national des Monuments Français (French monuments), Cite de l’architecture & du Patrimoine, and a theater known as Théâtre national de Chaillot.

Below the hill is the Trocadéro Gardens which sports the Warsaw Fountain which has 20 water cannons that line up perfectly with the Eiffel Tower. It truly is a beautiful spot to see the Tower and to look out over the city.

Before the Palais de Chaillot (built in 1937 for the world’s fair) there was the Palais de Trocadéro (built in the late 1800s for the world’s fair and is seen below) and before that there were too many buildings, convents, and villages to name. The place name, Trocadéro refers to a Spanish fort that the French defeated in 1823 when they were returning the Spanish King to the throne.

Nearby: Champ de Mars, Arc de Triomphe, Musée Marmottan Monet