Palais Garnier

Symbolic of grand Parisian architecture and the opera culture of the country, Palais Garnier on Champs-Elysees in Paris is a 19th-century opera house with breathtaking interiors and exteriors. Palais Garnier mostly hosts ballets in its auditorium and is home to the Paris Opera Library Museum.

While in Paris Opera Library museum, the grand staircase, the foyer and the auditorium are not to be missed! The Palais Garnier in Paris, France takes pride in its recognition as one of the world's most famous opera houses. Its feature as the setting in Gaston Leroux's novel, The Phantom of the Opera further pushed it onto the stairs of popularity. This grand opera house is an architectural fusion of Baroque, classical and Renaissance styles, with the auditorium styled in Italian manner along with the grand staircase and the foyer, the rotunda and the bronze-crystal chandelier which are the artistic attractions here. It can host an audience of above 2000 and is one of Paris’ most visited historical monuments. There are audio self-guided and guided tours available here for the visitors who wish to know about this place.