What To Do And See In Paris During The 2024 Olympic Games

We are at the end of the countdown that separates us from the start of the long-awaited Paris 2024 Olympics. Land where the new concept of sport was born thanks to Pierre de Coubertin, father of the modern Olympic Games. Paris expects to host something like 3 million people from all over the world: not a simple undertaking but one which has significantly raised the level of performance and vision capabilities of an international city like Paris in a truly delicate European and global historical moment. What to do and see in Paris during the 2024 Olympic Games will not be a problem from the point of view of offers: the Ville Lumière has demobilized every available resource to put together a very dense and full program of activities inside and outside the competitions. Everyone must be able to take part in the games, without exclusions. Every layer of the city is involved and stimulated to make this 33rd edition unforgettable. Long live France!

Scroll down to find out all the activities in and out of the 2024 Olympic Games

If you go up to the third floor of the Eiffel Tower , in addition to a panoramic view of the city, you can enjoy a highly impressive position on the temporary stadium dedicated to beach volleyball. From 26 to 11 August at the Champ de Mars, lots of sweat and sand in the matches between teams from all over the world.

She is there to kick off the sporting event, an emblem of the burning fire that keeps human intention and courage alive. The torch is the means of transport of the Olympic Flame in the relay that takes it from the place of ignition, which took place in Greece in Olympia on 16 April in front of the Temple of Zeus, which then continued by sea on board the vessel Belem from Athens to Marseille , through France, up to the place where the Olympics are celebrated, that is, Paris. The opening ceremony of the Games opens on 26 July and concludes on 11 August. Another torch relay is planned for the Paralympic Games relay: from 25 to 28 August 2024, opening day on the Place de la Concorde in Paris.

The Olympic Flame will travel through Paris following an itinerary dotted with historical, cultural and emblematic sites of each arrondissement, honoring sites as diverse as the Bataclan, the Bastille, the Assemblée Nationale, Place de la Concorde, Place des Vosges, Goutte d'Or, Belleville and Doors of the Chapelle. Also places of worship such as Notre-Dame and the Grande Mosquée de Paris, as well as places of culture such as the Louvre and the Grand Rex. If the Jardin des Tuileries, between the Louvre Pyramid and Place de la Concorde, will be the home of the Olympic flame during the Games, the Hôtel de Ville , the city's Town Hall in the 4th arrondissement with the Terrasse des Jeux, will be the beating heart of the event until 8 September. Also called "Club 2024" by the Olympic Games Organizing Committee, it promises free competitions and celebrations with two mega screens, six sports arenas, a stage and workshop areas.

• 14 July : the torch ends at the Parvis de l' Hôtel de Ville where it will be possible to admire it all night
• July 15 : Transits from the 11th to the 20th arrondissement to   Place de la République
• July 26 : The Flame will descend from   Saint Denis   via the Canal de Saint-Denis, the Bassin de Villette, then the Canal Saint-Martin, before returning to the Seine for the Opening Ceremony

The big news of the 2024 Olympic Games concerns the entry of a new discipline: breaking. Place de la Concorde will be the first venue in history to host all urban disciplines under the name of Urban Park with spaces and fields for freestyle BMX ( acrobatic derivation of BMX races), skateboarding and 3x3 basketball. And for breaking, for all fans of the genre , a one-of-a-kind skatepark, Cycloïde Place, has been set up in front of the Center Pompidou. An interactive work designed by the French artist Raphaël Zarka inspired by the name of the "cycloid" curve considered the fastest in the world and introduced for the first time in a skateboard infrastructure. Open to amateur and professional skateboarders to discover how to slide along its colorful curves.

For the first time in the history of the Olympic Games, amateur athletes can experience the same course as the Olympic Marathon . Like the Olympic Games, the Marathon Pour Tous on August 10 is an equal event and Paris aims to give women the same number of bibs as men. It starts from the Hôtel de Ville, one of the main Olympic venues, and ends at the Esplanade des Invalides. Two routes: one of 42.195 km and one of 10.

And again, there are free athletics tracks all over Paris. At the Forum des Halles, for example, there is an 8-lane road 200 meters long. The others are all marked at Parc de Choisy.

Paris Plages is not a new format, it has existed for 23 years, created to offer Parisians and others a moment of relief from the city's summer heat: on the occasion of the Olympics the 2024 edition expands beyond its traditional venues at the Bassin de la Villette and on the banks of the Seine. The Canal Saint-Martin, nicknamed the new "Parisian Croisette" in the 10th arrondissement, hosts summer celebrations with a unique opportunity to swim and relax on both banks near Place Jacques Villemin.

If the Bassin de la Villette is dedicated to young people and families, the Canal Saint-Martin offers a swimming area and water activities (from 6 July), the Rives de Seine park (from 6 August) adds a variety of cultural events prolonging the opening ceremony experience. Worth noting: July 14th when the Torch will pass along the Quai de Jemmapes and July 26th, on the opening day, when the Torch crosses the Bassin de la Villette and the Canal Saint-Martin before reappearing on the Seine for the final inauguration .

Appointment with Onitsuka Tiger on the Champs-Élysées from 22 July to 17 August to celebrate the 75th anniversary (also in Tokyo at the same time from 9 to 25 August). For the occasion, a special location will be inaugurated, the Hotel Onitsuka Tiger, in a historic building dating back to the 18th century not normally accessible to the public. Inside there is a rich program of activities to entertain yourself with: from culinary experiences, to fashion, to hospitality, to travel, to music and artistic events with pianists, chefs, performers and artists from all over the world. There will also be an exhibition of archive shoes, a photographic exhibition and an installation inspired by the thoughts of the founder, Kihachiro Onitsuka, on the birth of the brand. Refreshment break according to Japanese gastronomic culture at the Yellow Tiger Café. Every day from 22 July to 17 August give her 11am - 3pm free entry with reservation.