Invalides, Trocadéro, Concorde: how to get around the temporary Games venues? (2024)

Seven temporary sites in Paris will host competitions from July 27 to August 11: the Trocadéro, the Eiffel Tower, the Champ-de-Mars, the esplanade des Invalides, the Alexandre-III bridge, the Place de la Concorde for the Olympic competitions and the Place de l'Hôtel de Ville for the festivities and the start of the marathon.

Five of them will also be used for the Paralympic Games: at the Eiffel Tower, Champ-de-Mars, Invalides esplanade, Alexandre-III bridge and Place de la Concorde.

During the Games, the Paris Prefecture de Police has set up perimeters around the competition venues to ensure the safety of spectators, athletes and local residents. The first perimeters were activated on Wednesday July 24 (Parc des Princes), and the last ones will remain active until August 11.

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OLYMPIC PERIOD

Olympic period

Since April 26, the Cours de la Reine between avenue Winston-Churchill and avenue Franklin-D-Roosevelt has been closed to traffic. Since June 1, the entire Place de la Concorde has been closed to pedestrians, cyclists and vehicles.

The Pont de la Concorde is accessible from the Cours la Reine in a north-south direction and remains accessible for local traffic in a south-north direction.

The Prefecture de Police and the City of Paris have set up a traffic control system to accompany these installation operations:

Set-up began in March, with the first closures to vehicles and pedestrians of Place Jacques-Rueff and Avenue Joseph-Boulard, then progressively extended to the entire Champ-de-Mars gardens. Paris 2024 has occupied the entire Champ-de-Mars since June 26.

From September 19, the site will be gradually vacated:

The installation began at the end of March with the Place de Varsovie, where the northern part of the square was closed to traffic, the Avenue des Nations-Unies was made one-way, and the area around the fountain was closed to pedestrians. The Trocadero gardens were gradually closed. In May, traffic was reduced to one lane in each direction on avenue du Président-Wilson, and the southern carriageway of place du Trocadéro was closed. Avenue des Nations-Unies was closed to traffic (including pedestrians) between rue Le Nôtre and Place de Varsovie, and between Place de Varsovie and Avenue Albert de Mun. Rue Le Nôtre was changed to two-way traffic for local service purposes.

- Closure to traffic (vehicles, pedestrians and bicycles) of avenue Albert-de-Mun and the south of avenue Wilson (between Albert-de-Mun and place d'Iéna)

- Closure of the Trocadéro-Albert-de-Mun section (except for right-holders) and detour via avenue Kléber.

- Access to pont d'Iéna modified, bypass from east via pont de l'Alma recommended.

The Prefecture de Police and the City of Paris have set up a traffic control system to accompany these installation operations:

July 27 to October 8 Gradual release of the right-of-way

Installation began in April with the south-east lawns of Place des Invalides, and the closure to traffic of rue Saint-Dominique between avenue Gallieni and rue de Constantine, and between rue Fabert and rue Constantine. Gradual extension of the worksite to cover all the Invalides lawns and avenue du Maréchal-Gallieni. Since May 30, closure of the Bleuet-de-France traffic circle and one-way traffic on rue de Grenelle. Two-way traffic is maintained on rue de Grenelle, with lane narrowing. Since June 17: closure of all avenue Gallieni between quai d'Orsay and rue de Grenelle, and closure of rue de l'Université between Fabert and Constantine.

From September 18 to October 30: gradual release of spaces

Installation began at the end of April on the Cours de La-Reine (closed between the Invalides and Alexandre-III bridges), then gradually extended to the entire area. The lanes on avenue Winston-Churchill were reduced in early May, and the pont Alexandre-III is now closed to vehicular traffic (pedestrian traffic is maintained on the upstream sidewalk), as are the ports des Champs-Elysées and des Invalides, every day from 6am to 12pm (left bank) and from 7am to 6pm (right bank).

This area will host the start of the triathlon, para-triathlon and marathon swimming races, as well as the finish of the cycling time trial.

September 12 to October 26: gradual clearance of the right-of-way, including opening of the Alexandre-III bridge on September 20

Île-de-France Mobilités and RATP have been progressively modifying bus traffic in the vicinity of the venues since the assembly phase. The lines concerned are being diverted, split into two sections or restricted to accommodate public events (opening ceremony, road races).

During the Games, the transport offer is reinforced by an average of +15% compared to a normal day at the same period, but certain lines like Line 9 or the RER A, B and C are increased by +50% and up to +70% compared to a normal summer day, operating at maximum capacity for several periods.

Most metro systems will operate normally throughout the Games.

Here are the exceptions:

Some cycling routes will be rerouted during site set-up and for the duration of the event. More info here.

From July 15, Olympic lanes are activated on 185km of roads in the Paris region, including the boulevard périphérique.

These lanes are reserved for vehicles accredited by Paris 2024. They represent only one lane on the road axis, the others remain open to all. Please use alternative means of transport whenever possible.

The Place de la Concorde will host the BMX freestyle, breaking, skateboard and 3×3 basketball events of the Olympic Games.

The Trocadéro will host the road cycling and athletics events (20km walk).

The Trocadero gardens will also play host to the Parc des Champions, a venue for free festivities, open from July 29 to August 10.

The ephemeral Eiffel Tower site will host the Olympic Games beach volleyball and Paralympic Games cecifoot events.

The Champ-de-Mars Arena will host the judo, freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling events for the Olympic Games, followed by para judo and wheelchair rugby for the Paralympic Games.

The Grand Palais will host the fencing and taekwondo events at the Olympic Games, followed by wheelchair fencing and para-taekwondo at the Paralympic Games.

The Alexandre-III bridge will host the cycling (individual time trial), triathlon and marathon swimming events of the Olympic Games. The Paralympic para-triathlon events will follow.

The esplanade des Invalides will host the archery, cycling (individual time trial), Olympic marathon and Marathon pour Tous events. This will be followed by the para archery and para marathon events of the Paralympic Games.