Lisa Taylor

This is a must-see tour in my book. The level of detail that went into the design for this opera house is astoundingly impressive! And this is all despite the fact that we couldn’t even see the stage/theater space because Giselle was in rehearsals. The tour of the rest of the opera house is beyond worth it and even better; my husband and I have seen an opera here but our teens, who we brought to Paris for the first time in this trip, hadn’t. One of the fun highlights was getting to see the opera box that is referenced in Phantom of the Opera and learning that the space just outside that box is also depicted in the animated film ANASTASIA. But my fave part was the great hall (not sure if that’s the correct name) with its small rooms entering and leaving (the sunset room was super cool).

As long as you can climb quite a few flights of stairs, it's a beautiful view! We were here in late April at around 10:15am and it was very cold (like coat and hat weather, in the low 40s with a much colder wind chill) but worth it for the amazing city view.