Most important! Walk up this metal monstrosity, and don't take the cable car! Only by slowly walking up step by step through the belly of this giant monument, can you get a real feel for its history and magnitude. A Tourist Tip! - you can take the cable car down for free - no one checks the tickets on the way down!
The Eiffel Tower was built for the International Exhibition of Paris of 1889 commemorating the centenary of the French Revolution. The Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII of England, opened the tower. Of the 700 proposals submitted in a design competition, Gustave Eiffel's was unanimously chosen.
There are 2 stages that you can walk up to, and to get to the very top, you need the cable car.
At each stage, you can sit down, and enjoy coffee - they do a good cappuccino!
At 300 meters (320.75m including antenna), and 7000 tons, it was the world's tallest building until 1930.
Many believe that the building is an eye sore:
Many believe that the building is an eye sore:
"...the tower was the greatest affront not only to the architecture of Paris, but also to the eye of the Parisian, for whom its structural logic and revolutionary aesthetic language were incomprehensible.
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