Where to eat · Bistro / brasserie · €€ · 16e · Trocadéro & Passy
Le Tournesol
Between the Maison de la Radio and the river, a gilded Klimt-pastiche room turning out unfussy French home cooking: leeks vinaigrette, veal blanquette, an escalope milanaise hanging off the plate. Open every day, which near the Trocadéro at these prices is itself a small mercy.
Mains stay under €24 à la carte; the terrace is the seat in warm weather.
Getting there
- Avenue du Président Kennedy Maison de Radio FranceRER C280 m · 5 min walk
- Passy6370 m · 7 min walk
- Bir-Hakeim6470 m · 9 min walk
Around the corner
Pont de Bir-Hakeim · 410 m away
The Pont de Bir-Hakeim, is a steel open spandrel deck arch bridge on stone masonry starlings, which crosses the Seine in Paris, France. The bridge is named after the 1942 battle in Libya; until 1948 it was known as the Pont de Passy. The Pont de Bir-Hakeim connects the 15th and 16th arrondissements, passing over the northeast end of the Île aux Cygnes.
Wikipedia ↗Walks that pass nearby
- Bridges of Parisstop 1 of 7 · 410 m
Pont de Bir-Hakeim
Two-deck bridge from 1905: cars and pedestrians below, a steel viaduct for métro line 6 above. The Eiffel-Tower view from the middle is the one Inception used.
Walk on the lower deck (pedestrian) but stop midway and look up — the diagonal steel braces frame the Eiffel Tower exactly. The viewing point at the centre, between the two roadways, is signposted. Métro line 6 trains pass overhead every two minutes.
- Golden Hour Parisstop 3 of 6 · 410 m
Pont de Bir-Hakeim
The two-deck bridge with the Eiffel Tower framed by the upper viaduct. Sunset behind you, Eiffel Tower ahead lit gold by the angle of the light. The Inception angle — but in real life, with a métro line 6 train framing the moment every two minutes.
Stand at the centre between the two roadways, on the lower pedestrian deck. Wait for a métro train to pass overhead — the steel girders frame the Tower exactly. Best at any season; the orientation works year-round.
- Where the Writers Livedstop 6 of 6 · 420 m
Balzac, 47 Rue Raynouard
Honoré de Balzac rented this small house on the slope below Passy from 1840 to 1847, hiding from creditors under the false name "Monsieur de Brugnol". Wrote major chunks of La Comédie humaine here. The house is now a free museum (Maison de Balzac), preserved as he left it — including the writing desk and the famous walking stick.
Free entry, garden included. The garden is on a steep slope and offers an excellent view across the Seine. Closed Mondays. Combined visit with the nearby Musée du Vin (in old wine cellars cut into the chalk) is good for a half-day.
Within a few minutes' walk
The district · 16e
Trocadéro & Passy — Bourgeois westThe best head-on view of the Eiffel Tower from the Trocadéro, the Bois de Boulogne, the Fondation Louis Vuitton and a run of quiet museums. Wealthy, leafy and reserved.
Best for: Families and museum-goers who want calm, green streets and the Tower nearby.
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