Porte Dauphine

Porte Dauphine is a metro station in Paris, Île-de-France. Porte Dauphine is situated nearby to the government office Ambassade de Macédoine du Nord, as well as near Ambassade du Monténégro.

Type: Metro station
Also known as: “Porte Dauphine (Maréchal de Lattre de Tassigny)”
Wheelchair access: no

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Porte Dauphine station and Eiffel Tower.

Porte Dauphine station

Railway stop

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Porte Dauphine is the western terminus of both Line 2 of the Paris Métro and Île-de-France tramway Line T3b. It is situated in the 16th arrondissement, on the edge of the Bois de Boulogne. Avenue Foch station, served by the RER C line, is located nearby, as is Paris Dauphine University.

Eiffel Tower

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The Eiffel Tower is a lattice tower on the Champ de Mars in Paris, France. It is named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel, whose company designed and built the tower from 1887 to 1889. Eiffel Tower is situated 2 km southeast of Porte Dauphine.

Arc de Triomphe

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The Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile, often simply called the Arc de Triomphe, is one of the most famous monuments in Paris, France. It is located at the western end of the Champs-Élysées, at the centre of the Place Charles de Gaulle—formerly known as the Place de l'Étoile—named for the star-shaped configuration formed by the convergence of twelve radiating avenues. Arc de Triomphe is situated 1¼ km east of Porte Dauphine.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Porte Maillot and 16th arrondissement.

Porte Maillot

Locality

The Porte Maillot is one of the access points into Paris mentioned in 1860 and one of the ancient city gates in the Thiers wall.

16th arrondissement

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This large district occupies most of the West of Paris, extending east-west between the bends of the Seine from the Jardins of Trocadero immediately facing the Eiffel Tower to the expansive Bois du Boulogne, and north-south from the Etoile to the southern border of Paris.