The Louvre

Louvre Museum, official name Great Louvre or French Grand Louvre, national museum and art gallery of France, housed in part of a large palace in Paris built on the right-bank site of the 12th-century fortress of Philip Augustus. The Louvre is the world's most beautiful and most significant museum. It houses one of the most impressive art collections, attracting art lovers worldwide. You'll be fascinated by the baroque-style museum and palace— LeMusée du Louvre in French, situated along the banks of the calm Seine River.

If you and your partner are art lovers, the Lourve will be a perfect place for you to discover the artwork in the Louvre museum. The museum first opened its doors in 1793 and featured 35,000 works of art. Here you can get close to various artists from different periods and cultures. The Louvre features everything from Egyptian mummy tombs to ancient Grecian sculptures. Masterpieces such as "Liberty of Leading the People" by Eugene Delacroix, "The Raft of Medusa" by Théodore Géricault, and Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa," the museum's biggest star, can be found here. With such a robust art collection, the Louvre has earned the title of the most visited museum in the world.

The museum is open Mondays, Thursdays, and weekends from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., and on Wednesdays and Fridays from 9 a.m. to 9:45 p.m. The Louvre is closed on Tuesdays. Admission costs 15 euros ($16.80) for adults and is free for visitors 17 years old and younger. It is the most touristy place, but you should come here in the evening when it's silent and calm, find a cosy corner and sketch a portrait of your lover. That's such a romantic activity to do in Paris.

Address: Rue de Rivoli, 75001 Paris, France