Run the Lights

Run the Lights

Paris reveals itself in all its splendor at night! In this experience, we’re going to jog along a 6km/10 km (3m/6 m) route passing by illuminated streets, bridges and monuments that make Paris deserve the title of City of Lights.

The starting point of the tour will be Saint-Michel square, in the very heart of Paris. From there, your running guide will lead you on a round tour, at your own pace, past some shiny landmarks of Paris, such as Paris City Hall, the Notre Dame cathedral, the Louvre Museum, the Concorde square, the Champs-Elysées avenue, the Eiffel tower, and much more!

Some quick pauses are planned for pictures and refreshments along the way. Your running tour host will carry your belongings (small items only) inside his/her backpack and will have water and snacks ready for you whenever you feel like it. All you have to do is to put on appropriate running gear and to lace up your trainers!

Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product

Stop At: Notre Dame Cathedral (Cathedrale Notre Dame), 30 Rue du Cure, Luxembourg City 1368 Luxembourg

The birthplace of Paris, we'll know some of its magic stories and admire its façade under reconstruction.

Duration: 5 minutes

Stop At: Place de l'Hotel de Ville, 75004 Paris France

Paris City Hall has been working in the same medieval building acquired by the first mayor of Paris, Etienne Marcel, in 1357.

Duration: 2 minutes

Pass By: Conciergerie, 2 boulevard du Palais, 75001 Paris France

We'll see in the distance the building of the king's tax collectors (concierges), which also served as a prison, while running along the Seine river on the Paris Plage pedestrian road.

Pass By: Pont-Neuf, Ile de la Cite, 75001 Paris France

We'll see in the distance the illuminated Pont Neuf while running along the Seine river on the Paris Plage pedestrian road.

Stop At: Louvre Museum, 99 rue de Rivoli, 75001 Paris France

We'll take a secret passageway to come inside the Louvre Palace, with its illuminated facades and its shiny pyramid.

Duration: 5 minutes

Stop At: Jardin des Tuileries pl. de la Concorde, rue de Rivoli, 75058 Paris France

We'll exit the Louvre by the Tuileries garden, where we'll also have the chance to see the main Christmas market in Paris there. As the place gets very crowded during the holidays season, we'll maybe have to walk for a while.

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Place de la Concorde, 75008 Paris France

This is definitely the most famous square in Paris. An obligatory stop to admire the Tuileries garden, on the one side, and the beginning of the Champs-Elysées avenue, on the other, having the Seine river and the National Congress facing us across the Concorde bridge.

Duration: 5 minutes

Stop At: Pont Alexandre III Quai d'Orsay, 75008 Paris France

We'll admire the Eiffel Tower and the Invalides from the fanciest bridge in Paris, built for the Universal Exhibition in 1900.

Duration: 5 minutes

Pass By: Invalides, Invalides, Paris, Ile-de-France

We'll be facing the Invalides from the bridge Alexander III.

Pass By: Grand Palais, 3 avenue du General Eisenhower Avenue Winston Churchill, 75008 Paris France

We'll pass by this neoclassic style exhibition room built for the Universal Exhibition held in Paris in 1900.

Pass By: Petit Palais, Avenue Winston-Churchill, 75008 Paris France

We'll pass by this art nouveau style exhibition room built for the Universal Exhibition held in Paris in 1900.

Pass By: Champs-Élysées
, Champs-Elysees, Paris, Ile-de-France

This is probably one of the most beautiful avenues in the world, which gets even more beautiful and shiny during Christmas. It's a real pleasure running there at night!

Stop At: Trocadero, Trocadero, Paris, Ile-de-France

A large pause will be made at the Trocadero square to appreciate the most beautiful lights of Paris of all: the Eiffel Tower. The ones running half the route can quit here, for all the monuments will have been seen.

Duration: 5 minutes

Stop At: Eiffel Tower, 5 Avenue Anatole France, 75007 Paris France

The Iron Lady is the most beautiful shiny monument in Paris at night!

Duration: 2 minutes

Pass By: Musee d'Orsay, 1 Rue De La Legion d'Honneur, 75007 Paris France

The old train station turned into a museum for the Impressionists and modern art.