Trocadéro: the postcard view of the Tower
The Chaillot esplanade, the fountains, and the Eiffel Tower framed across the river — best at first light. This is a Claude-drafted route awaiting the editor's walk.

1. Place du Trocadéro
Come up from the Métro into the square — the equestrian statue of Foch, the cafés around the rim. Walk between the two curved wings of the palace ahead; the view is on the far side, so don't stop yet.

2. Esplanade du Trocadéro (the Parvis des Droits de l'Homme)
The terrace between the palace wings, and the reason to come at dawn. The Eiffel Tower stands dead-centre across the river, with the fountains below it. Arrive early and you'll share it with photographers and a few joggers instead of the whole world.

3. Palais de Chaillot — Cité de l'Architecture
The 1937 palace's eastern wing holds the *Cité de l'architecture et du patrimoine* — full-scale casts of French cathedral portals and a Le Corbusier flat rebuilt indoors. The terrace by it gives the same Tower view with fewer people.

4. Jardins du Trocadéro & the Warsaw Fountain
Walk down the slope through the gardens toward the river. The long *Fontaine de Varsovie* steps down the hill with its cannon-jets firing toward the Tower — at full blast in warm months, a show in itself.

5. Aquarium de Paris
Tucked into the hillside on the garden's north side, all but invisible from above — a aquarium built into the old quarry slope. Easy to miss, easy to skip, but a good wet-weather card to have in hand.

6. Pont d'Iéna & back
The garden runs down to the *Pont d'Iéna* and the river, with the Tower filling the sky ahead. Touch the bridge, take the photograph, then climb back through the gardens to Trocadéro on the M6/M9.

Trocadéro: the postcard view of the Tower