17 Eat in the Eiffel Tower

Book a meal at two-Michelin-starred Le Jules Verne, helmed by French chef Frédéric Anton. The second-floor salon sits 410ft above ground, with five- and seven-course tasting menus that include indulgences like souffle of scallops with shellfish butter sauce, caviar and caramelised calf sweetbread.

Bite into the ‘Jardin sur la Seine’ macaron, a raspberry confection laced with single-origin Millot Plantation Madagascar dark chocolate. It’s an exclusive creation for Paris’s Iron Lady, by chocolatier-patissiere Pierre Hermé, available at the second floor’s lower-level macaron bar. Celebrate Paris’s seasonal produce, plucked from farms and kitchen gardens around the French capital, with chef Thierry Marx’s informal menus at Madame Brasserie, on the tower’s first floor.

Have a chocolate ice cream, cocktail and more in the open-air Ferrié Pavilion terrace on the first floor. Garden seating-style armchairs and sofas create a relaxed space with breezy views across the capital and classic French bistro food.

Get a glass of finest French fizz almost 1,000ft above Paris’s streets in the tower’s little Champagne Bar. It’s a bijou dispensary rather than a place to sit; the tipples can be paired with caviar if desired. toureiffel.paris

The dining room at Michelinstarred Le Jules Verne overlooks the Champ De Mars Below: Delicate langoustine ravioli at Le Jules Verne