Paris in 2024 has something new and exciting - the Summer Olympics! Scheduled to feature 32 sports with a whopping 329 events, the Paris 2024 Olympics are ready to kick off on 26 July and the sweat & fun will continue till 11 August 2024. The Paralympics will then follow, from 28 August to 8 September 2024.
Did you know? At the Paris 2024 Olympics, around 10,500 athletes from 206 NOCs (National Olympics Committees) will compete.
Amongst the several firsts that Paris is set to witness in 2024, starting with the Olympics 2024, the opening ceremony is set to be bold, original, and unique. For the first time in the history of the Summer Olympic Games, the opening ceremony will not be taking place in a stadium. Paris has chosen to open the season along its main artery, the Seine.
Summer Olympics: 26 July - 11 August, 2024
Paralympics: 28 August - 8 September, 2024
Starting on May 8, 2024, the Olympic Flame will make it's journey across France. Spanning over two months from Marseille to Paris, the flame will highlight remarkable landmarks from France's storied history. The historic Lascaux Caves, the majestic Mont Saint-Michel, the Palace of Versailles, and the D-Day Landing Beaches are just a few of the gems that will be highlighted.
As the Torch Relay draws closer to July 26, 2024, the flame will traverse through notable locations close to Paris, such as Soisy-sous-Montmorency, Meaux, Créteil, Evry-Courcouronnes, Versailles, Nanterre, La Défense and La Courneuve.
There are four new and distinctive sports making their debut at the Paris 2024 Olympics:
It is a dance-style which emerged from hip hop culture, and is characterized by acrobatic movements performed to rap music.
In the Olympics, this sport involves three formats - boulder, speed, and lead. Boulder is when athletes climb 4.5m high walls without a rope, speed is a race against time where athletes scale a 15m high wall with 5° inclination, and lead is where athletes climb (as high as they can) a 15m high wall in 6 minutes, without having seen the route before.
The athletes will compete in two formats - park and street, where they carry out their most impressive tricks. They are judged based on speed, the degree of difficulty, and the range of moves.
Since Paris isn’t known for its “waves”, this event will take place in Tahiti, 10,000 miles away. Surfers will perform manoeuvers and tricks on the waves, and will be judged on their speed, power, and flow.
While most of the Olympic events will be held in Paris and its metropolitan region, including neighboring Saint-Denis, Le Bourget, Nanterre, Versailles, and Vaires-sur-Marne.[ However, there are some events taking place elsewhere in France:
Lyon, Saint-Etienne, Nice, Bordeaux, Nantes and Marseille: these cities will host men's and women's football matches
Marseille: This city will host sailing events, which can be watched from the temporary stands set up on the city’s stunning coastal cliffs.
Lille: the best handball teams (men and women) are competing for the gold medal at the Pierre de Mauroy stadium in Villeneuve-d'Ascq, near Lille. It is just one hour by TGV from Paris.
Tahiti: On the other side of the world, surfers gather at Teahupo'o village to test themselves against the waves.
Dates: 26 July - 11 August, 2024
Buy your tickets: Tickets are available on the venue website for both - Olympics and Paralympics
When: June - August
Average Temperatures: 13°C Low - 24°C High
Average Rainfall: 55 mm
Average Daytime: 13 - 16 hours
This is the height of Paris' tourist season, especially with this year's Olympics. It is accompanied by sweltering heat. Daily highs of at least 25°C are expected, with cool nights of around 13°C. While these temperatures aren’t too bad the humidity in Paris can make it feel even hotter.
Know MorePeople with disabilities can opt for separate tickets on the venue website , which will give them access to two types of places with easy-access.
Around thirty “celebration zones” will be set up in each département of Paris for residents and visitors to gather for free. There will be giant screens to watch the opening ceremony, the events and the closing ceremony.
Other zones are due to open in the Yvelines at Versailles and Magnanville, and at Colombes in the Hauts-de-Seine.
This Paris neighborhood is filled with traditional markets and shopping streets. The district also happens to be in the center of Paris from where major tourist attractions such as The CentrePompidou, Louvre Museum, and Musée National Picasso-Paris are within walking distance.
Located right by Champs-Elysées, 8th Arrondissement is Paris’ luxe central area, with upscale retail stores and high-rise office buildings. These aside, there are also art museums, parks, restaurants, and historic sites such as Arc de Triomphe and Place de la Concorde.
If you are on a budget, Latin Quarter is the place to be. It has art museums, affordable cafes, classic bookstores, and one of Paris’ famous park’s - Jardin du Luxembourg, lined with deciduous trees and chestnut groves.
This neighborhood in Paris is 130m atop a hill, best known for its artistic heritage, white-domed, Basilica of the Sacré-Cœur on its summit (catch a breathtaking sunset from here), and as a nightclub district.
This is the district that you’d want to stay in if you want to be within walking distance of some of Paris’s most-visited landmarks: Louvre Museum, Centre Pompidou, Musée d'Orsay, and Jardin du Luxembourg. It is also the literary heart of Paris, with a large concentration of bookstores and publishing houses.
If you plan to do a lot of sightseeing, the 1st Arrondissement has many of Paris's most famous landmarks, and you'll be well-positioned to see many others. You can visit the Louvre, admire the Sainte-Chapelle, stroll through the Tuileries Garden, and enjoy the quaint cafes lining the garden of the Palais Royale.
No there isn’t. You need to buy a separate ticket for every sport/event and you can buy up to 30 tickets per ticketing account.
No you cannot, and that’s only because all tickets will be sold out from the venue website.
Tickets for people with disabilities are available on the venue website during the different sale phases. Two types of places with easy-access are available for people with disabilities.
The Paris 2024 Olympics Travel Pass is an all-in-one-offer which offers you unlimited travel on the all the lines in the Île-de-France Mobilités network (metro, suburban train, RER, express tram, tram, bus, OrlyBus, RoissyBus) for a choice of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7 or 14 consecutive days.
The pass will cost €16/day and up to €70/week plus an additional (one-time) payment of €2 for the Navigo Easy plastic card.
The Paris 2024 pass is a new Paris public transportation travel pass for the Paris 2024 Olympics, available between 20 July to 8 September 2024.
The pass can be bought online here.
Yes it is necessary because Paris won’t be selling the Navigo Day/Week Pass during the Paris Olympics - not to visitors or residents, nobody! Anyone who requires a temporary pass to travel will be redirected to the Paris 2024 transit pass website.
The metro ticket prices are said to be around 16 euros a day, and up to 70 euros a week.