Porte Dauphine: history and sights
Served by: metro line 2.
Did you know?
Preserves one of only two original 'dragonfly' entrances designed by Hector Guimard still intact in Paris, with the curved glass canopy characteristic of the metro's 1900 Art Nouveau style.
Anecdote
Along with Abbesses, it's one of only two Guimard glass-canopy entrances still visible across the entire Paris network.
Around Porte Dauphine
- Musée Yves Saint Laurent Paris, 450 m away — The designer's former couture house, opened as a museum in 2017, tracing thirty years of creations at 5 Avenue Marceau.
- Bois de Boulogne, 40 m away — A vast 850-hectare wood west of Paris, laid out in the 19th century in the style of London's parks.
- Fondation Louis Vuitton, 1050 m away — A contemporary art museum with a spectacular architecture by Frank Gehry, nestled in the Bois de Boulogne.
- Entrée Art nouveau de Guimard, 20 m away — One of the last metro entrances to retain its original glass-and-iron canopy designed by Hector Guimard.