There is an elevator to the top of the Arc de Triomphe but for the adventurous there are spiral stairs to the base. There is very little light in the stairwell and so I needed to use a high iso and slow shutter speed to get this photo.
One last thing: Does art imitate nature here? Check out this photo (click)
Canon 5D 1/30s f/1.2 ISO1250 50mm
Hello! I miss story time with Mr. Shephard back when we were supposed to be learning about European History! I also love your photographs. I visit your blog periodically from your facebook links and shuffle back through the days I’ve missed. I wish I had known there was an elevator to the top of the Arc de Triomphe – it was the first thing we visited in Paris though, and perhaps we were just too excited to slow down and look for an elevator. Thanks to you I did know that there was a tunnel to take us under the roundabout though, and we didn’t go running across traffic like crazy Americans!