Palais Royal - Musée du Louvre station exits: exit 1 for the museum, exit 5 for Place Colette

Palais Royal - Musée du Louvre is on Line 1 and Line 7, beside the Louvre. It has five exits, numbered 1 to 5, and each is named after the place it opens onto.

The five exits

Exit 1 is the one for the museum. Since the Louvre's renovation, each of the Line 1 platforms has been linked to an underground shopping mall, the Carrousel du Louvre, which gives access to the museum's underground hall. That connection is exit 1. Exit 2 opens onto the Place du Palais-Royal, exit 3 onto the Rue de Rivoli, exit 4 onto the Rue de Valois, and exit 5 onto Place Colette, where the Kiosque des Noctambules stands.

Exits 2 and 3 are the station's two Guimard entrances, the early Métro pavilions designed by Hector Guimard, and both are listed as historical monuments by a decree of 29 May 1978.

Which one to take

For the Louvre, take exit 1 and follow the signs to the Carrousel. For the Palais-Royal itself, the arcades and the courtyard, come up at exit 2 on the Place du Palais-Royal. Exit 5 is the one for the Kiosque des Noctambules on Place Colette.

Where to eat

Le Grand Véfour is in the arcades of the Palais-Royal. It opened in 1784 as the Café de Chartres, and it is described as the first grand restaurant in Paris, with early nineteenth-century neoclassical décor of large gilt-framed mirrors. Balzac, Napoleon, Cocteau, Colette and Malraux are among the people it attracted. Check opening hours and booking before you go.

Typing it

The game spells the station Palais Royal - Musée du Louvre. Accents are optional, but the spaces, hyphens and apostrophes have to be typed. It is on Line 1 and Line 7. The accent guide has the rules.

Checked against the English Wikipedia article for the station on 7 October 2026. Stations are rebuilt and exits close for works, and the signs in the station are the final word, so check them as well.