Evening and night panorama of Paris can be enjoyed from the height of the Eiffel Tower; from the observation deck or the roof of the Montparnasse tower (the tower is open until 23:30 from April to September, until 23:00 from October to March)

From the site of the Grand Arch of La Défense you can see the whole quarter of Defans and the western part of Paris (the arch is open Other places with panoramic views of the surroundings: The Arc de Triomphe on the Champs Elysees (open until 23:00 / 22:30), the Pantheon, the center of Georges Pompidou, the tower of the Notre Dame Cathedral (open before 18:30 / 17:30), an observation deck in front of the entrance to the Sacré-Cœur basilica, the Lafayette gallery

October 5, 2011