The Paris Olympics have been designed to show case the City of Light in all its splendour with events taking place at iconic locations.
Here are five sites to wow ticket holders and a global TV audience of billions in the 17-day extravaganza which started yesterday:
Eiffel TowerThe most famous of the Paris land marks, the Eiffel Tower, will welcome beach volleyball. Games will take place in a temporary venue near the foot of the Iron Lady.
The tower has become the symbol of Paris and attracts seven million visitors a year.
Olympic winners will go home with a small part of the iron colossus. Each medal will contain an 18g crumb of original iron, re moved during renovations, melted down and reforged.
