Opéra Garnier (Grand Staircase)

In the photo-shoot montage Jo (Audrey Hepburn), the shy bookshop clerk turned model, sweeps down the marble Grand Staircase while the photographer Dick Avery (Fred Astaire) takes her picture. You can see the staircase on a visit to the opera house.

More Funny Face places nearby

• Rue de la Paix4 min290 m away · 4 min on foot
• Ritz Paris (Place Vendôme)6 min480 m away · 6 min on foot
• Jardin des Tuileries (Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel)16 min1.2 km away · 16 min on foot

Famous places nearby

Not places of the story, but worth the walk.

• Galeries Lafayette Haussmann

  3 min210 m away · 3 min on foot

  The department store with the stained-glass dome and a free rooftop view.

• Musée d'Orsay

  18 min1.4 km away · 18 min on foot

  ticket needed

  Monet, Van Gogh and Renoir in a former railway station on the Seine.

From other stories, nearby

• Palais GarnierEmily in Parissame place
• Palais GarnierLupinsame place
• American Express building (11 Rue Scribe)Charade1 min80 m away · 1 min on foot
• Galeries Lafayette HaussmannLupin2 min160 m away · 2 min on foot

Where to eat nearby

• Café de la Paix

  2 min130 m away · 2 min on foot

  historic caf退€

  Opened in 1862 with the Grand Hôtel; Napoléon III décor on Place de l'Opéra

• Le Grand Véfour

  11 min790 m away · 11 min on foot

  haute cuisine€€€€

  Palais-Royal restaurant founded in 1784, reopened in 2026 with chef Bruno Doucet; seen in Emily in Paris

• Angelina

  11 min790 m away · 11 min on foot

  pâtisserie & tea room€€

  Belle Époque tea room open since 1903, known for its thick hot chocolate and Mont-Blanc