The centrally situated Pont Royal, built for Louis XIV in 1685, commands some splendid panoramas, with the Louvre and the Tuileries Gardens on the Right Bank, the Musee d'Orsay on the Left, the Grand and Petit Palais down?­river, and the Palais de l'Institut de France, home of the Aca?­d???­mie Francaise, upstream.
From the Pont Royal, you can view the Louvre, the Tuileries Gardens, and the Musee d'Orsay.