On your marks, get set, go! Just a few days before the eagerly awaited opening ceremony of the Paralympic Games, Paris is ready to welcome visitors from all over the world. This unique opening ceremony, to be held in the heart of Paris on 28 August 2024, will kick off the Paris 2024 Games, which promise to be spectacular, innovative, sustainable and accessible to as many people as possible!
The Olympic Torch will be unveiled on 25 July 2023, one year and one day before the Paris Games. A symbol of Olympism, it is made from recycled steel and powered by low-carbon energy. Created by French designer Mathieu Lehanneur, it stands for the values of peace and equality and highlights the inevitable Parisian river, the Seine. In keeping with ancient tradition, it was lit on 16 April 2024 in Olympia, Greece, the birthplace of the ancient Games. This is where the Relay of the Olympic Flame starts.
A unique Torch relay route is planned as the flame is ... multiplied. After departing from Stoke Mandeville, the historic birthplace of Paralympic sport in England, the flame will travel through the Channel Tunnel between England and France on 25 August 2024, arriving in the north of France, in Calais, before splitting into twelve flames!
These twelve flames will meander across the whole of France on 26 August 2024, before converging in Greater Paris on 27 August 2024 and reaching Paris on 28 August 2024.
The Paralympic Torch Relay is part of a rich programme of events like that of the Paris Cultural Olympiad, a myriad of free events combining culture and sport, to be enjoyed right up to the end of the Paralympic Games and beyond.
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During the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, visitors are invited to come together to celebrate this major event thanks to the many celebration sites in Paris, the Île-de-France region and throughout France and the various free activities open to all. In all, there are almost 200 celebration sites throughout France that are accessible free of charge. With or without tickets to watch the events, enjoy the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games to the full!
From 29 August to 8 September 2024, the Parc de La Villette and its Grande Halle will be hosting the Club France. This is THE place dedicated to supporters of the French team: you can follow their exploits, meet the French medallists, discover and practise new sporting disciplines...
The department of Seine-Saint-Denis is at the heart of the programming for the Paris 2024 Games thanks to the major competition venues spread across its territory, including the Stade de France and the Arena Paris Nord. It is only natural that the department should host one of the major venues for the Paris 2024 Games, at the parc Georges-Valbon de La Courneuve. The 3rd largest park in the Île-de-France region in terms of surface area features a giant screen, programmes concerts (including 6 exceptional evening events), workshops, activities and artistic events, offers the practice of sporting and para-sportive activities, an 80-metre high skyliner for a spectacular ascent and a diverse range of restaurants. The Parc Georges-Valbon will also be the venue for the grand start of the Para marathon on Sunday 8 September 2024. The sports and activities programme on the final day, 8 September 2024, looks set to be exceptional: start of the Paralympic marathon at 8am, celebration of the athletes from the French team at 1pm, demonstration at the skatepark at 1:15pm, concert by BigFlo & Oli at 2:30pm. The Parc des Jeux closes at 6pm on 8 September 2024.
The French capital is being transformed into a huge playground during the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games with the Paris fête les Jeux! Sports activities, cultural events, event broadcasts and catering areas await visitors at the many Paris fête les Jeux venues. The parvis de l'Hôtel de Ville is one of the emblematic sites hosting the Paris fête les Jeux events. Paris Plages 2024 - Parc Rives de Seine, Bassin de la Villette, Canal Saint-Martin - is also preparing to don the colours of Paris 2024. Festivities open to all, free, popular, family-friendly and festive, in the heart of Parisian neighbourhoods.
