Underground & cool · Historic cinema (backstage tour) · €€
Le Grand Rex — Les Étoiles du Rex
Europe's largest auditorium sits behind a 1932 Art Deco facade. The self-guided tour moves through the building's machinery — projection booth, the 2,700-seat grande salle, the special-effects room — narrated as a mock film shoot.
Weekend and midweek afternoon slots only (closed Mon/Fri); the building still screens films, so a tour pairs with an evening show.
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