The Avenue des Champs-Élysées, an avenue in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, 1.9 km long and 70 metres wide, tops the list of the most beautiful avenues in the world. Completed in the seventeenth century, the city's main artery, which links the imposing Arc de Triomphe landmark to the Place de la Concorde, has undergone many changes since. it is the most exclusive shopping destination in paris, is peppered with high street shops and tourist-trap-restaurants among the remaining luxury flagship stores of brands like Louis Vuitton and Cartier .