Metz Attractions: 6 Visitor Guides
Metz pairs a Gothic cathedral famous for its stained glass with the Centre Pompidou-Metz, the Golden Courtyard museum, the Porte des Allemands, the old church of Saint-Pierre-aux-Nonnains and a covered market. These guides cover each one.
Metz attraction guides
Centre Pompidou-Metz: A Practical Visitor Guide
The Centre Pompidou-Metz is a satellite of the Paris Pompidou devoted to temporary exhibitions of modern and contemporary art, under a striking timber-and-fabric roof. Here is where it sits in Metz, how to reach it, how to read the programme before you travel, and how long to allow.
Marché Couvert de Metz: Visitor Guide to the Covered Market
The Marché Couvert de Metz is a compact indoor food market on Place du Marché Couvert, a few steps from Metz Cathedral. It opens Tuesday to Saturday, 08:00–18:00 in 2026, and works well as a 45-minute stop folded into a morning in the old town.
Metz Cathedral Guide: Saint-Étienne Nave and Windows
Metz Cathedral is free to enter and rewards a proper look rather than a quick photo stop: a 42-metre nave, more than 6,500 square metres of stained glass, and a west end where the windows do the talking.
Musée de la Cour d'Or, Metz: Visitor Guide
The Musée de la Cour d'Or packs Gallo-Roman Metz, Roman bath remains and a fine Beaux-Arts floor into one central building on rue du Haut Poirier. Here is how the collections divide up, when the doors are open, and how much time the archaeology and the paintings each deserve.
Porte des Allemands, Metz: Visiting the Medieval Gate
The Porte des Allemands is Metz's only surviving medieval town gate still standing, a double gateway and bridge over the Seille in the Outre-Seille quarter. Here is what to look at, how long it takes, how the ramparts circuit starts here, and what to pair with it in central Metz.
Saint-Pierre-aux-Nonnains, Metz: A Roman Hall Turned Church
Saint-Pierre-aux-Nonnains is a late fourth-century hall in Metz that became a church, an abbey and then a military store. Here is what the building shows, how to reach it near the Arsenal, when it opens and how much time to give it.