(Last Update: 07.06.2025) In a way, Paris is an arcade paradise. There are hundreds of passages, large and small, in many parts of the city, some hidden in between, some on the road. Many of them, like the Panoramas Passage, have not lost any of their historical originality and await their visitors, or at least those who will pass by, with all their charm. The word "passage" actually came into our language from the French word "passage".