On May 9, the Flame begins its relay around the city

The Torch Relay is an unmissable tradition that takes us back to the roots of the Games. The first torch of the Paris 2024 Olympic Torch Relay was lit on April 16, according to tradition, using the sun's rays, during a ceremony in the sanctuary of Olympia, in Greece, where the the ancient games. From the Peloponnese, the Olympic Flame will travel to Athens to board the Belem and cross the Mediterranean Sea to Marseille.

After its arrival in the Old Port on May 8, 2024, the Olympic Flame...