Travel To France Paris Breaks Plane Road Air and Rail Vacations Cheap Deals<<>> Travel to France Paris breaks are always in high demand. As over 27 million tourists who flock here each year show. Paris travel train, plane and bus bring people to this wonderful city. France is great for tourists generally and Paris is a huge draw. A third of the visitors are either American or British. So english is spoken widely. Luxury to cheap Paris travel tours for short weekend breaks and longer vacations will fill the city with people wanting to see the sights and experience the atmosphere. Paris breaks cheap or expensive live on in people’s memories. For links and deals scroll to the bottom of the page. A good city guide is essential.
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They can be long so allow yourself plenty of time. The panoramic view of Paris from the top of its three floors is wonderful. At 317 metres high you can see on a clear day ... just about everything. One thing you will notice from the top of the tower is how green Paris is. It is said to be the capital with the most woodland in Europe. It has two woods: Vincennes in the east, Boulogne in the west.
Romantic breaks in France and Paris are popular and evidence of this can be seen in the 400 parks and gardens scattered around the city.
Short Paris breaks and Paris weekend breaks are ideal as the city is so compact.
Another viewpoint over the city is the Arc de Triomphe. Climb the 284 steps to see how the twelve avenues, including the Champs-Elysées, radiate out from this Napoleonic arch. This arch commissioned in 1806 by Napoleon to commemorate his imperial victories is now said to be the worlds biggest roundabout. Have fun from your high vantage point watching the Paris Traffic around here. Travel to France Paris and …
Take a stroll or a sail on the River Seine and one of the best parts is around Notre-Dame cathedral with its spectacular rose windows. A Bateaux Mouches cruise on a summer evening with the city lit up at the end of your sail is an unforgettable experience.
Have a drink of Coffee at one of the many bars and restaurants along the Av des Champs-Élysées. The name refers to the 'Elysian Fields' where happy souls dwelt after death according to Greek myth. At the bottom of the avenue is a 3.6m-tall bronze statue of General Charles de Gaulle in full military gear commemorating the liberation of Paris on 26 August 1944.
Enjoy a panoramic view from Montmartre Hill.Where you can enhance your view by climbing another 234 steps, on the narrow spiral staircase, to top of the dome of Sacre’ Coeur. When you’re done why not wander around Montmartre itself taking in the art and perhaps a drink of good french wine.
Visit the Place de la Concorde which is dominated by a 3300-year-old pink granite obelisk with the gilded top , given to France in 1831 by Muhammad Ali (not the boxer) the viceroy and pasha of Egypt. The obelisk weighing 230 tonnes and towering 23m over the cobblestones once stood in the Temple of Ramses at Thebes (modern-day Luxor). It was here in 1793, that Louis XVI's head was chopped off by a guillotine. Another 1343 people, including Marie-Antoinette, Danton and Robespierre lost their heads here. The present name, a place of peace and harmony, was given after the Reign of Terror ended.
Explore the works of art on display at The Louvre which began as a royal fortress and is now the world famous Musée du Louvre we see today. It houses 35,000 works of art, displayed in over 60,000 square meters of exhibition space.
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The Pompidou Centre which is the most visited cultural site in Paris. Two floors are dedicated to some of the 40000-plus works of the Musée Nationale d'Art Moderne, the country's collection of 20th-century art.
The Musée d'Orsay a former railway station houses a superb collection of French Impressionist and post-Impressionist works, making it a must-see for any art lover. Paintings by Monet, Renoir, Pissarro, Sisley, Degas, Manet, Van Gogh, Cézanne, Seurat and Matisse are on display here.
The Panthéon is a secular mausoleum for the grands hommes de l'époque de la liberté française (great men of the era of French liberty). The permanent residents of this crypt include Voltaire, Émile Zola, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Louis Braille, Victor Hugo and Marie Curie.
Travel to France Paris for fun. Each summer from around 20th July, for four weeks, Paris is transformed. The Paris Plages (Paris Beaches) take over with riverside thoroughfares becoming car-free beach resorts. This great idea began in 2002 and sees the Seine’s banks become pedestrian as the beaches are spread across three spots (Louvre/Pont de Sully, Port de la Gare and Bassin de la Villette). Holidaymakers and locals enjoy sandy beaches, deckchairs, and ice cream with music concerts.
At the Bassin de la Villette (Paris 19) you can borrow books free of charge, play beach volley, take an aqua gym class in a mini pool, or kayak around the lake – or, of course just relax and enjoy.
<<>> Travel to France Paris for the nightlife and the number one show in Paris.
The famous Moulin Rouge immortalized by the painter Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec!
For 110 years, the legendary French cabaret has welcomed millions of spectators who have come to admire the famous showgirls and French cancan dancers strutting their stuff on the Moulin Rouge's well-worn stage.
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