Things to do in Paris
It is quite a difficult task to select the top ten things to do in Paris, but if you do all of the things we suggest here, you may be sure you’ll sooner or later come back to Paris for more.
Musee du Louvre
Location: Paris, France
Photo by edwin.11As befits the most visited museum in the world, even the main entrance to the Louvre is a work of art. But don’t linger for too long marveling at the glassy pyramid. Inside await the riches of world’s most exquisite artistic legacy, from Egyptian mummies and Code of Hammurabi to Venus de Milo and…
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Eiffel Tower (Tour Eiffel)
Location: Paris, France
Photo by piglickerBuilt to mark the centennial celebration of the French Revolution, it lays claim to being the most visited paid monument in the world. On a gloomy morning you may not even find it attractive – a mere pile of welded metal. Yet standing on its top observation deck on a cloudless afternoon and gazin…
Musee d’Orsay
Location: Paris, France
Photo by gilleskleinIf the Louvre is the most splendid museum in France, then the Musee d’Orsay is right behind. Housed in the former railway station on the left bank of the Seine, it holds mainly paintings and sculptures by French artists, all of great merit and stunning sensitivity to detail. And much as the entir…
Notre Dame Cathedral (Cathedrale de Notre Dame de Paris)
Location: Paris, France
Photo by Serge MelkiVictor Hugo’s novel and the hugely touching characterization of the hunchback, Quasimodo, has served the cathedral’s popularity well, but no attention seeking was necessary at all. No measure was spared in conceiving of a church that would reflect the capital’s prestige, and the result proved to…
Arc de Triomphe
Location: Paris, France
Photo by David G…Evidently under the spell of the ancient Roman architecture, Napoleon I commissioned Jean Chalgrin to design a triumphal arch dedicated to the glory of the imperial armies. The world’s largest monument of this kind, today it links old and new Paris, forming a backdrop for the precious urban ensem…
Centre Pompidou
Location: Paris, France
Photo by Jaz8085Centre George Pompidou perfectly epitomizes all those cases when the very building competes for supremacy with its contents. Named after a former President of France and completed between 1971 and 1977, the center is truly a weird construction. Representing hi-tech architecture, it’s a skeleton o…
Moulin Rouge
Location: Paris, France
Photo by stevehdcToulouse-Lautrec adored Moulin Rouge, and he certainly had good reasons to do so. Located in the vicinity of Montmartre in the Paris red-light district of Pigalle, the cabaret was a hotbed of brash entertainment, and the lithe, long-legged dancers had a special appeal to the crippled painter. Tod…
Sacred Heart Basilica of Montmartre (Sacre-Coeur)
Location: Paris, France
Photo by Ben GodfreyErected on Montmartre Hill – the highest point of the city – the snow-white Sacre Coeur is perhaps one of Paris’s most recognizable landmarks with a heart-grabbing story behind its construction. In the turmoil of the Franco-Prussian War, Alexandre Legentil and Hubert Rohault de Fleury vowed to bu…
La Defense
Location: Paris, France
Photo by AtomaBusy, high-rise and futuristic, the La Defense business district of Paris turns into a stage for an unforgettable spectacle of light when the sun goes out. With a gigantic 20th century version of the Arc de Triomphe, it is among the favorite spots for after dark walks, although not really “Parisi…
River Seine Cruise
Location: Paris, France
Photo by Jean-Pierre LavoieEnjoy Paris at its best. Some say it is clichéd and unimaginative, but frankly, a cruise along the Seine is as much a part of your Parisian experience as a tour around Louvre or a walk down Champs Elysees. Cruises make a huge business here, so you may enjoy virtually everything, from budget open…
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