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Everyone dreams to see Paris! There are thousand ways to discover this delightful city! Find your own one |
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La Défense, a modern district of Paris, is Europe's biggest business centre. The main attractions here are skyscrapers |
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Today Palais-Royal is closed for visitors - it houses the Constitutional Council and the Ministry of Culture, but tourists can admire the garden with unusual sculptures |
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The waters of the River Seine have always been the heart and soul of Paris. One of the most relaxing and expedient ways to view the main sights is from the glass-covered decks of sight-seeing vessels |
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Once a favorite place of Paris Bohemia, where lived and created their masterpieces many famous artists and poets - Renoir, Van Gogh, Modigliani, Picasso, Apollinaire and others, still has an amazing atmosphere |
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Basilique du Sacré-Cœur, built in the Roman-Byzantine style, crowns the Montmartre hill, from which one can admire an impressive panorama of Paris |
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Musée d’Orsay is a Museum of Fine and Applied Arts, one of the world's largest collections of French paintings and sculptures from 1848 to 1914. The core of the collection is works of Impressionists and Post-Impressionists |
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The Avenue des Champs-Elysees is the most beautiful avenue in the world! It is famous for bourgeois style, lots of luxury boutiques, cinemas and cafés. Here is the most most expensive real estate in Europe |
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Boulevard de Clichy is famous for its bustling nightlife, numerous strip bars, cabarets, sex shops and the Museum of Erotica, very popular among tourists |
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Eiffel Tower is a symbol of Paris - its observation deck offers an unforgettable view of the French capital. There are two ways to rich the upper observation deck (274 m): by elevator or by stairs (about 1 800 steps) |
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In the Tuileries Garden there is a collection of sculptures from the times of Louis XIV up to the beginning of XX century and two small museums of modern art |
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The Place Vendôme is famous for its luxury hotels: The Hôtel Ritz Paris ("the Ritz"), the Park Hyatt Vendôme, and "the Bristol", now called "the Vendôme". Many famous dress designers have had their boutiques in the square |
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Moulin Rouge - «The Red Mill" – is a classic Paris cabaret, located in the "red lights” district. It was opened for public in 1889 |
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Tourists can admire not only the beauty of Arc de Triomphe, but also stunning views of Paris, which opens from its observation deck |
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The Panthéon was originally built as a church dedicated to St. Genevieve. During the French Revolution it was turned into a mausoleum - a famous burial place of Voltaire, Rousseau, Victor Hugo, Émile Zola and many others |
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The Conciergerie, a splendid Gothic palace, is a former royal palace and prison in Paris. Hundreds of prisoners during the Reign of Terror were taken from La Conciergerie to be executed on the Guillotine |
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Père Lachaise is the largest Paris cemetery - a burial place of those who have enhanced French life over the past 200 years – Moliere, Beaumarchais, Abelard and many others |
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The most famous flea market in Paris is the one at Porte de Clignancourt, common known as Les Puces (The Fleas). One can buy practically everything here |
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The Palace of Versailles is famous not only as a building, but as a symbol of the system of absolute monarchy - it was the centre of political power in France from 1682 until the beginning of French Revolution |
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Louvre is the largest art museum in the world - about 300 000 exhibits. Here are kept artistic and historical relics of France from ancient times until today and masterpieces of various civilizations, eras and cultures |
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During the Revolution Place de la Concorde held in its center the guillotine that executed Louis XVI, Marie-Antoinette, Danton, Robespierre, and 2800 others between 1793 and 1795 |
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To see with one’s own eyes the mysterious and legendary Notre-Dame de Paris - one of the main symbols of Paris – is a dream of any traveler |
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Centre Georges Pompidou was built in the style of high-tech architecture. There are the Musée National d'Art Moderne – an outstanding collection of modern art, a vast public library and IRCAM - a centre for music and acoustic research |
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In addition to luxury and splendor of architecture, the building of Palais Garnier is impressive for its size – it is 13 m higher than the Arc de Triomphe |
