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Paris

Everyone dreams to see Paris! There are thousand ways to discover this delightful city! Find your own one

La Défense

La Défense, a modern district of Paris, is Europe's biggest business centre. The main attractions here are skyscrapers

 
Latin Quarter in Paris

Versailles

In Versailles, a Paris suburb, is situated luxurious Palace of Versailles with splendid park ensemble, a largest in France museum complex and historic-cultural monument

Arc de Triumph

Tourists can admire not only the beauty of Arc de Triomphe, but also stunning views of Paris, which opens from its observation deck

Boulevard de Clichy

Boulevard de Clichy is famous for its bustling nightlife, numerous strip bars, cabarets, sex shops and the Museum of Erotica, very popular among tourists

Camping in Paris

There is no point in spending up on expensive hotels, when you can live in the fresh air within fifteen minutes journey from Champs-Élysée - at the campsite in Bois de Boulogne

Centre Georges Pompidou

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

 
Charles de Gaulle Airport

Conciergerie

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

Eiffel Tower

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)

 
Eiffel Tower on New Years Eve

 
Eiffel Tower Tour

Flea market

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

 
Galeries Lafayette Christmass Showcase

 
Galeries Lafayette in Paris

 
Hotel de Ville in Paris

 
Île Saint-Louis

 
La Madeleine in Paris

 
Les Invalides

Louvre

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

 
Luxembourg Palace

 
Mona Lisa in Louvre

Montmartre

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

Moulin Rouge

Moulin Rouge - «The Red Mill" – is a classic Paris cabaret, located in the "red lights” district. It was opened for public in 1889

Musée d’Orsay

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

 
Musee national du Moyen Age

 
Nike of Samothrace in Louvre Museum

Notre Dame de Paris

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

Père Lachaise Cemetery

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

Palace of Versailles

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

Palais Garnier

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

Palais-Royal

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

Panthéon

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

Place de la Bastille

There is no Bastille on Place de la Bastille for over two hundred years! Only the bronze pillar reminds of the medieval fortress, later turned into a prison

Place de la Concorde

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

 
Place des Vosges

Place Vendome

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

 
Pont des Arts

 
Saint-Severin Church in Paris

Seine, Paris

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

The Avenue des Champs-Elysees

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

Transportation in Paris

Besides traditional modes of city transport - automobile, bus and metro, in Paris are very popular bycicles, and there is a large net of bycicle rent stations there

Tuileries Garden

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

 
Vendome Column

 
Venus de Milo in Louvre Museum