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NUMBER 1: MONTMARTRE
Montmartre is a charming hillside neighborhood with amazing views of Paris.
It was a popular spot for world-famous artists
who worked and lived in Montmartre and around.
Artists such as Picasso or Van Gogh found inspiration
in beautiful streets and atmosphere of Montmartre.
Even today you will see painters and other artists working on their next work of art.
At the top of the hill you will find the famous Sacré-Cœur basilica, an important political
and cultural monument and an architectural marvel.
Don’t miss the Church of Saint-Pierre next door
and adorable small vineyards close to the Montmartre Museum.
At the foot of the hill there is a famous Moulin Rouge,
the historic birthplace of French cancan dance.
Moulin Rouge is now a popular tourist attraction, offering musical dance entertainment shows.
NUMBER 2: NOTRE-DAME
Notre-Dame de Paris meaning "Our Lady of Paris" is a famous medieval gothic cathedral located
on the island in the center of Paris called Île de la Cité.
The cathedral is full of impressive gothic elements and architectural details.
Notre-Dame was largely completed in 13th century and was badly damaged during the French Revolution
until it was rescued from destruction by Napoleon
who used the cathedral to crown himself emperor of the French.
The cathedral is widely known for the story of Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo.
Don't miss the nearby Conciergerie, a former medieval royal palace and a prison during
French Revolution, now mostly used for law courts.
It was also the last prison to hold Marie Antoinette.
You can walk around the island and imagine what life in Paris was like centuries ago
on its beautiful authentic streets.
NUMBER 3: CATACOMBS OF PARIS
Discover the impressive underground Paris by visiting the Catacombs of Paris, a shadowland
of underground tunnels and galleries underneath busy Parisian streets.
The ossuary known as the catacombs date back to the 18th century when the remains of over
six million people were moved into underground tunnel network of former stone mines to reduce
the growing number of cemeteries in Paris.
While you walk through the tunnels you will see the signs of the streets you are under
as well as the names of the original cemetery locations from where the remains were moved.
NUMBER 4: EIFFEL TOWER
Eiffel Tower is one of the most recognized world attractions
and most-visited paid monument in the world.
Including the tip, Eiffel Tower is 1,063 ft tall and is the tallest structure in Paris.
It was constructed in 1889 by the company owned by the engineer Gustaf Eiffel as the
entrance to the 1889 World’s Fair and was originally supposed to be demolished after.
It has initially met with criticism from many famous Parisian artists.
The tower offers three floors and to reach the second one you can even climb
the 674 stairs if you don’t feel like taking the elevator.
Did you know that there is a small secret apartment at the top of the Eiffel Tower?
It build by Eiffel for himself and to entertain the science elite such as Thomas Edison?
NUMBER 5: MUSEUMS
Paris is home to over 100 museums.
The most famous museum in Paris is Louvre, which is the world’s largest art museum,
featuring permanent displays of the most famous world artists,
including Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa.
You can start the tour by entering through an impressive glass pyramid.
Les Invalides is a complex of buildings and monuments relating to military history of
France including the tomb of Napoleon.
Pompidou Centre, designed in the style of high-tech architecture houses
the largest museum of modern art in Europe.
Don’t miss the nearby Stravinsky Fountain.
Musée d'Orsay is located in a former railway station
and houses a large collection of impressionist and post-impressionist masterpieces.
There are plenty more to discover.
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NUMBER 6: CHAMPS-ÉLYSÉES
The Avenue des Champs-Élysées is a 1.2-mile-long street located in the center of Paris and
is considered to be one of the most recognizable avenues in the world.
It features numerous luxury shops, theaters and cafés.
Champs-Élysées is the location of the annual Bastille Day military parade,
and the finish line of Tour de France cycling race.
Before it became a fashionable avenue in the late 18th century, the location was mostly
occupied by fields and gardens.
At the west side, Champs-Élysées ends with Arc de Triomphe, commissioned by Napoleon
in 1806 and inaugurated in 1836, dedicated to the armies of the Revolution and the Empire.
Beneath the arch there is a Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, added in 1921.
NUMBER 7: PARKS AND GARDENS
Paris is full of beautiful city parks and gardens where you can walk, jog, read a book
or simply soak in the atmosphere and experience the Parisian lifestyle.
Some of the best gardens include: Tuileries Garden is located just next to the
Louvre museum and was a popular meeting place for Parisians in the 19th and 20th century.
Luxembourg Gardens were created in 1612 as a garden of the Luxembourg Palace, which is
now the seat of the French Senate.
Bois de Vincennes is the largest public park in the city featuring lakes, gardens, zoo,
a botanical garden, castle and other attractions.
Paris offers many other parks.
We created a Google map of interesting parks and gardens in Paris.
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NUMBER 8: PÈRE LACHAISE CEMETERY
Père Lachaise Cemetery established in 1804 is the largest cemetery in Paris and is supposed
to be the most visited cemetery in the world.
The cemetery is a resting place of numerous world-famous figures including Jim Morrison,
Édith Piaf, Balzac and Oscar Wilde.
Take a walk and explore numerous streets of this vast over 100-acre cemetery
full of Gothic graves, burial chambers and ancient mausoleums.
The cemetery contains 70,000 burial plots.
NUMBER 9: LA DÉFENSE BUSINESS DISTRICT
La Défense is Europe's largest business district containing many of Paris tallest buildings
and a large shopping mall with numerous restaurants and movie theaters.
La Défense features an impressive modern architectural masterpiece La Grande Arche,
a 364 ft tall cubical high-rise mimicking the shape of Arc de Triomphe.
You can visit the observation deck and see that the building is perfectly aligned with
the Arc de Triomphe located in Paris city center, over two miles away.
NUMBER 10: VERSAILLES
Palace of Versailles is an impressive royal residence
of the king of France from 1682 until the start of the French Revolution in 1789.
Château de Versailles is located about 12 miles from the center of Paris and is now
a UNESCO World Heritage site.
The visit offers an insight into the abundant lifestyle
of the French royalty before the French Revolution.
Walk through the royal Hall of Mirrors, royal apartments,
Royal Opera and extensive Gardens of Versailles.
The history of Versailles does not stop with the French Revolution.
Part of the Peace Treaty of Paris by which Britain recognized the independence of United
States and The Treaty of Versailles, which formally ended
the First World War were both signed here.
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Champs-Élysées with Arc de Triomphe (if you continue straight, you can see La
Defense – sort of modern Arc de Triomphe) Museums: Louvre Museums, Musee D’Orsay,
Centre Georges Pompidou, Galeries Lafayette Haussmann, Les Invalides, etc.
Eiffel Tower The Catacombs
Gardens: Tuileries Garden, Luxembourg Gardens (+Beehives), Gardens of Albert Kahn, Parc
des Buttes-Chaumont, Bois de Boulogne, etc.
Beautiful streets and shops: Rue Crémieux (barvne fasade), Au Vieux Paris d'Arcole (romantična
ulica), Rue Denoyez (graffiti), Quai de Jemmapes (ob Seni), Cour du Commerce-Saint-André,
Rue des Rosiers, etc.
Versailles Pere Lachaise Cemetery
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Marche Saint-Germain Galeries Lafayette Haussmann, etc.
There are thousands of things to see and do in Paris.
What is your favorite spot in Paris?
Best city view: https://www.talkinfrench.com/best-views-in-paris/
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Other: Pantheon, Montparnasse (view)
Rue de la Butte aux Cailles, Belleville, etc.
Montmartre, a large hill in Paris and the district is a former artists' village.
During the Belle Époque, many notable artists lived and worked here or around Montmartre,
including Picasso, Monet, van Gogh, Modigliani, and others.
Montmartre is also the setting for several hit movies.
The charming hilltop Montmartre district is home to the domed Sacré-Cœur basilica, a
political and cultural monument.
There is an amazing view of Paris...
See also Church of Saint-Pierre, small vineyards in the Rue Saint-Vincent (Vignes du Clos Montmartre),
Musée de Montmartre, etc.
And don’t miss Moulin Rouge: Moulin Rouge is best known as the birthplace of the modern
form of the can-can dance and led to the introduction of cabarets across Europe.
Today, the Moulin Rouge is a tourist attraction, offering musical dance entertainment for visitors
from around the world.
Notre-Dame de Paris meaning "Our Lady of Paris is a medieval Catholic cathedral on the Île
de la Cité.
The cathedral is widely considered to be one of the finest examples of French Gothic architecture.
The cathedral was completed in 13th century.
In the 1790s, Notre-Dame suffered desecration during the French Revolution when much of
its religious imagery was damaged or destroyed.
Soon after the publication of Victor Hugo's novel The Hunchback of Notre Dame in 1831,
popular interest in the building revived.
Interesting facts: http://mentalfloss.com/article/556629/facts-about-notre-dame-cathedral
Underneath the avenues and boulevards of southern Paris sits a shadowland of underground tunnels
and galleries.
Catacombs of Paris are underground ossuaries which hold the remains of more than six million
people in a small part of a tunnel network built to consolidate Paris' ancient stone
mines.
This ossuary was created as part of the effort to eliminate the city's overflowing cemeteries.
There are signs that indicates the names of the streets you are under and signage indicating
from which Parisian cemetery the bones originated.
There is also a fountain of the “Samarinaine”, a well providing access to a small groundwater
table.
The crypt of the passion is a supporting pillar hidden by skulls and tibias that form a barrel
shape.
Interesting facts: http://listverse.com/2018/05/14/10-bone-chilling-facts-about-the-catacombs-of-paris/
The Eiffel Tower is a wrought-iron lattice tower named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel,
whose company designed and built the tower.
Constructed from 1887–1889 as the entrance to the 1889 World's Fair, it was initially
criticized by some of France's leading artists and intellectuals for its design, but it has
become a global cultural icon of France and one of the most recognizable structures in
the world.
The Eiffel Tower is the most-visited paid monument in the world; 6.91 million people
ascended it in 2015.
The tower is 324 metres (1,063 ft) tall and the tallest structure in Paris.
Did you know that High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to
entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous?
Interesting facts: https://www.discoverwalks.com/blog/top-5-fun-facts-about-the-eiffel-tower/
There are around 130 museums in Paris within city limits.
We recommend visiting at least one of them.
Here are listed just few of them: Louvre Museums: is the world's largest art
museum and a historic monument in Paris.
In 2017, the Louvre was the world's most visited art museum, receiving 8.1 million visitors.
The museum is housed in the Louvre Palace, originally built as the Louvre castle.
Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa is the Louvre's most popular attraction.
+ PIRAMIDA Les Invalides: it’s a complex of buildings
containing museums and monuments, all relating to the military history of France, as well
as a hospital and a retirement home for war veterans, the building's original purpose.
The buildings also house the tallest church in Paris at a height with the tombs of some
of France's war heroes, most notably Napoleon.
Don't forget to visit also Centre Georges Pompidou that is also home to the largest
museum for modern art in Europe and nearby Stravinsky Fountain or perhaps Musee D’Orsay
which was an ex railway station that houses the largest collection of impressionist and
post-Impressionist masterpieces in the world.
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The Avenue des Champs-Élysées is 1.9 kilometres (1.2 mi) long and 70 metres (230 ft) wide.
The land where the Champs-Élysées runs today was largely occupied by fields and kitchen
gardens.
By the late 18th century, it had become a fashionable avenue.
Today it is known for its theatres, cafés, and luxury shops, for the annual Bastille
Day military parade, and as the finish of the Tour de France cycle race.
Champs-Élysées is widely regarded to be one of the most recognizable avenues in the
world.
The Champs-Élysées ends at the Arc de Triomphe, built to honor the victories of Napoleon Bonaparte.
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There are numerous parks and gardens all over Paris.
Tuileries Garden is a public garden located between the Louvre and the Place de la Concorde.
In the 19th and 20th centuries, it was a place where Parisians celebrated, met, strolled
and relaxed.
Luxembourg Gardens (Jardin du Luxembourg): It was created beginning in 1612 by Marie
de' Medici, the widow of King Henry IV of France, for a new residence she constructed,
the Luxembourg Palace.
The garden today is owned by the French Senate, which meets in the Palace.
Bois de Vincennes is the largest public park in the city.
It was created between 1855 and 1866 by the Emperor Napoleon III.
There are many more, for example Bois de Boulogne, Parc des Buttes- Chaumont, Gardens of Albert
Kahn, etc.
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With 110 acres (44 hectares) and Père Lachaise Cemetery is the largest cemetery in Paris
and with more than 3.5 million visitors annually, it is the most visited cemetery in the world.
The cemetery is a mix between an English park and a shrine.
All funerary art style are represented: Gothic graves, Haussmanian burial chambers, ancient
mausoleums, etc.
It is the first garden cemetery, as well as the first municipal cemetery in the city.
It opened in 1804.
It is the permanent resting place of a variety of famous figures, for example, Jim Morrison,
Édith Piaf, Oscar Wilde, Balzac, Molière and others.
It contains 70,000 burial plots.
La Défense is Europe's largest purpose-built business.
It contains many of the Paris urban area's tallest high-rises, a large shopping mall
in La Défense, has 220 stores, 48 restaurants and 24 movie theaters.
La Grande Arche is a 110-meter-high cube, La Grande Arche is part of the perspective
from the Louvre to Arc de Triomphe.
The distance from La Grande Arche to Arc de Triomphe is 4 km.
Axe historique…
Château de Versailles, also called Palace of Versailles was the principal royal residence
of France from 1682 under Louis XIV until the start of the French Revolution in 1789
under Louis XVI.
It is located about 20 kilometres (12 miles) southwest of the centre of Paris.
The palace is UNESCO World Heritage site.
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Two treaties of the 1783 Peace of Paris treaty, by which Britain recognised the independence
of the US, were signed at Versailles.
The Treaty of Versailles, which formally ended the First World War, was signed in the Hall
of Mirrors.