Travel in Europe – Visit Paris

  At the horizon there is the 2012 holiday and you plan a Europe travel.

  If you did not already do it, you don't have to miss a visit to Paris.  

  The issue when you spend the holiday in Paris is the embarrassment you fill in

front of wealth that assail you.

  What ever which Paris you choose to visit: the touristic one, the historical one, the interested in fashion one, the one with bourgeois claims, the one of the bohemian artistic, the reality is that after your holiday you will shape your one alive and unforgettable Paris.

  Paris is the city of the vast panoramas, with intimate dilapidated streets, official

green spaces, quiet squares, this combination of fast and discretion being one of its eternal secrets.   

  There are so many turistic sights that probably, a usual holiday period is not enough

if you want to see all of them and certainly you will come back sometimes.

  Being such a desired place as a holiday destination, our advice is to make an early booking of a holiday villa - book a home in order to have all the time for visits and walks and for saving your money.

  We will try to present you below the main touristic areas and their sights in order to help you to make your self a general image of the touristic city and organise your holiday days.

  1. From Eiffel Tour to Pont de l’Alma

  This area is dominated by Eiffel Tour that is the Paris symbol. 

  It was created by Gustav Eiffel in 1889 for the World Exibition. Due to the spectacular panorama on the city from 300 meters high, it continues to be an attraction for all the tourists that visit Paris, but you have to be prepared to face the crowd. The tour rehabilitation in 1980 did not make the elevators more rapid, the long lines can not be avoided, if you do not come in the evening (when all the traverses are lighted in superb details). In stead they added decent shops and two good restaurants.     

  In this area, there is too The Trocadéro Square with Palais de Chaillot with many museums. 

  From this area you can take the Bateaux Mouches, the little bateaux that cross Sena in water Paris circuits.

  2. From Louvre to the Arc de Triomphe   

  From the brilliant glass pyramid placed at the Louvre museum entry, you can see the Arc de Triomphe, at the end of the most famous boulevard of the city, Champs – Ělysées. Between Louvre and Arc de Triomphe, there is the Paris spiritual heart – the elegant Place de la Concorde. 

  The main sights in this area: Arc de Triomphe; Champs – Ělysées; Grand Palais; Jardin de Tuileries; Louvre Museum; Musée du Jeu de Paume; Musée de l’ Orangerie, Place de la Concorde.

  3. Fauburg St- Honoré

  In the area placed next to Champs – Élysées and Tuileries at the northern side, there is Fauburg St- Honoré, a place with a stylish tradition, with nice boutiques and famous banks. 

  Sights to visit in this area: Église de la Madeleine, Forum de la Halles, Palais de l’ Élysées, Palais Royal, Place Vendome, Place de la Victoires, St.- Eustache.

  4. Grands Boulevards

  As a spine of the right side of Sena, a series of wide boulevards, make a continuous arc from St. – Augustin, the second big church of the Second Empire, to Place République, whose name symbolise the final down of the imperial regime.

  Sights to see here: Grands Magasins; Musée Nissim de Camondo; Opéra Garnier

  5. Marais and Bastilia

  Marais is one of the historical residential districts the most desired of the city. The graceful architecture of XVII century and the early XVIII century gives the general trend. Nowadays, the majority “hôtel particulier”, spectacular of Marais- old residences of aristocrats’ families were rehabilitated and transformed in museums. You will find here modern boutiques and cafés, next to kosher shops that belong to the Hebrew neighbourhood. In the eastern side there is Place Bastille, the place of the famous prison, devastated at 14 July 1789. 

  The main sights of this area: Centre Pompidou; Musée Carnavalet; Musée Picasso; Place de Vosgues, Place de la Bastille.

  6. From Notre – Dame to Latin Quarter

  Ile de la Cité, on Sena, is the historical centre of the city with its imposing Cathedral Notre – Dame. You can visit too here, Sainte- Chapelle and Conciergerie, the last shelter of queen Marie Antoinette. At eastern side, there is Ile de St-Louis, one of the most romantic corners of Paris and beyond Sena on the left side there is the bohemian Latin Quarter.

  7. From St.-Germain to Les Invalides

  This area lays at the left side of Sena, from the animated district St.-Germain to the area next to Musée d’ Orsay and Les Invalides.

  Places to visit: Hôtel des Invalides; Jardin du Luxembourg, Musée d’ Orsay; Musée Rodin; St.- Germain-des-Prés; St. Suplice.

  8. Monmartre

  Monmartre is placed on a hill that arises over the city. It is the home of Basilica Sacré –Coeur. Many streets of this area are consecrated to touristic business.

  Sights to visit: Au Lapin Agile (a bar-cabaret surviving from XIX century); Cimentiére Pėre –Lachaise; Musée Monmartre; Place des Abbesses; Sacre Coeur.

  As you see, a visit to Paris is a long story. 

  In order to enjoy it prepare your holiday early by a booking for a villa suitable to your need and to your pocket. Our associate’s site expect you to choose from its offer. Clarify all the questions you have regarding the accommodation by asking them questions before you make the proper choice.

  Do not forget to study your holiday target before you go to rent villa. We wish you to enjoy of a wonderful 2012 summer holiday in Paris - online vacation booking