Sights

Opera National de Paris

Opera is the monumental opera house of Paris. It's located just a few hunderds meters north of the Louvre Museum.

It is one of the most famous opera in the world!

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Buttes Chaumont

Paris is a number one destination, but few people would go there to see natural beauty. Still, Paris has a waterfall that is almost as high as Niagara falls!

The Park Buttes-Chaumont in the North-East of Paris is the unusual destination where you can find this waterfall. It is s delightful change from the monuments, museums and the endless shopping Paris lures its visitors with.

The park was a refuse dump for centuries and it had an evil reputation. In the nineteenth century it was transformed by Napoleon the third into a fantasy park, a sort of Disneyland avant la more..

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Sorbonne

The Sorbonne is the most famous university of Paris. This is not a museum, allthough it is a very beautiful building, but the atmosphere with all the students is nice, especially on a summer day.

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Place de la Concorde

The Place de la Concorde, the biggest place of Paris, has a nasty background. In the black days of the French Revolution this is where they put the guillotins to behead the opponents of the Revolution. Louis XVI, Marie-Antoinette, Danton, Robespierre, and 2800 others were killed here between 1793 and 1795.

The new name Place de la Concorde was established to symbolize the end of a troubled era and the hope of a better future. Today it is a very pretty place, a nice example of French city architecture. The Place stands between the Tuileries gardens and the Champs more..

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Disneyland Resort Paris

Disneyland Resort Paris is an amusement park located east of Paris.

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Tuileries

The Jardin des Tuileries is a very nice park between and near the Louvre. The park is quite stately and very French. Hardly any grass to lay in but perfect peranque courts, and... culture. By strolling around you will find lots of sculptures made by famous artists such as Aristide Maillol and others.

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Jardin du Luxembourg

The Jardin du Luxembourg is a large and sumptuous park that is a "must" to visit at any time. With its statuary, benches, and formal gravel paths, this is the quintessential Paris park. Right in the middle of this park, the italianate-style Palais du Luxembourg has served many functions in its long existence. Today, it houses the French Senate. When in the park, don't miss the Fontaine des Médicics.

Just outside the park, you will find the Saint Sulpices church of God. This classical building has mural paintings by the French more..

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Avenue des Champs-Elysees

Probably the most famous street in Paris. It connects Place de la Concorde to the Arc de Triomphe.

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Place des Vosges

Place des Vosges is one of Paris' finest squares. Walk to the center where Louis XIII sits on a horse surrounded by locals enjoying their fine community park. Henry IV built this centerpiece of the Marais in 1605. As hoped, this turned the Marais into Paris' most exclusive neighborhood. Victor Hugo lived at #6 (corner closest the Bastille, open to the public, admission fee).

To leave the square, walk behind Louis' horse to the arcade. Follow it left past art galleries and antique shops onto the boutique-filled rue des Francs Bourgeois. Browse two blocks off the place des more..

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Pere Lachaise

a tomb at Pere Lachaise
photo by: Kim Kotfis

Quite a strange sight: a graveyard. Full of tourists on their way to the tomb of their favourite writer, singer, rockstar. Jim Morisson is the number one now. His fans outnumber those of Moliere, Balzac, Proust, Edith Piaf, Chopin, Oscar Wilde and Isadora Duncan.

Pere Lachaise, named after Louis XIV's confessor, Father Lachaise, is the largest cemetery in Paris (108 acres/44 hectares) and a favorite spot for Parisians and tourists alike. Look on the streets leading to the entrances for a shop selling maps that will help you locate the graves

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Notre Dame Cathedral

Notre Dame Cathedral
photo by: Lars

The Notre Dame is, without a doubt, the most popular attraction on the Ile de la Cité. Its first stone was laid in 1163, it was finished 170 years later. The Cathedral is a magnificent example of gothic architecture. It is possible to climb the towers and get a nice view over Paris and look at all the details of the sculptures here. It is a bit of a climb, so be reasonably good shape and allow a couple of hours. It is also possible to visit the Crypte Archeologique under the Cathedral, where you can see the foundations of buildings built 2,000 years ago by the Parisii, the more..

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Parc Andre Citroën

In the outskirts of Paris near the Seine, the Parisiens have created a modern park as grand and spacious as the famous ones in the centre of the city and at the same time completely different. Every detail has been thought through. There is a teathered hot air balloon that takes to the skies evey 10 or so minutes for a cheap price, and what you get is a lovely view of paris. Combine it with your visit to the Eiffel, it is a little bit more westward.

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Centre Pompidou

The Centre Pompidou is a strange looking building in the heart of Paris. It's a great example of modern architecture. It houses a good collection of modern art. It has nice expositions every now and then. For up to date info on expositions, check the website of the Centre Pompidou.

The Centre has one of the world's most important public collections of twentieth-century art, architecture, and design, to be found on the third and fourth floor. These flours were completely renovated in 1999 and have reopened on new years eve of that year. The exhibitions have become landmark more..

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Bibliotheque Nationale

The wealth of its 500 year history has made the Bibliothèque nationale de France one of the best-endowed libraries in the world. Over the centuries, whether as a royal, imperial or national institution - depending on the political regime in force - the library has never once failed in its task of collecting, conserving, cataloguing, communicating and transmitting knowledge.

The collection has been moved to a beautiful new building that stands on the south bank of the Seine in the East of Paris. The architecture is great and by itself is worth a visit.

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Arc de Triomphe

Arc de Triomphe
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The Arc de Triomphe is one of the most famous monuments of Paris. It stands to honor the men and women who died while fighting in  the French Revolution.

Construction of the Arc was ordered by Napoleon I. The Arc was built by Percier and Fontaine, between 1806 and 1808. It roughly follows the model of the Arc of Constantine in Rome.

Numerous statues are carved into the Arc, the most famous of which is 'Departure of the Volunteers', depicting the departure of volunteer forces after the French Revolution.

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Eiffel Tower

Looking Down on Paris
photo by: Katherine Walton

The Eiffel tower (Tour Eiffel in French) was built in 1889 for the World Exposition, which was held in Paris for the centennial of the French Revolution. The architect and builder of the tower, Gustave Eiffel (1832-1923) is also famous as the architect who designed the iron backbone of the Statue of Liberty in New York City harbor.

The tower is over 300 m high. Another exciting fact about the Eiffel Tower is that it is the most visited building in the world. In 1998, it received 6 million visitors, far more than the Empire State Building (3.6 million), and the Tokyo more..

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Parc Monceau

Very stylish park located in the north of the 8-th arrondissement.

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Sacre Coeur

Sacre Cæur
photo by: Einar Tryti

The Sacre Coeur probably numbers in the top 500 of monuments of France. This is a bit strange, because the basilica is not very old. It probably stems from the great location; in one of the nicest quarters of France, on top of a hill and overlooking all of Paris.

In 1873, the National Assembly declared its plans to erect this grand Romano-Byzantine church, dedicated to the Sacred Heart and intended for public usage. It was built as a "praise God anyway" reaction after losing a war with Germany. Construction began in 1876 on the plans of the French architect Abadie. The more..

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Pantheon

The Pantheon was originally a church built by Louis XV between at the end of the 18-th century. It is a very impressive building. Not long after it came into being, it was secularized by the French Revolution. Napoleon made it a religious building again, and it was secularized once more in 1885. It is now most famous for its collection of tombs of great French thinkers : Rousseau, Voltaire, Hugo, Zola and Malraux. But also of scientists Pierre and Marie Curie. It was also the place where Foucault did his famous experiment with the pendulum.

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Chateau de Versailles

Probably the most spectacular and monumental castle in France. Home of the French Kings from Louis XIV to Louis XVI.

Located in Versailles, 17 km west of Paris. You can reach it with the RER's line C.

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