Category Archives: Paris Travel
EIFFEL TOWER: The Symbol of Paris
The Eiffel Tower is the undisputed symbol of Paris, France, and even dare to say that in Europe. Is surely the first thing that comes to mind when we think of Paris. And this tower, designed and built in the Roaring Twenties, “gradually took that privileged place that until then disputed the Arc de Triomphe, [...]
The Jardin des Tuileries, Paris
The Jardin des Tuileries, Catherine de Medici whim, is the oldest garden in town and was the first public garden.
[Jardin des Tuileries]
From the twelfth century this vast space had been occupied by factories “tuiles” (a kind of tiles, from which it derives its name) and orchards. In 1564, Catherine de Medicis had built there a [...]
The Louvre Museum, Paris
The Louvre Museum is one of the most important and oldest in the world: Its art collections meet all ages and cultures around three hundred thousand pieces….
[The Louvre]
The Louvre Museum is the largest museum in Paris and the third in the world in area, with 160,000 square meters, of which just over 58,000 were devoted [...]
MOULIN ROUGE: The Most Famous Cabaret In The World
In a special moment in the history of France, a time between two wars, a time when freedom and the will to live filled with the spirit of the Moulin Rouge Parisian born, the world’s most famous cabaret, 6 October 1889, with the help of two big businessmen: Joseph Oller and Charles Zidler.
The place for [...]
The Place de la Concorde, Paris
Over a thousand heads rolled under the guillotine in the square,
today the largest and most beautiful of Paris.
[Obelisk Place de la Concorde]
Place de la Concorde is the most beautiful square in Paris and larger. Its location offers spectacular views of one of the most attractive areas of the city: To the east, a perspective of [...]
Travel tip: Avignon
We went today to one of the most picturesque cities in France: Avignon. It is located on the left bank of the Rhone River, about 653 km southeast of Paris and 80 km northwest of Marseille.
In the Middle Ages, this magnificent city in southern France was the seat of the papacy from 1309 until 1377. [...]
The town of Vezelay in France
Vezelay is tiny, is located in central France and climbs over the crest of a hill; because that’s how cities were built give the Middle Ages to defend major. Con few hundred inhabitants, has two luxuries that travelers sensitized should not skip.
On one side is the great basilica of Vezelay Square facing spot with his [...]
Visit Paris
Paris really beautiful city, many places we can visit in paris. for instance, paris plage, the Canal du Midi, etc.
Clearly, the beaches, with all the paraphernalia that lead (read loungers, sunbathing, sports activities and idle of all persuasions, etc.) are one of the attributes that increase the attractiveness of a city choosing the fate of [...]