The Eiffel Tower an indisputable logo
If there is anything that you can not visit in France is the Eiffel Tower, that beyond being criticized at the time it opened in 1889, today is undoubtedly the logo with the most associated with France.
It has a height of 300 meters and weighs 7300 tons. At the top of it, you can see the entire city of Paris.
But this monument not only allows us to see the whole city, but also offers, in the same restaurants, shopping and to even a museum. And getting there is tricky, because all means of transport to get there (though some, like the metro, have your station a few blocks from her).
One can opt to climb the tower on foot or by elevator. However, access to the summit can only be reached by elevator. Those who climb it on foot would cost them $ 5, while those who come up through the elevator will pay 10 euros. It is clear that the elevators are highly secure and reliable. Continue reading
The Louvre Museum
This museum is located in Paris (Paris hotels), the French capital. Opened its doors on November 18, 1793 and since then displays paintings, sculptures and art objects of infinite value. Its history dates back to 1190, when King Philip Augustus had built near the river Seine a tower and a fortress. Its purpose was to ensure the defense of the city before leaving for the Crusades.
The site was known as the Louvre, whose mysterious origin may be the lower Saxon word meaning “fortified home”, or luperius Latin term that translates as “full of wolves.”
Under the reign of Charles V, between 1364 and 1380, the castle was enlarged to the north and east, bringing the tower was surrounded by buildings. Francis I, the sovereign who reigned between 1515 and 1547, decided to take up residence in the Louvre, but his collection of paintings was to move just a century later. Continue reading
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, Notre Dame and the Louvre.
The Eiffel Tower was built for the Universal Exhibition of 1889 to be held in commemoration of the centenary of the French Revolution. Gustave Eiffel and his company were the entrepreneurs of such a project starting in 1887 was completed in March 1889, just over two years later. The work generated no little controversy, especially among artists of the time, who thought of the tower as an “iron monster” in the middle of the city of romance.
When talking about technical features, the tower is a huge metal structure weighing about 10,000 tons and its height was originally 300 feet, is now 324 meters, including radio and television antenna was added much later. Employ some 200 workers who joined more than 18,000 pieces of iron with 2 million bolts. The foundation measure 30 meters in depth, due to the proximity to the river and the nature of the subsoil.
It consists of three levels, can be accessed through the first two steps, should be encouragement to join the 1665 steps up! Otherwise you can take the elevator, which normally have long queues … Continue reading
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 palace, the Tuileries Palace, surrounded by a large garden Florentine style, where fountains adorned with sculptures stood out, a maze, lots of ornamental and fruit trees, lawns, potted flowers, garden and even a vineyard …
Large lavish receptions and parties were held in these gardens, which by then were the queen’s personal gardens and were surrounded by high walls. In 1594 they planted cypress trees and lots of mulberry trees for silkworm rearing. Stables and cages with birds also had their place in this small paradise. Continue reading
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 to exhibitions. Located on the 1st. District in the heart of Paris, is also one of the oldest museums in the world.
The origins of the Louvre Palace dating back to the Middle Ages.
King Philip Augustus, who reigned for 43 years, from 1180-1223, had endowed the city, then the most important and powerful on the continent, a large protective wall. 1190 saw the need to strengthen this wall with the building of a strong castle, the typical Medieval castle surrounded by trenches with a tower, the Grosse Tour du Louvre, to guard the gates of Paris danger threatened by Anglo-Norman. Continue reading
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 implementation of the cabaret was chosen with care, the Montmartre area was “fashionable” neighborhood where they gathered to drink disreputable characters and where they could meet loose women. The Dance of the Moulin Rouge, frequented in the beginning by the local people gradually also attracted aristocrats who attended also by mixing with the lower class. Continue reading
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 the Jardin des Tuileries, the Arc du Carrousel and the Louvre, to the west, the Champs Elysees and the Arc Triumph. La Rue Royale opens north to reach the Church of the Madeleine, and across the Seine, across the Puente de la Concorde, stands the Palais Bourbon, seat of the National Assembly.
The center of the square is dominated by an imposing pink granite obelisk of Luxor over 3300 years old and almost 23 meters high, a gift from Egypt to France. In each of the corners of the square, octagonal, is a statue representing a French city: Brest, Rouen, Lyon, Marseille, Bordeaux, Nantes, Lille and Strasbourg. To the north and south of the obelisk, two monumental fountains depicting marine themes complete the square. Continue reading
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. From then until 1417, the Great Schism provoked papal venues were two. Avignon and Rome, resolved the conflict in favor of the Pope of Rome.
In that past, Avignon, has great artistic treasure that has achieved membership in the list of World Heritage of UNESCO since 1995. Especially the Papal Palace, the largest Gothic buildings of the Middle Ages with over 11,000 square meters. Its walls reach 5 meters in thickness!
It is located on the Place du Palais des Papes, on a hill overlooking the city from the north with the River Rhone at his feet. Continue reading
Tips to Get Cheap Plane Tickets to Europe
For those of you who are in Europe or outside Europe, who will travel to Europe by plane, but you are worried about an expensive ticket. you should read this.
At first, especially on the Internet, some may seem expensive airfares. Do not get discouraged. Normally, no discounts direct purchases and certain facilities. And although most advisable to buy a ticket is a travel agency to enter, from time to time, the pages of airlines can be useful because sometimes there are special offers (some of them only if you buy online) or payment facilities, especially in winter. Some of them consist of a round trip ticket at low cost if the return ticket is done by a certain date (sometimes a month and a half, sometimes three weeks, etc).
However, it is best, always, go to a travel agency. In them, you usually attend a lady or young lady. From the beginning try to be cordial with her. This may sound obvious, but it is important to keep in mind because, at one point, she will be one of your strongest supporters for your trip.
How much money you have not explained how bluntly approximate budget accounts, which places you visit and about how long you’ll be. No matter how you want to travel December and in July the following year. In addition tickets are cheaper as more are purchased in advance, the travel agent will take into account if there are offers, for packets that are “good, nice and cheap”, etc. Remember to talk from time to time and go not one, but two or three travel agents at least. But I always friendly and tries to tell her your mind to travel. Try to spread your enthusiasm. That always helps, basically for two reasons:
1) She will find the best options (and cheaper) for you. To a large extent, our dream of traveling depends on how it works.
2) Normally, with their contacts, they can advise and guide you on things beyond strictly to get tickets: you can tell other travelers experiences regarding food, clothing and country situations, say associations (teachers, students , professionals, etc.). that might be useful to get travel insurance, discounts etc.
Now if you want to find even more facilities level, another thing you can do is look for a relative or family member, whose job requires travel by air continuously. I know that may sound crazy, but sometimes they work travelers who manage to accumulate so many miles to get substantial discounts or free tickets. You can negotiate with them and so get a cheap ticket. After all, a free airline ticket, even international, loses its charm if you will not be used. For these people, sometimes it is better money. A trip I took to the U.S., for example, I did buy my ticket in this way.
Looking at the agencies and the Internet, was that I found with surprise that air travel to Europe was much more expensive than going to Cancun and Huatulco. In fact, it is more expensive to travel from Mexico City to Cancun than that in the same Mexico City to Miami. Proportionately, it is more expensive to go to San Luis Potosi to Mexico City to Paris. And if you travel from the U.S. is even cheaper. That’s something the first thing one learns when one begins to dream of a trip: Mexico is a country with very expensive services.
Finally, try to get a plane ticket that includes the rehash of changing the flight date back to a cheaper rate. This is very important, because who knows? You may want to stay longer because your budget still provides for a little longer.