Paris also reminds one of broad avenues, quaint cafes, great art galleries and museums, and the great tower. The French capital is one of the most popular destinations in the world and it is entitled to calling itself the City of Lights, lighting up others with its traditions, its food and its mood.
The hidden gems starting with architecture and history of Paris, to its festivals and gourmet foods are quite attractive experiences. Here is why you should consider having this glittering city on your wish list.
Take a Walk down the Champs-Élysées
The avenue which boasts busy Champs-Élysées can be definitely listed among the most world-renown. This 1.2 mile long street to overwhelm you with sophistication consisting of luxury stores, specialized cafes, luxurious hotels and major landmarks including the Arc de Triomphe at one end. Still, if you are interested in people and architecture, there is plenty to look at even if you don’t eat or shop. Make sure you take a picture of the monument in front of the tree-lined avenue.
Wander Through Montmartre
Pack your camera and decide to take a walk in the neighborhood of hills known as Montmartre. By its curvy granite paved roads, painted houses and buildings, hills with vineyards that are hidden and artists who draw on sites or set up their own stands, this place is undeniably bohemian. Secondly, Montmartre is the highest natural point of the city complemented by beautiful Sacré-Coeur Basilica. You can catch a metro or climb up the hundreds of steps outside this magnificent white-domed church for magnificent views over Paris.
Traveling with Beauty: Traveling with the Eiffel Tower
There is hardly anything as symbolic of Paris as the tower that bears the city’s name and which has got to be seen at all costs. This 19th century iron lattice tower is 1,063 feet tall; it provides spectacular views over the Paris, also known as the City of Light. Climb up in the lift or use the stairs to enjoy the views of River Seine, Arc de Triomphe and Notre Dame cathedral in the three platforms. When visiting this architectural and engineering wonder during the day don’t leave without seeing the spectacle of the tower’s light show to be housed every hour at night.
Get Lost in the Louvre
The Louvre Museum is one of the best and the largest collections of art that any person can think of, and it is even possible to take days to tour round thewell-known corridors of the museum. Housing over 38 000 items as part of thousand-year history and civilization, you may walk tens of thousands of square meters of the former royal palace. Other pieces should not be missed; these are Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa and the Venus de Milo statue from Greece. Pro tip: You should also purchase your tickets in advance online so that when you get there, you do not have to stand in the main line.
Buy French Food and Baked Goods
Food is always an essential aspect of life in any Parisiens’ life, so seize a chance to have a bite as you tour the cities. I have eaten escargot in butter sauce, smooth slices of foie gras or a superb steak frites that one usually encounters in a brasserie, or on a sidewalk café for instance. And you just have to make time and space for a pastry in one of the elaborate patisseries in the city. From the traditional French croissants, and eclairs to photogenic macarons of different classes and colors and flavors, all sweet tooths are catered for.
Relax in Gardens and Parks
But if there is one thing that Paris always offers at some point or another that the traveler requires, it is green zones for resting. Luxembourg Gardens is included marvelous fountains, artists’ quarter, as well as royal alleys with trees that were promenades of the French nobility. On the other hand, vast Tuileries Garden gives visitors a formal marble of water bodies and sculpture gardens before the Louvre. If you are actually searching for even more private locations, there are a number of hills within Parc des Buttes-Chaumont, or the various blossoms of Parc Floral area of Bois de Vincennes.
They came to get lost along the Riverside Quays
Another is the many walking bridges around Paris, built along the River Seine some of which provide some of the most outstanding picture postcard views of Paris. See scenic views of such attractions as Eiffel Tower, Notre dame Cathedral, Musée d`Orsay, beautiful traditional bridges, lovely avenues lined with trees leading down to the riverside. Exclusively; pause in the beautiful quays to enjoy artists and musicians performing on the streets and people enjoying their wines on bar floating boats. At sunset bridges and Pont Alexandre III and Pont Neuf are awesomely lit up, ideal for a walk.
Chic Fall and Shops for Shopping
This city, considered as an international fashion capital together with Milan and New York, offers the latest trends period after period. Popular shopping streets – Avenue Montaigne and Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, teeming with luxury fashion houses and fashion stores stocked with next season designs of famous French brands like Chanel, Dior, Louis Vuitton, Saint Laurent etc. are the places where stringently fashionable shoppers rush. For cheaper items, go to the crazy amount of clothing, accessories, home necessities, and souvenir shops filled in gargantuan department stores like Printemps Haussmann and Galeries Lafayette.
Share Outstanding Fine Arts
Other than the lone Louvre, Paris has infinite museums that showcase unique fine art. For your impressionist and post impressionist works head to Musée d’Orsay beautifully located in a former Beaux-Arts railway station on the left bank by the Seine. For 20th century works a comprehensive permanent collection and changing temporary exhibitions make the Centre Pompidou museum stand out. If you have freetime other artistic treasures worth visiting are the smaller Musée Marmottan Monet dedicated to Claude Monet alone and the Musée Picasso dedicated to the cubist master.
Paris – that is, actualisation; cafés on the streets, charming buildings, and Violins, violins – cannot put a foot wrong. Speaking of districts identified in Paris, the book presents new nice districts and new viewpoints on the constantly growing city. “A thing far better in itself, and far better for others, is to occupy a little room in the heart of a large man, than to rule over a whole empire as a spectator of one’s own greatness.” Therefore walk, shop, dine, sit and watch people and let the enchantments of Paris doing the rest. With such richness in beauty, history, culture, and style, the City of Light has had its GROUP TWO allure to captivate everyone that sets foot in the city.
