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musée Grévin
musée Rodin
canal St Martin
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Louvre museum
2nd day variant
Visite de la Tour Eiffel
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chateau de Versailles
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introduction
1st day
- Paris historique
- Notre Dame
- Ile de la Cité
- la Conciergerie
- la Sainte chapelle
- lr Palais de Justice
- la place Dauphine
- le Pont Neuf
- le Louvre
- les quais rive gauche
- le musée d'Orsay
- La Chambre des Députés
- la Concorde
- rue Royale
- la Madeleine
- l'Opéra
- les Grands Boulevards
- le musée Grévin
- l'Opéra
- Rue de la Paix
- Place Vendôme
- les Champs Elysées
- l'Arc de Triumphe
- Grand Palais
- le palais des Découvertes
- Pont Alexandre 3
- Trocadero
- Tour Eiffel
- Invalides
- musée Rodin
les albums photos
musée Grévin
musée Rodin
canal St Martin
l'album photos de Paris
1 st day variant
Louvre museum
2nd day variant
Visite de la Tour Eiffel
3rd day variant
chateau de Versailles
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half day : L’île de la Cité Berceau
Historique de Paris
FLUCTUA NEC MERGITUR : the coat of arms explanation
Just like New York, London or even Lisbon, Paris was born from a river:la Seine. The town and river united make one. The town is a jewel-box to the river, and the river offers a cradle to the City.
The river favors human presence:hunters, since the Vth millenium BC (fouille de Beaugrenelle). Even then, the river use to be used for communicating(dugout canoes discovered at Bercy). The city’s Island in the middle of the Seine formed a perfect refuge.
The name Paris comes from a Gaulois tribe called Parisii who have been settled there since 250 BC. The Thermes and les arènes, between the Saint Michel and Saint Germain Boulevard are the only visible relics of the Roman occupation. Well protected, Paris has always been able to resist great dangers of which the threat from the Huns in 451 was the most dangerous. Genevieve, a Parisian girl organised the Resistance, the Huns avoided Paris , and the Parisians made Genevieve their patron saint.
King Clovis made Paris his capital city. He, as well as all the French kings are therefore burried in the Saint Denis basilica , northern Paris. It is only in the 12th century with the Capétiens kings that Paris becomes the capital of the french Kingdom.
We propose that you start your visit of Paris with “L’île de la Cité” and the Notre Dame Cathedral:arrêt n°4 red bus
In 1163, the first stone of the “cathédrale de Paris” was layed by Louis VII and the pope Alexandre III. The most important works lasted until 1430 for King Henry IV of England’s crowning. It’s restoration and embelishment however last to this very day. A lot of work and guides exist on the Notre Dame de Paris cathedral. We recommend you this site over the net : http://ndparis.free.fr.
After the Notre Dame visit, a stroll in the city of the island(Cité de l’île) is compulsory until the west point of the island:square du Vert Galant(the young and restless) ; a Paris lover rendez-vous. On the way, one can admire the “Conciergerie”, the Austrian Queen Anne’s prison, the Holy Chapelle and the Palais de Justice ; you will succumb to Place Dauphin’s provincial charm ; you will salute king Henry IV’s equestrian statue before taking the “pont Neuf”, the oldest bridge in Paris built on Henry IV’s orders.
At this point of the visit, we propose you the following alternative :
You can either go to the Louvre museum so that you can visit it in the second half of the day or you can continue on our itinerary.
You will cross the Seine and reach the colonnade du Louvre so that you can find the red bus at the 3rd Stop.
The bus will make you redo the tour round the island(you will see l’hotel de ville:Town hall) before renewing a remarcable stroll on the quais rive gauche: south bank of the Seine by passing infront of the Institute and the Orsay museum (arrêt des cars rouges n°5:5th red bus stop)then the parliament and the Concorde bridge and last but not least la place Concorde: concorde place, you will then go up la rue Royale passing infront of the famous restaurant “chez Maxime” on the left, infront of the Madeleine church, and by the Madeleine boulevard in the Opera’s direction where you get off at the 6th red bus stop:stop n°6 red bus.
The Orsini attack made Napoleon III decide to build the Opera: by the decreet of September 29th, 1860he declares it as a public necissity to build a beautiful theater to replace the one in rue Le Peletier. A competition was organised, 171 candidate had to present a project, they would discuss later, but it is Charles Garnier, a young chitect not very well know but who won the grand prize of Rome in 1848 who was unanimously approved and recieved 1500 francs. Paris’ opera is one of the biggest and most beautiful theaters in the world. Visits to the Opera are allowed.
Second half-day:Le musée Grevin (the grevin museum)
for the second part of your day, we propse a very fun visit:The Grevin museum that you will find by walking up the big boulevards of Baron Haussmann(or a the opera’s subway to "Grands Boulevards" station). It is the Baron Haussmann who in the 20th century made paris a modern city. At first criticized by the parisian “inteligentsia” his futuristic vision of Paris got him general admiration, he was therfor a model to many other towns : Bruxelles, Milan, Rome, Barcelone, Anvers, Dresde, Chicago, Vienne....
At the Grevin museum, you will be abble to meet Paris’ “most famous” celebrities and in the most realistic decorations. Photos are allowed and when you get back home you willl find great pleasure in surprising your friends with a photo of you and Paris’ mayor, Madame de Fontenay, or your children with Lorie...
FLUCTUA NEC MERGITUR : the coat of arms explanation
Just like New York, London or even Lisbon, Paris was born from a river:la Seine. The town and river united make one. The town is a jewel-box to the river, and the river offers a cradle to the City.
The river favors human presence:hunters, since the Vth millenium BC (fouille de Beaugrenelle). Even then, the river use to be used for communicating(dugout canoes discovered at Bercy). The city’s Island in the middle of the Seine formed a perfect refuge.
The name Paris comes from a Gaulois tribe called Parisii who have been settled there since 250 BC. The Thermes and les arènes, between the Saint Michel and Saint Germain Boulevard are the only visible relics of the Roman occupation. Well protected, Paris has always been able to resist great dangers of which the threat from the Huns in 451 was the most dangerous. Genevieve, a Parisian girl organised the Resistance, the Huns avoided Paris , and the Parisians made Genevieve their patron saint.
King Clovis made Paris his capital city. He, as well as all the French kings are therefore burried in the Saint Denis basilica , northern Paris. It is only in the 12th century with the Capétiens kings that Paris becomes the capital of the french Kingdom.
We propose that you start your visit of Paris with “L’île de la Cité” and the Notre Dame Cathedral:arrêt n°4 red bus
In 1163, the first stone of the “cathédrale de Paris” was layed by Louis VII and the pope Alexandre III. The most important works lasted until 1430 for King Henry IV of England’s crowning. It’s restoration and embelishment however last to this very day. A lot of work and guides exist on the Notre Dame de Paris cathedral. We recommend you this site over the net : http://ndparis.free.fr.
After the Notre Dame visit, a stroll in the city of the island(Cité de l’île) is compulsory until the west point of the island:square du Vert Galant(the young and restless) ; a Paris lover rendez-vous. On the way, one can admire the “Conciergerie”, the Austrian Queen Anne’s prison, the Holy Chapelle and the Palais de Justice ; you will succumb to Place Dauphin’s provincial charm ; you will salute king Henry IV’s equestrian statue before taking the “pont Neuf”, the oldest bridge in Paris built on Henry IV’s orders.
At this point of the visit, we propose you the following alternative :
You can either go to the Louvre museum so that you can visit it in the second half of the day or you can continue on our itinerary.
You will cross the Seine and reach the colonnade du Louvre so that you can find the red bus at the 3rd Stop.
The bus will make you redo the tour round the island(you will see l’hotel de ville:Town hall) before renewing a remarcable stroll on the quais rive gauche: south bank of the Seine by passing infront of the Institute and the Orsay museum (arrêt des cars rouges n°5:5th red bus stop)then the parliament and the Concorde bridge and last but not least la place Concorde: concorde place, you will then go up la rue Royale passing infront of the famous restaurant “chez Maxime” on the left, infront of the Madeleine church, and by the Madeleine boulevard in the Opera’s direction where you get off at the 6th red bus stop:stop n°6 red bus.
The Orsini attack made Napoleon III decide to build the Opera: by the decreet of September 29th, 1860he declares it as a public necissity to build a beautiful theater to replace the one in rue Le Peletier. A competition was organised, 171 candidate had to present a project, they would discuss later, but it is Charles Garnier, a young chitect not very well know but who won the grand prize of Rome in 1848 who was unanimously approved and recieved 1500 francs. Paris’ opera is one of the biggest and most beautiful theaters in the world. Visits to the Opera are allowed.
Second half-day:Le musée Grevin (the grevin museum)
for the second part of your day, we propse a very fun visit:The Grevin museum that you will find by walking up the big boulevards of Baron Haussmann(or a the opera’s subway to "Grands Boulevards" station). It is the Baron Haussmann who in the 20th century made paris a modern city. At first criticized by the parisian “inteligentsia” his futuristic vision of Paris got him general admiration, he was therfor a model to many other towns : Bruxelles, Milan, Rome, Barcelone, Anvers, Dresde, Chicago, Vienne....
At the Grevin museum, you will be abble to meet Paris’ “most famous” celebrities and in the most realistic decorations. Photos are allowed and when you get back home you willl find great pleasure in surprising your friends with a photo of you and Paris’ mayor, Madame de Fontenay, or your children with Lorie...
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