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Everyone dreams to see Paris! There are thousand ways to discover this delightful city! Find your own one |
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La Défense, a modern district of Paris, is Europe's biggest business centre. The main attractions here are skyscrapers |
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In Versailles, a Paris suburb, is situated luxurious Palace of Versailles with splendid park ensemble, a largest in France museum complex and historic-cultural monument |
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Tourists can admire not only the beauty of Arc de Triomphe, but also stunning views of Paris, which opens from its observation deck |
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Basilique du Sacré-Cœur, built in the Roman-Byzantine style, crowns the Montmartre hill, from which one can admire an impressive panorama of Paris |
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Boulevard de Clichy is famous for its bustling nightlife, numerous strip bars, cabarets, sex shops and the Museum of Erotica, very popular among tourists |
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There is no point in spending up on expensive hotels, when you can live in the fresh air within fifteen minutes journey from Champs-Élysée - at the campsite in Bois de Boulogne |
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The Conciergerie, a splendid Gothic palace, is a former royal palace and prison in Paris. Hundreds of prisoners during the Reign of Terror were taken from La Conciergerie to be executed on the Guillotine |
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Eiffel Tower is a symbol of Paris - its observation deck offers an unforgettable view of the French capital. There are two ways to rich the upper observation deck (274 m): by elevator or by stairs (about 1 800 steps) |
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The most famous flea market in Paris is the one at Porte de Clignancourt, common known as Les Puces (The Fleas). One can buy practically everything here |
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Louvre is the largest art museum in the world - about 300 000 exhibits. Here are kept artistic and historical relics of France from ancient times until today and masterpieces of various civilizations, eras and cultures |
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Once a favorite place of Paris Bohemia, where lived and created their masterpieces many famous artists and poets - Renoir, Van Gogh, Modigliani, Picasso, Apollinaire and others, still has an amazing atmosphere |
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Moulin Rouge - «The Red Mill" – is a classic Paris cabaret, located in the "red lights” district. It was opened for public in 1889 |
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Musée d’Orsay is a Museum of Fine and Applied Arts, one of the world's largest collections of French paintings and sculptures from 1848 to 1914. The core of the collection is works of Impressionists and Post-Impressionists |
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To see with one’s own eyes the mysterious and legendary Notre-Dame de Paris - one of the main symbols of Paris – is a dream of any traveler |
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Père Lachaise is the largest Paris cemetery - a burial place of those who have enhanced French life over the past 200 years – Moliere, Beaumarchais, Abelard and many others |
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The Palace of Versailles is famous not only as a building, but as a symbol of the system of absolute monarchy - it was the centre of political power in France from 1682 until the beginning of French Revolution |
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In addition to luxury and splendor of architecture, the building of Palais Garnier is impressive for its size – it is 13 m higher than the Arc de Triomphe |
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Today Palais-Royal is closed for visitors - it houses the Constitutional Council and the Ministry of Culture, but tourists can admire the garden with unusual sculptures |
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The Panthéon was originally built as a church dedicated to St. Genevieve. During the French Revolution it was turned into a mausoleum - a famous burial place of Voltaire, Rousseau, Victor Hugo, Émile Zola and many others |
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There is no Bastille on Place de la Bastille for over two hundred years! Only the bronze pillar reminds of the medieval fortress, later turned into a prison |
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During the Revolution Place de la Concorde held in its center the guillotine that executed Louis XVI, Marie-Antoinette, Danton, Robespierre, and 2800 others between 1793 and 1795 |
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The Place Vendôme is famous for its luxury hotels: The Hôtel Ritz Paris ("the Ritz"), the Park Hyatt Vendôme, and "the Bristol", now called "the Vendôme". Many famous dress designers have had their boutiques in the square |
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The waters of the River Seine have always been the heart and soul of Paris. One of the most relaxing and expedient ways to view the main sights is from the glass-covered decks of sight-seeing vessels |
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The Avenue des Champs-Elysees is the most beautiful avenue in the world! It is famous for bourgeois style, lots of luxury boutiques, cinemas and cafés. Here is the most most expensive real estate in Europe |
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Besides traditional modes of city transport - automobile, bus and metro, in Paris are very popular bycicles, and there is a large net of bycicle rent stations there |
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In the Tuileries Garden there is a collection of sculptures from the times of Louis XIV up to the beginning of XX century and two small museums of modern art |
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France • 2013-09-15
