go to L'Arc De Triomphe.
It...
by KiNyA
go to L'Arc De Triomphe.
It is conserated to victory of Napoleon's military. It was finnished in 1836. It's located in the upper end of Avenue des Champs-Elysees. is La Tour Eiffel.
With its 307 meters it's one of Parises most famous things. You can drive up with lift adn then have awsome view to Paris with environts. Highly recommented to visit.
You must go to the Eiffel...
by Ruthy2001
You must go to the Eiffel Tower - yes I know its touristy and that yu can practically see it fromt he airport but - wow - what a stucture - it makes the Forth Road Bridge look like a toy train bridge.
The must fun part though is definately people watching and the amount of art events which are on in the city - didn't manage any this time but saw a great Mark Rothko exhibition a few years ago. Giardin du Luxembourg - a beautiful garden in the middle of the studenty area - across the road from a busy street with Mac Donalds on one corner and Quick Hamburgers on the others its so peaceful and reminded me a little of the parks in Glasgow - it also had some cool open air exhibitions, some sports photos and some interesting wooden sculptures..lovely for a Sunday afternoon stroll..
The Rue de la Paix in Paris
by Klod5
The Rue de la Paix (Peace street) is the most expensive street in the Paris version of the Monopoly game. It connects the Paris Garnier Opera to the 17th century Place Vendome where the famous Ritz hotel is located (have a look below at the picture of Rue de La Paix. Click on it to have it full size).
The Rue de la Paix is above all famous for its very fashionable jewelleries like the world famous Cartier (look at the marvelous ring opposite) and fashion stores. In Rue de la Paix, you will find jewelleries like Cartier (13), the modern and very good Poiray (1), Boucheron and Van Cleef and Arpels (near-by Place Vendome). Tati Or (19), a newcomer, is selling nice jewels at incredibly low prices.
You also find the classical Alfred Dunhill of London (15), the table arts of Christofle (24), the cristal of Daum (4). Charvet (Place Vendome) sells shirts in 6000 fabrics and a few ten thousands beautiful ties. Comptoir Sud Pacifique (17) sells clothes in the Turquoise color of Tahiti.
The Rue de la Paix is near-by the Opera metro station.
My French language ability is...
by Travel_Gal
My French language ability is minimal, and I learned what I know in Canada, which is somewhat different than Parisian French. But during my visit I did try to use my French as much as possible, and those people that I talked with appreciated my attempts. If you know even a few words, try them, and you might be pleasantly surprised.
Eating high up for a view
by painterdave
One of the VT folks wrote me that the Samaritaine is now closed. It would be worth a chance to go to this building and see if a restaurant has replaced it, or some other possible chance to get high up over the river to make a photo.
For this reason I will leave this tip below on VT.
This tip is for thought. Try to find places that allow camera shots from high up.
For instance, there is a department store called, Samaritaine , where there is a restaurant that overlooks a major part of the city.
If the weather is good, I recommend it as it is partially outdoors. The food is reasonable, too.