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Petit Palais

Petit Palais, Paris

 28 Reviews  The Petit Palais (Small Palace), like the Grand Palais just across the street, was built for the Universal Exhibition of 1900. Since 1902, the Petit Palais has been the home of the Fine Arts Museum of... 

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Literary Paris

Literary Paris, Paris

 19 Reviews  Ernest Hemingway and first wife Hadley moved into a flat on the 3rd floor of this building in January 1921, about a month after first arriving in Paris, and stayed for 20 months. Hemingway also rented... 

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Musée Guimet

Musée Guimet, Paris

 14 Reviews  If you're interested in Asia (as well as Paris), then this lesser-known museum is somewhere you should try to stop by. It's full of well-preserved archeological treasures from all over Asia - from... 

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Movies and Paris

Movies and Paris, Paris

 16 Reviews  At 9:30 on a Sunday morning a group of VT members met here at the Café des 2 Moulins at the suggestion of Paul (pfsmalo), who used this as the starting point for a walking tour of Montmartre. Anyone... 

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Parc Astérix

Parc Astérix, Paris

 5 Reviews  Travelling with kids, while in Florida I had to go to Disneyworld. In France, why should I search for American culture (and business) to go to Disneyland? I preferred Asterix Park. It's the same... 

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Assemblée Nationale

Assemblée Nationale, Paris

 19 Reviews  The official seat of the National Assembly is the Palais Bourbon on the banks of the river Seine. This building is visible from the cruise boat. The building is is guarded by Republican Guards that is... 

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Palais de l'Elysée

Palais de l'Elysée, Paris

 6 Reviews  Palais de l'Elysee is a residence of French president. When I tried to make a photo of the general entrance, the policeman said to me it's not allowed cause of house’s security. I made a picture of... 

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Métro

Métro, Paris

 28 Reviews  En voyant cet omnibus hippomobile à impériale du 19e siècle au Musée Carnavalet (photo 1), j'ai regretté de devoir plonger sous terre à la station Madeleine pour y prendre la ligne 12 vers Concorde et... 

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Basilique de Saint-Denis

Basilique de Saint-Denis, Paris

 12 Reviews  To my eye, this Gothic church is more beautiful than the Sacre Coeur and Notre Dame de Paris. 300 years of French royalty are entombed in the crypts (including Marie Antoinette), and the stained glass... 

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Musée des Arts et Métiers

Musée des Arts et Métiers, Paris

 11 Reviews  Of course the museum also deals with the development of that brilliant invention, the bicycle, or velocipede as it was called in the nineteenth century. Second photo: But it's not all ancient... 

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Music

Music, Paris

 9 Reviews  Nearly a thousand musical instruments and works of art are on display at the attractive and informative music museum, which covers the two hundred years from the beginning of the 17th century to the... 

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Musée de l'Erotisme de Paris

Musée de l'Erotisme de Paris, Paris

 5 Reviews  The Erotic Museum displays all kind of artifacs related to sex. It's located between Place Pigalle and th Moulin Rouge, the area with most Paris sex shops. Entrace fee: 9 Euro (3 Euro over the... 

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Biking

Biking, Paris

 15 Reviews  The Velib bicycles in Paris are readily available in bike racks throughout the city. For a small fee, Velib users may borrow a bike at one location, ride it for up to 30 minutes, and then leave it in... 

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Musée du Quai Branly

Musée du Quai Branly, Paris

 10 Reviews  Paris wouldn't be Paris without a huge new project every few years, and one of the most recent is this museum of the arts and civilizations of Africa, Asia, the South Pacific and the Americas, which... 

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Loire Valley Châteaux

Loire Valley Châteaux, Paris

 5 Reviews  This is most beautiful castle,with moat ,towers just like fairy tale castle. View from outside is so stunning,can't wait to take pics.It has big park at both side of River Cher,this castel is bulid... 

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Musée Marmottan

Musée Marmottan, Paris

 10 Reviews  As a lover of Expressionism, I just have to visit Musee Marmottan Monet whenever I go to Paris. It is open from 10 am to 6 pm and it is open except on Mondays. My favourites are: - Claude Monet... 

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Musée Grévin

Musée Grévin, Paris

 6 Reviews  The Grevin museum is what you could call the french version of Madame Tussaud. Its one of the oldest tourist attractions of Paris and is recntly renewed. Here you can see all the historic and famous... 

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Musée Jacquemart-André

Musée Jacquemart-André, Paris

 8 Reviews  I think many tourists fail to see this beautiful museum. It just isn't as famous as many others in Paris. It took my 8th or 9th visit to get around to the Musée Jacquemart André, and I'm very glad we... 

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Cimetière de Montmartre

Cimetière de Montmartre, Paris

 11 Reviews  Parisian "Cities of the Dead" are haunting, fascinating, traffic-free places for a ramble and a bonanza for photographers. Between huge, ornate mausoleums for the rich and/or famous to crumbling,... 

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Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel

Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel, Paris

 8 Reviews  Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel... it is easy to observe how close is the design of it with the design of Constantine’s Arch in Rome with the three unequal arches and four Corinthian columns on each... 

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Buses

Buses, Paris

 17 Reviews  Since I had the day passes allowing me unlimited travel on trains and buses, I made good use of it from time to time to just loiter about the city in buses looking at the panorama and the beautiful... 

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Eglise Saint-Séverin

Eglise Saint-Séverin, Paris

 7 Reviews  This lovely old Gothic church occupies the site where a pious hermit, named Séverin, was entombed in the 6th century. The original chapel built in his honor is long gone and the building you see here... 

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Palais de la Porte Dorée

Palais de la Porte Dorée, Paris

 5 Reviews  This building from the year 1931 is now something of an embarrassment (anyone who isn't embarrassed ought to be) because the whole front façade is covered by crass propaganda bas-reliefs glorifying... 

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Saint Augustin

Saint Augustin, Paris

 5 Reviews  I'd rather do this than queue up for hours just to go up to the top of the Eiffel Tower :o) We had a lovely vt picnic in the gardens of the Champs de Mars complete with wine. We did hear that grog is... 

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Boulangeries - Pâtisseries

Boulangeries - Pâtisseries, Paris

 6 Reviews  Rue Montorgueil is a trendy cobblestone pedestrian street between rue Turbigo and rue Réamur. It is loaded with patisseries, boulangeries, fromageries, boutiques and cafés. It's a great place to go to... 

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 5 Reviews and 558 Opinions  The Four Seasons George V is truly one of the world's great hotels. I really, really love to stay... 

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 2 Reviews and 433 Opinions  I recently stayed at the Park Hyatt Paris based on all the high acclaims and reviews I have heard... 

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Grand Hotel Francais

 6 Reviews and 746 Opinions  I spent a week in Paris to celebrate our first Wedding Anniversary. Through booking.com, we booked... 

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Perambulations in Paris!

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  I am OBSESSED with Paris - I don't know why, maybe it's because most of my ancestry is French (excepting my Oglala Sioux heritage) - but I'm always trying to figure out a way to get back! ~~~ I'M... 

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Paris, je t'aime :)

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Three of the best museums in the world.

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 The nearness of Paris with Brussels (1.20 h by the Thalys train) the community of language, the frequent professional or cultural visits, the follow-up of the French current events by newspapers or...... 

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 March 2010: Decided to stopover for two days in Paris before travelling onwards to Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK. My stay at the famous Hotel de l'Abbaye St. Germain was meh. Yet I loved my visit as I got... 

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The many facets of Paris (two in particular)

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 Recently I counted through and was surprised to discover that not even ten percent of my Paris tips are about operas or opera houses. Another thirteen percent are about cycling. That leaves... 

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