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PARIS CITY BREAKS   >   FRANCE


Paris, the capital city of France, is renowned as a city of culture.


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Camp sites in and around Paris

  Eurocampings   -   ACSI International Camping Guide  -  Ile de France

Car Hire Paris

  Holiday Autos   -   
Holiday Autos offers the best fully inclusive car hire prices. Get cheap car hire quickly and securely online with holidayautos.co.uk, the experts in online car rental.

  Sixt   -   

Holiday Rental / Apartment in Paris

     -   Self catering holidays

Hotels in Paris / Hotels Paris Region

  Hotels in Paris   -   Hotel Guide Paris
Near the Louvre - Châtelet, Louvre - Bourse, Temple - République, Centre Pompidou, Panthéon- Notre Dame, Saint Germain - Luxembourg, Tour Eiffel - Invalides, Champs Elysées, Opéra, Gare du Nord, Bastille - République, Bercy - Gare de Lyon, Place d'Italie, Tour Montparnasse, Porte de Versailles, Trocadéro, Palais des Congrès, Sacré Coeur- Montmartre, Buttes-Chaumont,  Ménilmontant

  Paris35.com   -  
Paris Cheap Hotels, Hostels, Apartments and B&B's.

  [ Hilton hotel Paris ]

  Hotel des Arts **
Calm hotel, 2 steps away from the Sacré-Coeur, in the very centre of Montmartre, 100 meters walk from the Moulin Rouge, between the Place Blanche and Place du Terte, you will find the delightful Parisian Quarter, which poets and painters have made so famous. With its picturesque design and friendly welcome, the Hotel holds the promise of an enjoyable and successful stay in Paris for all.

  Normandy Hotel ****
In the very heart of Paris, 2 minutes from the Louvre Museum and 5 minutes from Haussman Shops, you will enjoy the classic style of the hotel & the facilities it has : concierge desk, bar, restaurant, internet access...

  New Hotel Candide ***
Near the Bastille Square and its famous Opera, only a stone'sthrow from the Marais District close to the Lyon and North station, and beside the underground (Voltaire).

   -   Paris Hotels

  Hôtel Ritz, in the Place Vendôme [ 1898 ]
  Hôtel de Crillon
Opened its doors on the north side of the place de la Concorde in 1909.

Travel Agents /  Tour operators

     -   Paris City Breaks
Paris city breaks are one of the most popular short break holidays, and it's easy to see why. A truly cosmopolitan destination with something for everyone.

  Evan Evens Tours   -       -   Sightseeing by Rail
Train Tours to Paris.

    -   City breaks Paris, Disneyland Paris

  
Create your perfect trip to Paris  -  Flight, Hotel and Car

  





  Boating in Paris [ Seine, Bateaux Mouches ]
  La Cuisine Paris
For things to do in Paris, La Cuisine Paris is the definitive place for French cooking classes in the heart of Paris. Come and enjoy french cooking classes in English and learn the secrets of Cuisine Française and meet other wonderful travelers like you ! 

Travel Guides / Paris City Guides

Metrostop Paris - 9780719560637  Metrostop Paris  -  History from the City's Heart   -   Gregor Dallas
The name of every Parisian metro station tells a story. In Metrostop Paris Gregor Dallas recounts a series of extraordinary but true tales about the city as he leads his readers around the metro. Both the armchair traveller and the visitor wil enjoy an illuminating journey in the company of a compelling storyteller and veteran of the city. The book includes visits to Paris catacombs at Hell's Gate, the literary cafes and old jazz cellars of Montparnasse and Saint-Germain-des-Pres and the seventeenth-century alleys of the Marais, along with trips to the Palais-Royal at the time of the Revolution and the world of opera during Claude Debussy's lifetime.
John Murray Publishers Ltd; Paperback; 256p.; 2009; ISBN 9780719560637.

  The Rough Guide to Paris - 184836475X
Ruth Blackmore (Author), James McConnachie (Author)
Paperback: 440 pages; Publisher: Rough Guides; 12 edition (1 Feb 2010); ISBN -10: 184836475X; ISBN-13: 978-1848364752.

  Time Out Paris - 1846701686
Paperback: 416 pages; Publisher: Time Out; 18th Revised edition edition (4 Feb 2010); ISBN-10: 1846701686; ISBN-13: 978-1846701689.

 

Travel Guides Paris  [ amazon.co.uk ]

Transport / How do I travel to Paris

  Airports of Paris
Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport [ CDG ] and Paris Orly Airport [ ORY ].

  

 
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  Airline Tickets Paris / Bargain Flights to Paris
Cheap flight tickets Paris, price comparison possible

   -   Eurostar, TGV and high speed-rail travel across Europe
Rail Europe is the UK's leading supplier of European Rail tickets. Whether you want to take a short break or a fortnight, your train journey by Eurostar, and connection to Europe with the SNCF range of products, are available to book online.

   -   fantastic fares from all of the UK's major ports

  RATP   -   public transport in Paris
Metrolines / coachlines,  maps,  travel guides etc [ see PARIS VISITE ]


Links 

  Paris Tourist Office 
Accommodation | Events | Museums-Monuments | Cafes and restaurants | Transport | Parks | Nightlife | Shopping | Excursions in Paris | Practical Paris | Leisure parks | Getting Around : Map of Paris, Public transport, Parkings

  Basilica of the Sacred Heart / Basilique du Sacré-Coeur
See La Basilique du Sacré Coeur de Montmartre
  Centre Pompidou
  Champs-Élysées
  Eiffel tower
  Folies Bergeres
  Les Invalides
  Louvre
  Montmartre
  Montparnasse
  Moulin Rouge
  Musée Cluny
The Musée de Cluny houses a variety of important medieval artifacts. With the prized tapestry cycle The Lady and the Unicorn, one of the greatest works of art of the Middle Ages in Europe. See Musée national du Moyen Age.
  Museé d'Orsay
  Museum Montparnasse   -   Musée du Montparnasse
The museum provides visitors with a history of the multitude of artists who came from around the world to live and work in Montparnasse at the beginning of the twentieth century.
  Musée du quai Branly
Houses art from Africa, Asia, Oceania, and the Americas. The museum contains the collections of the now -closed Musée national des Arts d'Afrique et d'Océanie and the ethnographic department of the Musée de l'Homme.
  Museé Nationale
  Musée National d'Art Moderne
National museum for modern art of France and is housed in the Centre Pompidou in the 4th arrondissement. Art and artifacts from the Middle Ages and Impressionist eras. The museum has the second largest collection of modern and contemporary art in the world. See Centre Pompidou.
  Museum Picasso   -   Musée national Picasso Paris
The Musée Picasso is an art gallery located in the Hôtel Salé in rue de Thorigny, in the Marais district of Paris. The musée Picasso closed for renovation in August 2009 and will remain closed until 2012.
  Museé Rodin
  Notre Dame [ Notre Dame de Paris ]
  Parcs & gardens in Paris
  Pere la Chaise    -   Cemetery Pere Lachaise
Cemetery's virtualtour, see Pere-lachaise.com.
  Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré   -   shopping

  University Paris  -  Sorbonne
  Versailles

  List of museums in Paris

Cuisine  -  Paris Cooking

  Bestrestaurantsparis.com 
250 restaurants, among the best in the city, are listed by type of cooking (French fine dining, inventive cuisine, fun and trendy restaurant, bistrot, Italian restaurant, ...), by district and by budget with an extract from the latest menu.
  Eatinparis.com   -   the Internet guide for restaurants in Paris.
Choose from our up-to-date selection of more than 2200 establishments.

History Paris

  History of Paris
Ancient place, Early Middle Ages, Medieval and early modern eras [ The Capetians, The Valois, The Bourbons ], The French Revolution, Paris in the 19th century [ 19th century revolutions, Haussmann's renovation of Paris, The Siege of Paris and the Commune, The Belle Époque ],  Paris at War, and Modern Paris.

  Timeline history of Paris
From 52 BC [ Lutetia, later to become Paris, is built by the Gallo-Romans ] till nowadays.

Music, Art & Culture in Paris, Events

Paris is one of the world's leading cultural centers and home to notable cultural attractions.

  Culture of Paris

  Bibliotheque Nationale de France
  Cité de la musique   -   see agenda and concerts

  Opéra Garnier   -   Opera National de Paris
2,200-seat opera house on the Place de l'Opéra. The Palais Garnier is designed by Charles Garnier in the Neo -Baroque style and regarded as one of the architectural masterpieces of its time.
  Opéra Bastille   -   Opera National de Paris
Located at the Place de la Bastille, Bastille Opera is a modern opera house in Paris and home base of the Opéra National de Paris. It was designed to replace the Palais Garnier, which is nowadays mainly used for ballet performances.

  Bobino    -    music hall theatre in the Montparnasse area of Paris
Bobino began as a dance hall in 1800. See also Wikipedia.
  Théâtre Mogador   -   Parisian music hall theatre in the 9th district
Belongs to the Stage Entertainment group.
  Le Lido   -   Cabaret Lido 
Cabaret and burlesque house on the Champs-Élysées and famous for its exotic shows
  l'Olympia   -   music Hall
Founded in 1888, by Joseph Oller, the creator of the Moulin Rouge, the Olympia is the oldest music hall in Paris and one of the most famous music halls in the world
  La Cigale   -   Parisian theater
Located on Boulevard de Rochechouart, in the district of Pigalle. The cafe-concert was built in 1887. Transformed into a multipurpose hall during the late 80's, La Cigale has become one of the popular venues of the capital. The hall can accommodate 1389 people (for the concerts where the audience is standing)
  Le Splendid   -   Théâtre du splendid - 48, rue du Faubourg Saint-Martin
Café-théâtre company founded by a collection of writers and actors in the 1970s.

  Fashion Week
Twice a year Paris is home to a fashion week. See ModeaParis.
  Rock en Seine [ festival ]
This two or three-day Rock 'n roll festival is held at Domaine National de Saint-Cloud, Château de Saint-Cloud's park just outside Paris. Location is 5 minutes from the nearest subway station métro Boulogne - Pont de Saint-Cloud.

  Parisbouge.com   -   out in Paris


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