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[Turisto]

What places would you recomend to visit in Paris?
Thank you.

[Tom]

Hm..
The Eiffel Tower
The Grevin Museum
The Louvre and surrounding attractions

[Travis]

Marais, Les Halles, Pompidou Center, Hotel de Ville, Place des Vosges, and Place de la Bastille

[Guest]

Landmarks

* the Eiffel Tower (Tour d'Eiffel) (7th). One of the most famous (and tallest) landmarks in the world.
* Père-Lachaise Cemetery (20th). See the grave of Jim Morrison amongst many others.
* Catacombs (6th). Used to store the exhumed bones from the overflowing Paris cemetery.
* Arc de Triomphe (8th). The grave of the unknown soldier is under the arch.

Notre Dame de Paris

* Notre Dame Cathedral (4th). Impressive Gothic cathedral that was the inspiration for Victor Hugo's novel The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
* Sacré Coeur (18th). A church perched on top of the highest point in Paris. Behind the church is the artists' area, in front are spectacular views of the whole city.
* Sainte Chapelle (1st). Far more beautiful than the famous, but gloomy, Notre Dame.
* Pantheon (5th). Underneath, the final resting place for the great heroes of the French Republic; above, a marvellous view of the city.
* Chateau de Versailles (Versailles). On the outskirts of the city, the "must see" home of the Sun King Louis XIV.
* Grand Arche de la Defense (La Defense). A modern office-building variant of the Arc de Triomphe. Has a viewing platform.


Museums and galleries

* The Louvre (1st). One of the finest museums in the world of art, art-history, and culture through the ages.
* Musée d'Orsay (7th). home to the great artists of the 19th century (1848-1914) - Impressionists, post-Impressionists, and the rest...
* Centre Georges Pompidou (4th). the great museum of modern art, the building an attraction in itself...
* Picasso Museum (3rd). Contains the master's own collections.
* Rodin Museum (7th). His personal collection and archives, in a charming hotel and sprawling garden.

[ParisFashion]

What about Disney Land? Is it not a nice place to visit?

[Elis]

It is ok. But not that good as the US version

[Maximus]

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La Conciergerie - nice place. Used to be a part of the Royal Palace.[/img]

[tulaka]

Hi Turisto, your nick sounds as Italian. So if you're an Italian you may visit a pizza place
http://www.pizzaartisanale.com/

[mixi]

The indian district is something specific

[Cold_as_ice]

If you go to Paris you should obviously visit the Notre Dame cathedral It's actually the first culture place that must be visited. By the way, it's on an island on Seine, so you will have a rest and also take pictures of nice art in that cathedral

[road-finder]

You should visit The Grevin Wax Museum, The Galeries Lafayette, the Sacre Coeur Church and the Notre Dame cathedral, of course...

[road-finder]

you could look through some photos of the Notre Dame cathedral just right here http://www.worldwalk.info/en/catalog/82/

[dww]

Here are the Museums I visited from April 26-May 1, 2009 and hours I was there. In order of preference. Best to get Museum Pass to visit this many. It helps avoid some lines, but you still have to wait in security lines. By the way, there aren't any drinking fountains in any of the museums.

1. Louvre - 16 hours. I saw most of the incredible museum.
2. Musee d'orsay - 8 hours. If you get there early I suggest you go to the top floor first to beat the crowds. It's where the best collection of Impressionist Art is located
3. Musee Marmottan - 2 hours. Very much worth the metro trip. Beautiful park nearby.
4. Rodin Museum - 3 hours. Wonderful museum grounds.
5. Musee d' l'Orangerie - 1 hour. Between the Louvre and Musee d'Orsay. It contains Monets circular paintings. Bottom floor (basement I think) has excellent collection.
6. Centre Pompidou - 3 hours. Confusing esculators. Sometimes you need to go down a floor to go up a floor.
7. Musee Picasso - 1 1/2 hour. No photos allowed, even without flash.
8. Musee Delacroix - 1/2 hour.

Other excellent places to visit -
Fontaine des Innocent - Near Centre Pompidou. Very pretty fountain.
Hotel des Invalides/Napoleons Tomb - Near Eiffel Tower.
Rue Cler - good to stroll and get crepes at Ulysse en Gaulle. There are other wonderful strolling areas between the Centre Pompidou and Ille de Cite.

I took the Open Tour bus for four hours. Opera was closed or I would have visited it. It was great to rest my feet on the bus and see other locations. The audio guide was good also. Metro was easy. I just purchased only the tickets I needed. Best to have euro coins available to purchase from machines in Metro tunnels

I'd love to go back to this wonderful city. All of the people I talked to were very helpful and friendly. They spoke enough English to get by. And my impression was - they prefer you don't speak French unless you speak it well. Which is fine with me since I love the language.

[Tamy]

there is a new great website with plenty of infos and advices from other travellers : wisertrip