Paris Things to Do Tips by Fam_Stoica

Louvre is one of the largest museums in the world. Masterpieces : Mesopotamian Art (standing figure of Gudea), Persian Art (The King of Persia's Archers), Hellenistic Art (Venus de Milo - discovered in 1820 by a peasant on the island of Milo in the Cyclades; Nike of Samothrace - found in 1863), picture (Eugene Delacroix - Liberty leading the People, Death of Sardanapalos; Theodore Gericault - The raft of the Medusa; Leonardo da Vinci - Mona Lisa (La Joconde); Anthony van Dyck - Portrait of Charles I; Francois Boucher - Diana resting after leaving her bath)

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Phone: +33 1 40 20 50 50
Address: Musee du Louvre, Paris
Directions:

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Metro: Palais-Royal / Musee du Louvre.
Bus: 21, 27, 39, 48, 68, 69, 72, 81, 95.
Paris l'Open Tour - Louvre stop in front of the pyramid.
Batobus - Louvre stop at quai Francois Mitterrand.

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Website: www.louvre.fr
Other Contact: E-mail : info@louvre.fr

This famous boulevard (the second widest in Europe, after Unirii Blvd. in Bucharest) has two distinctive parts : a huge commercial / entertainment area (Place Charles de Gaulle - Rond-Point) and a walking area bordered by chestnut trees and municipal flower beds (Rond-Point - Place de la Concorde).

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Directions: Between Place de la Concorde and Place Charles de Gaulle (former Place de l'Etoile)
Website: www.champselysees.org

The Seine River (known as Sequana in ancient times) rises on the Plateau of Langres (near Dijon) and flows northwest past Troyes, Fontainebleau, Paris and Rouen into the English Channel. The river is about 776 km long; it is navigable for riverboats from Bar-sur-Seine (560 km from its mouth) and for ocean shipping from Rouen (121 km from its mouth).

The Seine River is connected by canals with the Schelde (also called Escaut), Meuse, Rhine, Saone and Loire rivers.

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The Grand Palais was built for the Exposition Universelle (World Expo) in 1900. This impressive building measures 240 meters wide and 40 meters tall; the construction began in 1897, after the plans of architects Deglane, Louvet and Thomas.

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Phone: +33 1 44 13 17 30
Address: 3, Avenue du General Eisenhower, 75008, Paris
Directions:

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Station : Champs-Elysees-Clemenceau, Franklin-Roosevelt
Metro : 1, 9, 13.
Bus : 28, 32, 42, 72, 73, 80, 83, 93.

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Website: www.rmn.fr/galeriesnationalesdugrandpalais

Built for the 1900 World Expo (Exposition Universelle) in Art Nouveau style, the Petit Palais houses now a wide range of artwork (Antiquity, Renaissance, 17th century) in various media.

Collections: decorative arts, furniture, painting, sculpture, drawings, engravings, books.

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Phone: +33 1 42 65 12 73
Address: Avenue Winston Churchill, Paris
Directions:

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Station : Champs-Elysees-Clemenceau, Franklin-Roosevelt
Metro : 1, 9, 13.
Bus : 42, 72, 73, 83.

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Website: http://www.museums-of-paris.com/musee_en.php?code=408

Place Vendome was designed after the plans of Jules Hardouin-Mansart.

Famous buildings : Hotel Ritz (no. 15), the house where Chopin died in 1849 (no. 12).

In the centre stands a column erected by Gondouin and Lepere between 1806 and 1810 in honour of Napoleon I (the column is inspired by the Trajan's Column in Rome).

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Palais Garnier (designed by the famous Charles Garnier and build between 1862 and 1875) is the largest theatre for lyric opera in the world (it can accomodate more than 2000 people and 450 performers).

Unique qualities : highly decorated facade, large arches, robust pillars, a monumental stairway enriched by marbles, vault decorated with paintings by Isidore Pils, a flattened cupola.

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Phone: +33 1 40 01 25 14
Address: 8 Rue Scribe, Paris
Directions:

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Metro : Opera
RER : Auber
Bus : 20, 21, 22, 27, 29, 31, 39, 42, 52, 53, 66, 68, 81, 95

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Website: www.opera-de-paris.fr

A famous street in Paris, between Place de l'Opera and Place Andre Malraux.

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Eiffel Tower is the symbol of Paris; designed by Gustave Eiffel, it was erected on the occasion of the World Fair in 1889. Some characteristics : 317 m high, 7000 tons weight, four huge pillars with cement base, three floors (at 57, 115 and 276 m).

The main tourist attractions :
1st floor
- observatory of movements from the top of Eiffel Tower
- outstanding panoramic views
- souvenir shops
- Altitude 95 restaurant
- a post office with special 'Paris Eiffel Tower' postmarkings
- the Gustave Eiffel room

2nd floor
- panorama of Paris
- telescopes
- shops
- display cabinets with illustrations of elevator workings
- Jules Verne restaurant

3rd floor
- outstanding panoramic view (both day and night) of Paris and its surroundings
- reconstruction of Gustave Eiffel's office during a visit by Thomas Edison.

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Phone: +33 1 44 11 23 23
Address: Champ de Mars, 75007 Paris
Website: www.tour-eiffel.fr

The Palais de Chaillot was constructed for the World Fair in 1937.
Architects : Boileau, Carlu and Azema.

The Palais de Chaillot has a central terrace with statues of gilded bronze uniting two huge pavilions (The Museum of French Monuments, the Museum of the Navy and the Museum of Man) .

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Address: Place du Trocadero
Directions:

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Metro : Trocadero

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