Eiffel tower the miracle of 19 century and other Paris, France Things to Do Tips

The tower is symbol of France and is one of the most known structures in the world.
The Eiffel is made by engineer Gustave Eiffel 1889 and it is 324 meters high.
I must admit that I didn't expected much of seeing famous tower, but I was satisfied with viewed. Climbing on the tower and view from the top are amazing.
There are problem because of crowd and the line for elevator is long and you must wait for 2 hours.
But to keep out the line and waiting, the best way is to go up afoot. It costs 4 EUR and you will climb to the second level. From the second level you will await for elevator and will pay additional 3,7 EUR for third level.
Climbing directly from down to the third level costs 11,5 EUR.

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Address: Trocadero
Directions: You can't miss it!!!

If you don't afraid of high (it's about 324 meters) you will enjoy in great view from the top. When you came on third level you will be in the cage because security. From the third level Paris is on your hand. It would be great to have sunny day because then experience will be totally and Paris will look more beautiful. On the tower they are restaurants, souvenirs shops, toilets....
It's simply miracle how it stand in.

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Address: Trocadero
Directions: You can't miss it!!!

Les Invalides is complex of buildings devoted to military history of France. It is consist of Military museums and monuments and there are hospital and a retirement home for war veterans. The church at the Invalides is look like Basilica San Petro in Rome. The most famous tomb in the Invalides is tomb of Napoleon Bonaparte

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Website: www.invalides.org

This building was built for Paris exhibition of 1900 at the same time as Petit Palais and Pont Alexander III. It is on of the largest glass exhibition hall in the Paris. In the basement of the building there is police station which helps protect picture exhibition on show. The building was closed for 12 years for extensive restoration work after one of the glass ceiling panels fell in 1993. It reopened on Saturday 24 September 2005.

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Address: 3, Avenue du Général-Eisenhower, 75008, Paris
Directions: use metro line1, 9 and 13 and stops: Franklin D Roosevelt or Champs Elysees Clemenceau.

The Hôtel de Ville is French city hall and it is the building housing the City of Paris's administration. The northern (left) side of the building is located on the Rue de Rivoli. The nearby Bazar de Hôtel de Ville (BHV) is a department store named after the Hôtel de Ville. The closest church of Hôtel de Ville is the St-Gervais-et-St-Protais Church. Since the French Revolution, there were lot of historical events, notably the proclamation of the French Third Republic in 1870 and the famous speech by Charles de Gaulle on August 25, 1944 during the Liberation of Paris when he greeted the crowd from a front window.

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I don’t know what to say about this probably the most famous museum in the world. You will take about one mounts to see everything in the Louvre because there are too much to see (over 60,600 m2 of exhibition space). This art museum is located on the Right Bank in the 1er arrondissement between the Seine River and the Rue de Rivoli. Today Louvre has been the result of a series of successive building projects completed over the past 800 years. The bildings are impresive. The central courtyard of the museum, on the axis of the Champs-Élysées, is occupied by the Louvre Pyramid, which serves as the main entrance to the museum
If you planing to spent only 4-5 hours in the museum take the map to see the main masterpeices on the central part of museum (the first level).

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Address: between the Seine River and the Rue de Rivoli
Directions: Métro: Palais Royal-Musée du Louvre

ThisGothic architecture building is from early 14th century.In 1391, the Conciergerie became the first prison of Paris when this residence accommodated the seat of the Parliament and the judicial power. During the French Revolution, nearly 3,000 condemned spent their last days here. They were then transported to Concorde Square to be guillotined. Amongst them were Marie-Antoinette, the Austrian and wife of Louis XVI and Charlotte Corday, arrested to have stabbed Marat in his bath.

Opening hours : every day starting at 9.30 a.m to 6.00 p.m from March the 1st until October the 31st starting at 9.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. from November the 1st to February the 29th

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Address: 1, quai de l'Horloge , 75001
Directions: Métro: Cité ; RER: Saint Michel-Notre Dame, Châtelet-Les Halles

This white basilica is located on a steep hill overlooking the city and it’s nearly as much a symbol of Paris as the Eiffel Tower It is a Roman Catholic basilica and dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. The Basilica of the Sacré Cœur was built on Montmartre from 1876 to 1912 by public subscription as a gesture of expiation after the defeat of 1871 in the Franco-Prussian War. It's a steep uphill climb up a long series of steps to the front door of the church, but it is something you a must-see. You will also have a amazing view of Paris. If you don't care to do all the climbing, you can part with a metro ticket and take the Funiculaire de Montmartre, which is located at the base of the hill on your left as you face Sacre Coeur from the front.

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Website: http://www.sacre-coeur-montmartre.com/

Montmartre is a hill which is 130 metres high, and also the name of the surrounding district, in the north of Paris.All around you will see picturesque Montmartre neighborhood that you can enter on a narrow street just outside the entrance to the crypt below Sacre Coeur. Here you will find shops, restaurants, and lot of artist selling their work in street market and lot of street performers and dozens of portrait artists. Be careful becuase of crowds and constatnt diversions of your attention would probably make it a great place to have your pockets picked.
On XIX and XX century, Montmartre were the best place for painting, with a lot of famous painters as Pissarro, Toulouse-Lautrec, Steinlen, Van Gogh, Modigliani, Picasso

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Directions: north of Paris in the 18th arrondissement
Website: http://www.sacre-coeur-montmartre.com/

It’s located at the western end of the Champs Elysees in the centre of the Place Charles de Gaulle. This triumphal arch is dedicated people who fought for France during the Napoleonic Wars. On the top and inside of the arc there are all the names of generals and war battles. Under the arc is the tomb of the unknown solder from I World War.
From the top you will have amazing view of the Paris.

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Address: Place Charles-de-Gaulle Etoile
Directions: Metro Line 1, 2, RER A : Charles-de-Gaulle Etoile