May 14th, 2010 by TK
The Champs-Élysees is the most impressive and broadest avenue in Paris. Its full name is actually “Avenue des Champs-Elysees” and the name refers to the Elysian Fields, which is the place of the blessed in Greek mythology.
With its cinemas, monuments, and luxurious specialty stores, the Champs-Elysees is one of the most famous streets in [...]
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May 8th, 2010 by TK
Named after one of France’s main car manufacturers, the Park Andre Citroen is a modern gem of a park situated in southwest Paris, into the area known as Javel. The Park Andre Citroen and its thematic green areas, special architecture, and fusion of organic and industrial elements makes a visit here worthwhile and memorable. Park [...]
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May 5th, 2010 by TK
Paris, pronounced ‘Paree’ in local parlance – is called the city of lights and for an excellent reason, too! The city is bursting with thousands of hotels, eating joints, and plenty more attractions than all of the hotels and cafes put together. If you are planning your first or 2nd trip to [...]
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April 28th, 2010 by TK
Paris is the capital town of France and covers an zone of 460 square miles. Situated on the edge of river Seine, at the center of the Ile -de- France, Paris is residence to about ten million people in Apartamentos de lujo en Paris. The Ile-de-France region gets the smallest amount amount of rain in [...]
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April 25th, 2010 by TK
The city of Paris is divided in twenty areas. The first one is in the middle, the following ones head out in a clock-wise direction. A good number of the prominent tourist sights can be found in one of the middle eight areas.The areas are encircled by the périphérique, a ring freeway. Out of the [...]
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April 22nd, 2010 by TK
Not the largest cathedral in the world, the Notre-Dame might be the most famous of all cathedrals. The gothic work of art is situated on the Ile de la cité, a little island in the heart of the city.Notre Dame Cathedral (full name: Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris, “Our Lady of Paris”) is a lovely cathedral [...]
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April 19th, 2010 by TK
The Champs-Elysees was initially fields and market gardens, until 1616, when Marie de Medici decided to expand the garden axis of the Palais des Tuileries by means of an avenue of trees.
Guillaume de L’Isle’s map of The french capital shows that a short stretch of roads and fields in addition to market garden plots [...]
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April 8th, 2010 by TK
This tag-name of Paris actually comes from “Ville Lumière,” a reference not only the the then revolutionary electric lighting system implemented in the streets of The french capital, but also to the prominence and air of “enlightenment” the municipality obtained throughout “La Belle Époque,” the Parisian golden time of the late 19th century. It was [...]
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March 17th, 2010 by TK
The fashion center of the earth and the city of desires, The french capital attracts hordes of travelers and production tourists to its ethereal realms every day. A superb and wonderfully attractive metropolis, Paris embodies every that is olden and magnificent, ultra-modern and elegant of European mores. As the Louvre is visited by painting and [...]
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January 29th, 2010 by TK
Each year more than 8.5 million visitors come to view the Louvre Museum in Paris, France to see the second-largest collection of artwork in the world. To Paris, art was seen as a point of pride, a show of grandeur and an important part of their culture. Here, one will find paintings like [...]
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