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| Chateau de Versailles Avenue de Paris, (place d'Armes), Versailles, 78000 |  |
: Versailles is the most famous garden in the world. Yet ‘garden’ is scarcely a fitting designation. The scale is monumental and there is little sense of enclosure. Versailles was designed as a palatial centre ... more
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| Basilique du Sacre-Coeur 35 Rue du Chevalier-de-la-Barre, (Rue de la Bonne), Paris, 75018 | |
(bell tower) loom over Paris like a 12th-century Byzantine church. But it's not that old. After France's 1870 defeat by the Prussians, the basilica was planned as a votive offering to cure France's misfortunes. Rich and ... more
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| Sainte Chapelle 4 Boulevard du Palais, (on Ile de la Cite), Paris, 75001 | |
Cramped spiral stairs take you from the ground-level servants' chapel into the upper storey of the church. Almost modest in size, nearly stark, stone-floored, and without furniture except for a single bench running along... more
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| Musee du Quai Branly 37 Quai Branly, Portail Debilly, Paris, 75007 | |
Art is close to the heart of every French person, and it is an imperative in France that everything is presented aesthetically: food, cars, packaging, architecture, gardens, drink, electronics. The beauty of France has a... more
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| Musee Grevin 10 Boulevard Montmartre, Paris, 75009 |  |
The Wax Museum is reopen since June 2002. The presentation is now better than the prior one and the museum is now at the level of Madame Tussaud's in London. There is a tour within the museum allowing to see the stars of... more
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| Parc Monceau 58 Boulevard de Courcelles, Paris, 75008 | |
Although the Parc Monceau is not very large by Paris standards, it is one of the most charming parks in Paris, and only about a half hour's walk from the Place de l'Opera. It is a park of shady walks, of leafy bowers, of... more
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| Tour Montparnasse Rue du Depart, Paris, 75015 | |
As long as you have to put up with such an (imo) ugly architectural lemon as Tour Montparnasse, make lemonade and take the fast elevator (~40 seconds) up to the top for some pix and an awesome view of Paris. This last tr... more
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| Place de la Bastille Place de la Bastille, Paris, 75004 | |
The only way to have a look at the backstage areas of the Opéra Bastille (unless you have business there) is to take a guided tour. These begin at 5.00 pm on some afternoons. The dates are not listed on their website, bu... more
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| Defense Parvis de la Defense, Puteaux, 92800 | |
Where the Louvre is the place to be in Paris if you love old art, La Defense is the same for modern art-lovers. Both modern architecture and modern art visible here. This tip is about some beautiful pieces of art in the ... more
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| Champs-Elysee Champs-Elysee, Paris, 75008 | |
The stretch between the Rond-Point roundabout - whose Lalique glass fountains disappeared during the German occupation -and Concorde is bordered by chestnut trees and municipal flower beds, pleasant enough to stroll amon... more
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