50 Things to do in Paris, France | Top Attractions Travel Guide
Earlier this summer we spent a whole 10 days in Paris and we decided we wanted to highlight some of the best attractions and activities around the city. Over the course of our visit we came up with 50 things to do in Paris, but of course, there are plenty more things you could experience here. We hope this guide will you plan your trip to Paris, and let us know if there's anything else you would add to this list. Now let's get started!
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50 Things to do in Paris, France Top Attractions Travel Guide:
1) Eiffel Tower - La tour Eiffel
2) Champ de Mars
3) Crêpe - Eat a crepe
4) Notre-Dame Cathedral (Notre-Dame de Paris)
5) Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile (Arch of Triumph of the Star)
6) Avenue des Champs-Élysées
7) Have a Parisian picnic in the park
8) Bois de Boulogne
9) Rent a rowboat
10) Macaron - macaroon
11) Market Versailles
12) Marie Antoinette's Hamet - The Queen’s Hamlet
13) Palace of Versailles - Château de Versailles
14) Dance along the Seine at night
15) Love lock bridges
16) City views from the dome of Sacré-Cœur
17) Basilique du Sacré-Cœur - Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Paris
18) Croque-monsieur - grilled ham and cheese sandwich
19) Éclair - pastry filled with cream and topped with icing
20) Panthéon - Pantheon
21) Cimetière du Père-Lachaise - Père Lachaise Cemetery
22) Jardin des Tuileries - Tuileries Garden
23) Musée du Louvre - Louvre Museum
24) Bateaux Mouches - boat ride down the Seine river
25) Vélib' bike ride
26) Segway Tour
27) Jardin des Plantes - Botanical Garden
28) Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle - National Museum of Natural History
29) Centre Georges Pompidou
30) Le Marais - The Marsh historic district
31) Bastille Day - La Fête nationale - Le quatorze juillet
32) Jardin du Luxembourg - Luxembourg Garden
33) Palais du Luxembourg - Luxembourg Palace
34) Les Invalides - L'Hôtel national des Invalides
35) Grand Palais 'Great Palace' - Grand Palais des Champs-Élysées
36) Petit Palais - Small Palace
37) Citroën 2CV - deux chevaux
38) Sainte-Chapelle - Holy Chapel
39) Trocadéro
40) Parc de Princes - Paris Saint-Germain F.C.
41) Moulin Rouge
42) Cimetière de Montmartre - Montmartre Cemetery
43) Moulin de la Galette
44) Le Consulat Restaurant
45) Musée de Montmartre - Montmartre Museum
46) Mille-feuille French pastry - 'a thousand leaves'
47) Tarte au Citron - Lemon tart
48) Galeries Lafayette - French Department Store
49) L'église de la Madeleine - Madeleine Roman Catholic Church
50) Métro de Paris - Paris Metro
We're confident our travel video guide covered some of the top attractions in Paris along with some suggestions that wouldn't necessarily be found in a tourism guide book including information on festivals, arts, entertainment and dining along with French cuisine. Most of the French foods we sampled would be found at any kind of local French bakery (pâtisserie).
50 Things to do in Paris, France | Top Attractions Travel Guide Travel Video Transcript:
Hello, and welcome to Paris. This week we are exploring the city of love, city of lights and city of art. This video will be showing you the top 50 things to do while you visit Paris.
So we're wrapping things up here. What would be your one tip for visiting Paris? Well, I have recently spent a whole ten days here in summer. I would say that if you really want to visit the art galleries, the museums and all of the main attractions you should probably avoid summer and like either come in the spring or the fall or even winter. Because the lines are insane and sometimes you have to wait like an hour and a half or two hours.
So how about you? What are your final thoughts on Paris? So my finals thoughts is obviously Paris is one of the top cities in the world in terms of attractions. There is going to be garbage, there is going to be lines, there is going to be some areas that are a bit of an eyesore. But there is also a lot of beauty and there is also a lot to do here.
And that concludes our guide of the top 50 things to do and see in Paris. We hope you enjoyed watching, and let us know if there are other places you would add to this list.
This is part of our Travel in France series showcasing French culture, French arts, French foods & French cuisine.
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Places to see in ( Brest - France )
Places to see in ( Brest - France )
Brest is a port city in Brittany, in northwestern France, bisected by the Penfeld river. It’s known for its rich maritime history and naval base. At the mouth of the Penfeld, overlooking the harbor, is the National Navy Museum, housed in the medieval Château de Brest. Across the river stands Tour Tanguy, a medieval tower. To the northeast are the National Botanical Conservatory and the Océanopolis aquarium.
Brest is Brittany’s second largest administrative centre, and has a great deal to offer. Although it was heavily bombed in 1944, this is by no means the town’s most interesting feature: it has rebuilt itself around a vision of the future, with incredible constructions like the Pont de l'Iroise bridge, which crosses the river Elorn. An amazing feat of architecture, this magnificent cable-stayed bridge was opened in 1994. Admire it from Albert Louppe bridge, which is for pedestrians and cyclists only. It’s a great place to take a walk and enjoy the view of the famous Brest harbour, the ‘Rade de Brest’, a sheltered area of the sea big enough for great ships to lie at anchor.
Brest is a city in the Finistère département in Brittany. Located in a sheltered position not far from the western tip of the peninsula, and the western extremity of metropolitan France, Brest is an important harbor and the second French military port after Toulon. The city is located on the western edge of continental Europe. With 142,722 inhabitants in a 2007 census, Brest is at the centre of Western Brittany's largest metropolitan area (with a population of 300,300 in total), ranking third behind only Nantes and Rennes in the whole of historic Brittany, and the 19th most populous city in France; moreover, Brest provides services to the one million inhabitants of Western Brittany.
Although Brest is by far the largest city in Finistère, the préfecture (regional capital) of the department is the much smaller Quimper.
During the Middle Ages, the history of Brest was the history of its castle. Then Richelieu made it a military harbour. Brest grew around its arsenal, until the second part of the 20th century. Heavily damaged by the Allies' bombing raids during World War II, the city centre was completely rebuilt after the war. At the end of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st century, the deindustrialization of the city was followed by the development of the service sector. Nowadays, Brest is an important university town with 23,000 students.[3] Besides a multidisciplinary university, the University of Western Brittany, Brest and its surrounding area possess several prestigious French elite schools such as École Navale (the French Naval Academy), Télécom Bretagne and the Superior National School of Advanced Techniques of Brittany (ENSTA Bretagne, formerly ENSIETA). Brest is also an important research centre, mainly focused on the sea, with among others the largest Ifremer (French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea) centre, le Cedre (Centre of Documentation, Research and Experimentation on Accidental Water Pollution) and the French Polar Institute.
Brest’s history has always been linked to the sea: the Académie de Marine (Naval Academy) was founded in 1752 in this city. The aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle was built there. Every four years, Brest hosts the international festival of the sea, boats and sailors: it is a meeting of old riggings from around the world (Les Tonnerres de Brest).
Alot to see ( Brest - France ) such as :
Oceanopolis
Tour Tanguy
Musée des Beaux-Arts
Service historique de la Défense - Antenne de Brest
Château de Brest
Phare du Petit Minou
National Maritime Museum
Élorn
Moulin Blanc beach
Les Ateliers des Capucins Brest
Roadstead of Brest
Le Vallon du Stang Alar
Strawberry Museum and Heritage
The Garden of the Explorers
Plougastel Bridge
Fort Montbarey
Bois De Keroual
exotique de Saint Renan Garden
Fort du Dellec
Maison de la Fontaine
Parc d'Eole
Musée du Ponant
Chapelle Saint Jaoua
rocher imperatrice
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Places to see in ( Paris - France ) Opera Bastille
Places to see in ( Paris - France ) Opera Bastille
The Opéra Bastille is a modern opera house in Paris, France. Inaugurated in 1989 as part of President François Mitterrand’s “Grands Travaux”, it became the main facility of the Paris National Opera, France's principal opera company, alongside the older Palais Garnier; most opera performances are shown at the Bastille along with some ballet performances and symphony concerts, while Garnier presents a mix of opera and ballet performances.
Designed by Uruguayan architect Carlos Ott, it is located at the Place de la Bastille, in the 11th arrondissement; it seats 2,723 people in total, with a main theatre, concert hall and studio theatre. The idea for a new popular and modern opera house in Paris first came up in the 1880s, only years after the opening of the palais Garnier. It would remain virtual for a century and re-emerge periodically due to the recurrent crisis at the Opera and to the limitations imposed on modern opera production by the palais Garnier. It was notably promoted in 1965–1968 by stage director Jean Vilar, the most prominent figure in popular theatre at the time, who had been commissioned a reform project for the National Opera Theatre and echoed composer Pierre Boulez’ provocative appeal to blow up opera houses, as well as by senior civil servant François Bloch-Lainé in a 1977 report on the Opera's management and perspectives.
In 1981, the newly elected President François Mitterrand included a new opera house in his large monument-building programme known as the “Grands Travaux”. The project was originally part of the Cité de la musique, a complex of musical institutions in North-Eastern Paris. It was quickly decided to separate it and to build it in the Bastille area of Paris, a relatively working-class district that also evoked the French Revolution and was a traditional starting or ending point for demonstrations. The following year, an international competition was launched, under supervision of the Opera Bastille Public Corporation (EPOB), to select an architect. 756 entries were received, and, in November 1983, the competition was won by then little-known architect Carlos Ott, an Uruguayan living in Canada. It was said that the jury, who—unusually—did not know the authors of the submission, mistakenly assumed that his design was from American architect Richard Meier.
The Opéra Bastille's management and public perception were marred by various controversies and scandals in the house's first decade and even before its opening. The Opéra Bastille is located on the place de la Bastille. In order to make it blend into the landscape, the square was not remodeled to be aligned with it in a general parallel plan, but the left-hand side of the facade was left partly hidden behind an older and smaller building, which was expected to give the impression that the opera house had been part of the area for a very long time.
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Promenade en bateau-bus sur la Seine, Paris.
10 Things to do in Porto, Portugal Travel Guide
Join us as we visit Porto, Portugal in this travel guide covering 10 things to do including attractions, food and experiences. Porto ended up being one of our favorite cities during our Europe trip with my parents and is completely different from Lisbon. From riverside barrios to Neoclassical buildings and tram rides to stunning views over the Douro you'll find Porto is a city with no shortage of charm.
10 Things to do in Porto City Tour | Portugal Travel Guide: (Oporto)
Intro - 00:01
1) Visit the Blue Tiled Church “Chapel of Souls” (Igreja do Carmo -Capela das Almas) - 00:31
2) Shop for books inside Lello Bookstore (Livraria Lello) - 01:00
3) Set foot inside São Bento Train Station (Estação Ferroviária de São Bento) - 03:02 + Porto Cathedral (Sé do Porto) - 03:35
4) Explore the Riverside Quarter of Ribeira - 04:10
5) Sample local dishes from Porto at Terreirinho restaurant - 04:24
6) Visit the Church of Saint Francis (Igreja de São Francisco) - 05:54
7) Visit the Bolhão Market (Mercado do Bolhão) - 07:09
8) Walk across Dom Luís I Bridge for the best views of Porto (Ponte D. Luís I) - 08:33
9) Drink Port wine at Croft (vinho do Porto) - 10:25
10) Take a boat tour, cable car, funicular or walk down the Douro River - 10:04 & 12:16
*Bonus* Eat a Francesinha Portuguese sandwich - 12:40
Outro - 16:30
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Our visit Porto travel guide documentary covers some of the top attractions including a food guide to Portuguese cuisine, top sightseeing tourist attractions including visiting churches, monasteries, parks, wineries, bridges, quirky neighborhoods and museums. We also cover off-the-beaten-path outdoor activities you won't find in a typical Porto tourism brochure, Porto itinerary or Porto city tour also known as Oporto, Portuguesa.
10 Things to do in Porto, Portugal Travel Guide Video Transcript: (OPORTO)
Lisbon is beautiful, but Porto is magical. We arrived in Porto with our taxi driver’s words still ringing in our ears, and we’re happy to say, the city did not disappoint!
Our time in Porto was spent sipping on Port wine, soaking in the views across the Douro River, wandering through the hilly streets, and marvelling at buildings covered in blue tiles.
In this travel guide, we’re going to share a little bit of Porto’s magic with you, and also show you some of the things you too can see, eat, and drink when you visit Porto!
Known as the Chapel of Souls, this church is covered in tiles that represent moments in the life of Saint Francis of Assisi and Saint Catherine.
This bookstore is a feast for the eyes. The bookstore was even frequented by JK Rowling when she taught English in Porto, and it’s reported to have been an inspiration in her Harry Potter series.
We continued our walk downhill until we reached the São Bento Train Station.
Porto Cathedral is one of the oldest landmarks in the city with cloisters where the walls are covered in blue tiles.
We reached the neighbourhood of Ribeira, which sits right on the shores of the Douro River. This neighbourhood is lined with many sidewalk cafes, bars, and restaurants, so it’s a nice place to rest your legs and do a bit of people watching. Feeling hungry we wandered down some of the back streets until we found a small restaurant serving up local specialities.
We made time for one more attraction: the Church of Saint Francis.
The Bridge we had all been waiting for was Dom Luis the first Bridge, which spans the Douro River. The lower deck carries regular traffic with narrow walkways for those on foot, and the upper deck is reserved for pedestrians and the metro lines.
For the best views of Porto, you need to walk the upper deck!
There was only one thing on our minds: visit one of the many wineries that line this side of the river! We ended up walking into Croft for a wine tasting without need for an appointment, and this turned out to be one of our favourite activities in Porto!
Filled to the brim with port wine, cheese and chocolate, we enjoyed a light stroll along the Douro River, watching the boats bob in the water.
That’s a wrap for our visit to Porto! We hope you guys enjoyed following along and that you got a few ideas for your own trip. If you have any other suggestions of fun things to do in and around Porto, feel free to share those with travellers in the comments below.
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Bois de Vincennes - Paris, Île-de-France, France
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Bois De Vincennes Paris
This large park on Paris's eastern side includes the Château de Vincennes and a popular zoo among its many attractions.
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- ... Walking from the orignial drawbridge to the opposite side of the site brought us to the edge of the Bois de Vincennes, and to the finishing line of the marathon ...
- ... Quartier rue des Martyrs (9e) Quartier C**** Saint-Martin (10e) Quartier rue de la Roquette (11e) Bois de Vincennes (12e) Quartier rue Daguerre (14e) Bois de Boulogne (16e) Quartier rue du poteau (18e) Quartier de ...
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- ... Tomorrow is supposed to be a trip to the parc zoologique (zoo), the Bois de Vincennes, the aquarium and the Promenade Plantée, all in 12e ...
- ... The Bois de Vincennes lies just outside the eastern boundary of Paris and used to be on of many private game reserves for the hunting pleasure of the King ...
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Paris in One Minute!
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Places to see in Paris; (most featured in today's video!)
Eiffel Tower
The Louvre
Notre Dame
Montmartre
Arc de Triomphe
Musée d'Orsay
Champs-Élysées
Disneyland Paris
Palais Garnier
The Latin Quarter
Jardin du Luxembourg
Le Marais
Sainte-Chapelle
Seine River
The Pompidou Center
Musée d'Orsay
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Little India Paris 2012.08.06
Little India in Paris with restaurants, coffee shops, jewellery stores, cash and carry stores etc.. This corner in Paris is bigger than the same one in Singapore.
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2. Khatta Meetha - Sajde (Remix)
3. Tumko Na Bhool Payenge - Yeh Bekhudi Deewangi
4. Sangharsh - Dil Ka Qaraar
5. Pyaar Ishq Aur Mohabaat - Chand Ho
6. Hum Aapke Hain Kaun - Di Di Devar Deewana
Chapel of the Templars, Metz, Lorraine, France, Europe
The Chapel of the Templars, the only remains of a Templar Commandery founded in the twelfth century, is located in the Arsenal district in Metz. The Templars settle in the free city of the Holy Roman Empire from 1133. The first donation to the Knights Templar date of 1147, and is linked to the preaching of Bernard of Clairvaux to the second crusade in the city of Metz. It was at the end of the thirteenth century that the Templars moved their headquarters in the southwest of the city, close to the Abbey of St-Pierre-aux-Nonnains. The Knights Templar was dissolved in 1312 and assets are attributed to the Knights of the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem. Contrary to often repeated idea, Lorraine none of the Temple property, after his death, not passed to the Teutonic. The chapel Templar Metz was built between 1180 and 1220. It is now the only remnant of the Commandery of the Templars. It is the only existing specimen church rotunda in Lorraine. Reminiscent of the Rhenish School of Aachen, or homage to the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem, the center plane is typically Templar. The architecture of this building is on the border between the Romanesque, which it retains the thick walls and narrow arched windows and Gothic art, which it adopts on ribbed vaulting. The sculpted keystone shows the dove of the Holy Spirit. The warheads are based on slender columns with carved capitals involved. Some of the capitals are decorated with scrolls to lilies. The chapel has an octagonal central plan and measures 8.30 m in diameter. It has a square choir ends in a small vaulted apse-dome. The choir, vaulted warheads, is lower than the octagonal nave. The thick walls of the seven sides of the octagon are recessed niches with apses shallow, not exposed to the outside. These characteristics remind the rotunda of St. Gereon, the transept of St. Apostles in Cologne, the ambulatory and aisles Heisterbach or the chapel of the Commandery of Laon. Arched bays are open halfway up in each pan walls. Inside, all the walls are covered with murals, partially restored between 1910 and 1913 by the painter Schwarting Hanover, according to the draft Hermann Schaper. The ancient frescos highly degraded, however, remain visibles7. These frescoes date from the first half of the fourteenth century. Outside, two trefoil arches to enfeux, later, occupy a corner of the octagon. In contrast to the choir, the pan outside bears traces of an ancient arched vaulting. This arch indicates the location of a now extinct body building, originally housing a chapter house to embellished painted decoration. In this arcade opens a door, the door lintel carved the cross pattée characteristic of the Templars. During the construction of the citadel of Metz in 1556, the Commandery is destroyed except the chapter house, refectory or the Templars, which is covered with a painted wooden ceiling and which, although qu'ornée frescoes, will be razed in 1904. The chapel escapes destruction. It serves as a store of powder and lead. It is classified historical monuments from the first list of 1840. Following the construction of the military arsenal in 1861, she again escaped demolition thanks to the intervention of Prosper Mérimée, then inspector general of historical monuments. In 1882, restoration works are underway to install a military telegraph station. In 1905, the Army sold the building to the city of Metz10. The chapel underwent several restoration campaigns in 1864, 1908 and 19278. In 1957, the city of Metz rents the chapel at the Ministry of Defence to the needs of the military chaplaincy. On June 9, 1990, it finds the appearance of the original chapel of the Commandery. It now serves as an exhibition hall.