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Extract from the Paris Travel Guides:
It's little wonder that so many wistful songs have been penned over the years about France's capital,
Paris
. Few cities leave the visitor with such vivid impressions, whether it's the drifting cherry blossoms in the tranquil gardens of Notre-Dame, the riverside quais on a summer evening, the sound of blues in atmospheric cellar bars, or the ancient alleyways and cobbled lanes of the historic Latin Quarter and villagey Montmartre.
Paris has no problem living up to the painted images and movie myths with which we're all familiar. Indeed, the whole city is something of a work of art. Two thousand years of shaping and reshapin...
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| To Do And See : Statue of Liberty in Paris |
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| A strange sight awaits you next to the Port de Grenelle where there is a small version of the NY Statue of Liberty. Some US immigrants in Paris erected it on the bridge over the Seine about 1.5 km from the Tour d'Effel. It is about 35ft high. |
 Posted by alysi on 13/04/2004 12:05:37 |
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Travelslang Paris Travel Guides Opinions Tips & Advice
| To Do And See : Champs Elysee |
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| The Champs Elysee is a great place for shopping if you like designer things. All the most expensive Parisiene shopping is done here. The Arc de Triomphe is there of course also. |
| Posted by genevi on 12/04/2004 20:40:42 |
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Travelslang Paris Travel Guides Opinions Tips & Advice
| Going Out : Watch for your change! |
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| Some bars have a crafty little technique of getting more tips. After you pay for your drinks they bring you an ash tray and place it on the table. If you forget they have not given you your change they get away with it. If you do remind them they simply point to the ash tray which has your change cunningly hidden under a flap in the ash tray! |
| Posted by genevi on 12/04/2004 20:21:50 |
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Travelslang Paris Travel Guides Opinions Tips & Advice
| To Do And See : Artists Quarter |
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| Make sure you visit the Artists Quarter behind the Sacre Coeur Church - good for little bars and artists outside selling their wares |
| Posted by User Not Logged In on 12/04/2004 20:10:41 |
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Travelslang Paris Travel Guides Opinions Tips & Advice
| To Do And See : Morrison |
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| Jim Morrison's grave has a permanent guard to stop people painting graffiti on the tombstone |
| Posted by User Not Logged In on 12/04/2004 20:05:16 |
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Travelslang Paris Travel Guides Opinions Tips & Advice
| To Do And See : Oscar's tomb |
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| Oscar's tomb in Pere Lachaise cemetery |
| Posted by User Not Logged In on 12/04/2004 20:01:43 |
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Travelslang Paris Travel Guides Opinions Tips & Advice
| To Do And See : Pere Lachaise - getting around |
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| To find your way around the Pere Lachaise cemetery - it has hundreds of famous people buried there - go any of the cafes in the area and ask for a 'plan de cimitiere'. Costs about 2 Euro and you cna't get them at the cemetery. This one is Oscar Wilde's |
| Posted by User Not Logged In on 12/04/2004 19:59:08 |
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Travelslang Paris Travel Guides Opinions Tips & Advice
| To Do And See : Eiffel Tour - 2 hour queue! |
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| If you want to go up the Eiffel Tour then make sure you bring a picnic as you will be waiting at least an hour and probably two in the queue if you go in Summer! |
| Posted by User Not Logged In on 12/04/2004 19:53:55 |
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Travelslang Paris Travel Guides Opinions Tips & Advice
| Going Out : Similarly ... |
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| Similarly if you like cold pommes de frites and enjoy asking for everything 4 times then Le Musset restaurant on the Rue de L'echelle is for you. |
| Posted by genevi on 12/04/2004 14:36:07 |
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Travelslang Paris Travel Guides Opinions Tips & Advice
| To Stay : Grumpy hotel staff |
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| If you like grumpy service, rude staff, and cold showers in the morning make sure you check into the Hotel Windsor Opera on Rue Gabriel Laumain in district 10. You won't be disappointed. |
| Posted by genevi on 12/04/2004 14:32:43 |
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Travelslang Paris Travel Guides Opinions Tips & Advice
| Getting Around : Metro |
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| To get around the metro is pretty easy even thought the maps are very complex. You just pay a one -way - there doesn't seem to be the equivalent of a return, or buy a carnet of 10 tickets. The price last time was 1 euro 30 for pretty well anywhere. |
| Posted by tommy_m on 12/04/2004 14:21:50 |
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Travelslang Paris Travel Guides Opinions Tips & Advice
| To Do And See : To see the... |
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| To see the lace wherethe original Phantom of the Opera is set go to the 'Opera' in district 10. Below there are the Catacombs where the skulls and bones of 6 million people reside. Very claustrophobic though down there! |
| Posted by tommy_m on 12/04/2004 14:17:07 |
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Travelslang Paris Travel Guides Opinions Tips & Advice
| To Do And See : Museum Pass |
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| Get the 'Carte Muses et Monuments' - the museum pass from the tourist offices or the Eurostar terminal at London Waterloo or the museums It's valid for most of the museums in and around Paris and you don't have to queue every time you visit something. |
| Posted by malcolm grasier on 05/04/2004 16:01:35 |
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Travelslang Paris Travel Guides Opinions Tips & Advice
| To Do And See : Napoleons tomb |
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| Try and get to the emperor Napoleons tomb in Paris. In 1840 his remains were taken back to France from St. Helena and a memorial was built for his final resting place. You can see the giant sarcophagus there. Set in Les Invalides, Louis XIV built the tomb as a hospital for injured soldiers in the first place. The grounds house the famous French war museum. This is a must-see. The picture is of sprawling Paris.. |
| Posted by malcolm grasier on 05/02/2004 12:13:15 |
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