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Do you love Paris?

A travel journal to Paris by Rucas

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Undeniably, Paris really is a beautiful and often enchanting city. In fact, more than a decade after my first arrival I still find myself halted by the splendor of the sight.

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Do you love Paris?Best of IgoUgo

Overview

There are so many things to do and see in Paris: Tour Eiffel; Sacre Coeur; Notre Dame; Louvre; Les invalides; Champs Elysees; Jardin des Tuileries; Sainte Chapelle; Place Vendome; Place de la Concorde; L'Opera; Galeries La Fayette; Centre George Pompidou; Le Marais; Quartier Latin; Ile Saint Louis; Le Musee D'Orsays and many many others.

Quick Tips:

Walk, walk, walk. You can't miss the Louvre and the Eifell Tower.

Best Way To Get Around:

Don't bother. "Le metropolitain de Paris" can take you everywhere. If you can spend more time, use the many city buses.

Tour MontparnasseBest of IgoUgo

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Everyone has their own opinion on this, but I'm adamant: the best view of Paris is from the roof -top terrace of the Tour Montparnasse. From this windy open space you actually look down on the Eiffel Tower. And only from here can you understand the aesthetic and geometric logic of the planning of the Montparnasse Cemetery below. The super-fast elevator that you up the 210 meters in 38 seconds. The 56th floor has an observation area and a pricey restaurant/cocktail lounge.
  • Member Rating 3 out of 5 by Rucas on November 28, 2000

Tour Montparnasse
33, avenue du Maine Paris, France 75015
+33 1 45 38 52 56

Cimetière du Père-LachaiseBest of IgoUgo

Attraction | "Cimetiere du Pere Lachaise"

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A lot more people these days visit the Paris grave site of Jim Morrison than of Victor Hugo or Frederic Chopin. Where else can you visit the resting spot of Marcel Proust, Honoré Balzac, Edith Piaf, and Oscar Wilde in the same day? You'll love hiking up the crooked alleys and narrow paths, getting lost in French cultural history. Jim Morrison was buried in Père Lachaise in 1971 and for the first decade there was no official stone, only graffiti, love letters, and empty bottles in his honor. One of my favorite places to get lost in Père Lachaise is at the base of Oscar Wilde's massive but reverent tomb, a stone Sphinx sculpted by the artist Jacob Epstein.
  • Member Rating 3 out of 5 by Rucas on November 28, 2000

Cimetière du Père-Lachaise
16, rue du Repos Paris, France 75020
+33 1 55 25 82 10

Parc des Buttes-ChaumontBest of IgoUgo

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This is the largest Parisian park, English-styled and equally beautiful as romantic. Created under Napoleon III. Wandering through the park, you can find Sybill's Temple on the top of a 89-metercliff. One of the most secluded and peaceful spots in Paris include the cascade and stalagmite covered cave deep within the park. Joggers love it here.
  • Member Rating 3 out of 5 by Rucas on November 28, 2000

Parc des Buttes-Chaumont
Rue Botzaris, rue Manin Paris, France 75019

Musée National Picasso ParisBest of IgoUgo

Attraction | "Musee Picasso"

The Musee Picasso opened in 1985 and is housed in the restored, neo-classical Hotel Sale, a mansion built in 1656. The collection is displayed in chronological order and illustrate the different phases of Picasso's career and techniques, from his 'blue period' through to his cubist work, a technique he developed in his later years. The collection comprises of paintings, sculptures, ceramics, drawings, engravings, and manuscripts. The museums also houses works from Picasso's private collection which include primitive Nimba masks from New Guinea, Grebo masks, Iberian bronzes, sketches by Giorgio de Chirico and Degas, and paintings by Corot, Cezanne, Chardin, Renoir, Matisse, and others.
  • Member Rating 4 out of 5 by Rucas on November 28, 2000

Musée National Picasso Paris
Hôtel Salé Paris, France 75003
+33 (1) 42 71 25 21

Musee d'OrsayBest of IgoUgo

Attraction

The national collection of the Musee d'Orsay is housed in a beautifully renovated former train station by the Seine. You'll find painting, sculpture, and objets d'art from the creation of the Second Republic in 1848 to the outbreak of the First World War in 1914. The museum includes many Impressionist works, from, Manet, Renoir, Monet, Van Gogh, Cézanne and Gauguin. The collection also consists of architecture, photography, decorative arts (furniture, silver, porcelain), jewelry and a wonderful scale model of the Opera Garnier area. It has a bookshop and a cafeteria.
  • Member Rating 4 out of 5 by Rucas on November 28, 2000

Musee d'Orsay
62, rue de Lille Paris, France 75343
+33 (1) 4049-4994

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Lisboa, Portugal

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