Archive for December, 2013
A Trip to Paris: Visiting the French Capital’s Most Famous Attractions (Part 12) Posted by mtaulier on Dec 23, 2013
We have reached the final installment of our series. I hope you have enjoyed learning about the different tourist sights, but most of all I hope you will be able to benefit from this information if you ever travel to Paris. Remember that these sights represent a small portion of all the attractions in Paris…
A Trip to Paris: Visiting the French Capital’s Most Famous Attractions (Part 11) Posted by mtaulier on Dec 20, 2013
In the last post we learned about the Musée d’Orsay and its rich collection of western art. Today we will cross the Seine River to visit the Palais Garnier (Garnier Palace), home of the Opéra de Paris (Paris Opera) opera company. The Palais Garnier is often referred to simply as the Opéra de Paris, however…
A Trip to Paris: Visiting the French Capital’s Most Famous Attractions (Part 10) Posted by mtaulier on Dec 18, 2013
As we near the end of our journey through the city of Paris, I’d like to return to some of the older tourist attractions that you might not be familiar with. We discovered elements of the more modern side of Paris in the last few posts but today we’ll be going back in time to…
A Trip to Paris: Visiting the French Capital’s Most Famous Attractions (Part 9) Posted by mtaulier on Dec 16, 2013
We discovered la Cité des Sciences et de l’Industrie (the City of Sciences and Industry) and talked a little about le Parc de la Villette (Villette Park) in the last post. Today, we’ll be focusing on one interesting attraction located just a few steps from la Cité: La Géode. La Géode is a unique building…
A Trip to Paris: Visiting the French Capital’s Most Famous Attractions (Part 8) Posted by mtaulier on Dec 9, 2013
If you’re just joining us on our tour of Paris, feel free to go back and read a few of the previous posts that might be of interest to you. In our last post, we discovered two modern marvels dotting the Parisian cityscape: l’Arche de la Défense and le Centre Pompidou. These sights might not…