he name "Montmartre" comes from the old name of "Mont des Martyrs", Mountain of the Martyrs, because it was here where the first martyrs of Paris, the bishop St. Denis, the priest Rustique and the arc...

Rue Cler is the kind of street you hope to find when you are looking for a pedestrian market street with cafés, specialty food stores and some delicacies for that picnic basket.

From the Ecol...

This is an address a friend told me about after finding it near the Arc de Triomphe. Looking at the menu you’ll see a string of classical dishes like gravlax, foie gras, chicken or lamb roast, an...

Closer even than Luxembourg Park or the Pantheon, it’s Les Papilles. With its casual atmosphere it really seems like a genuine, Parisian bistro. Upon entering, you’ll be surprised by the many bottles ...

Found in the heart of the Marais district on Rue Bourg Tibourg, this restaurant's name bears the suggestive meaning of “Ultimate Triumph of the Heart”.

It's is also famed as "Paris's most del...

Once they began using the image of actress Charlotte Gainsbourg in 2003, Gerard Darel instantly became an internationally popular brand. However, the company has surprisingly been around since 1971, a...

The garden area of Chapelle Expiatoire began in 1720 and was used as the new burial grounds of the parish of La Sainte Madeleine whose cemetery had outgrown its usefulness for the growing parish. It w...

It was called "The East Cemetery" when it opened on May 21, 1804. However, it attracted little use because people felt that it was just too far away and in an "unfavorable" neighborhood. In its f...

Come visit the oldest Square in Paris.

Or, perhaps the garden created as the medicinal garden for Louis XIII.

Visit what may be the most beautiful park in Paris, Parc Monceau , surro...

Montmartre is the home of the beautiful Basilica Sacre Coeur and the Church of St. Pierre which has a claim to being the oldest church in Paris.

Our Montmartre Tour takes you to the old resid...

The Eiffel Tower was constructed for the Universal Exposition of 1889, the centennial of the French Revolution. Little did the architect, Gustave Eiffel (1832-1923), know that it would become an icon ...

Sainte. Chapelle in located in the heart of Paris, on the Ile de la Cité, not far from Notre Dame and mostly surrounded by the Palais de Justice.

La Sainte Chapelle (The Holy Chapel) is a Got...

Our Europe Travel directory is a wonderful resource you may want to use while planning your Paris Vacation.
These sites are unique in that most of them are created by natives of the countries and ...

Walking through the Place de la Concorde this afternoon, I was struck by the number of people standing on street corners examining their maps. Paris isn’t built on a grid so a map is truly indispensab...

There are churches in every neighborhood of Paris. Few visitors leave without having seen either the Notre Dame de Paris on the Ile de la Cité or the Basilica of Sacré Coeur on top of Montmartre.
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Paris Guided Tours offers private and personalized tours exploring the neighborhoods, monuments and museums of Paris. Have a private guide help maximize your time....

Have fun by being drived in Paris in Limo : http://www.elitelimousines.com/
You can even make your reservation online their...

Here are websites providing list of famous Restaurants in Paris and make your reservation online:

http://www.bestrestaurantsparis.com/en/liste.html
http://www.bestgourmet.fr/index.php?opt...

The other day while shopping at Agnes B. I was given a free sample of this really cute bottle of Perrier. It’s a bottle made in collaboration between Agnes and Perrier. You may remember that they had ...

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Located quite near to Saint Sulpice church, Hedonie is a natural foods and cosmetics store with over 4000 different items collected under one roof. In addition to the fresh fruits and vegetables ...

This is an address a friend told me about after finding it near the Arc de Triomphe. Looking at the menu you’ll see a string of classical dishes like gravlax, foie gras, chicken or lamb roast, an...

Pylones, with its lively show window decorated with stationary and other general goods in a kind of pop design, is the perfect place for those looking for Parisian souvenirs. Remarkably they've been a...

Etam is a French chain of stores where you can get reasonably priced clothing and accessories. And plenty of it definitely looks like it’s from Paris. This chain’s lingerie shop is, of course, called ...

Once they began using the image of actress Charlotte Gainsbourg in 2003, Gerard Darel instantly became an internationally popular brand. However, the company has surprisingly been around since 1971, a...

Pylones, with its lively show window decorated with stationary and other general goods in a kind of pop design, is the perfect place for those looking for Parisian souvenirs. Remarkably they've been a...

Pylones, with its lively show window decorated with stationary and other general goods in a kind of pop design, is the perfect place for those looking for Parisian souvenirs. Remarkably they've been a...

Pylones, with its lively show window decorated with stationary and other general goods in a kind of pop design, is the perfect place for those looking for Parisian souvenirs. Remarkably they've been a...

Pylones, with its lively show window decorated with stationary and other general goods in a kind of pop design, is the perfect place for those looking for Parisian souvenirs. Remarkably they've been a...

Pylones, with its lively show window decorated with stationary and other general goods in a kind of pop design, is the perfect place for those looking for Parisian souvenirs. Remarkably they've been a...

Behind Blvd. Saint Germain, on the corner of Rue de Seine and Rue Lobineau, stands the famed Gerard Mulot shop, which is always full of people regardless of what time you may show up. With its atmosph...

Behind Blvd. Saint Germain, on the corner of Rue de Seine and Rue Lobineau, stands the famed Gerard Mulot shop, which is always full of people regardless of what time you may show up. With its atmosph...

These refined looking bags are the very popular, and easy-to-use, designs of Jerome Dreyfuss. As you might expect from a shop specializing in bags, they use high quality leather that is as soft as a s...

In the northern part of the Marais district, where the studios of artisans and upscale boutiques coexist, the pink exterior of one building stands out on Rue Charlot. Peeking in through the window you...

Many people know that “Marseille Soap” is a kind of old-fashioned soap made from all natural ingredients in the Marseille region of Southern France. The origins of this very traditional soap go back t...

This is where you find those beautiful, feminine heels sought by regular women and celebrities from around the world: the Christian Louboutin pumps. This brand is also very popular at the select shops...

Originally opened back in 1832 as a hat store, Ultramod became a contemporary style craft supply store back in the 1920s.
With a high ceiling like that of a studio, the store has buttons, ribbons,...

In the 11th district of Paris, near Bastille Plaza, on Rue Keller sits this studio/boutique run by Anne Willi (pronounced "Villi" in France). Although simple, the unique designs will definitely have y...

his Architecture Heritage Museum reopened in September of 2007 after undergoing five years of construction. In the spacious hall on the first floor you’ll find full-sized models of buildings from the ...

This is the Center for Information, Documentation, and Exhibition for Urban Planning and Architecture of Paris, established in 1988. It’s a pretty difficult name to wrap your head around, but in short...

This is an image of the Grand Gallery of Evolution (Grande Galerie de l'Evolution) from the National Museum of Natural History which inherited a huge collection from the zoology gallery that was built...

Near Oberkampf is the Cirque d'Hiver (literally translated as “Winter Circus”), a circus venue established in 1852 that is full of history. Having undergone eight months of repair in 2007 the white re...

‘Grand Palais’ and ‘Petit Palais’ were built for the Paris Exhibition in 1900. 100 years later, restoration works started in 2000. ‘Petit Palais’ and its museum of Fine Arts celebrated its re-opening ...

The Seine River (780km) is the second longest river in France after the Loire River. The earliest recorded Parisians lived on the Ile de la Cité, which is an island in the Seine. The Seine was as indi...

Louis XIV ordered the construction of this building to house disabled soldiers, a part of which is open to the public as the Army Museum. The audio guide will help you to discover this as one of the r...

he Eiffel Tower is THE ‘must-see’ monument of Paris. This iron tower was constructed for the World’s Fair Paris in 1889. Originally planned to be destroyed after the Fair, it became useful as a radio ...

‘Jardin des Tuileries’ is a typical French-style garden designed by Le Nôtre, who also conceived gardens of Versailles. This garden starts at the small Triumphal Arch next to the Louvre’s pyramid and ...

Gustave Moreau, the 19th century symbolist painter, established this museum. The visit starts on the first floor in the intimacy, the apartment where Moreau lived with his parents. Not only his works ...

When you talk about sculpture, you think Rodin. The museum of this great artist of the 19th century is one of the ‘must see’ spots of the capital. The modern entrance, remodeled several years ago, and...

This brand new museum, which opened in June 2006, focuses on the ‘primary’ arts of Oceania, Asia, Africa and the Americas. Located between the Eiffel Tower and the Alma Bridge, the museum building was...