Paris which is called as a city of Romance is the capital of France and is the most populous city in the country with the approximate population is of 2,203,817 and the metropolitan region of Paris has 11,769,433 populations. This metropolitan is the most inhabited areas in Europe. This romancing city lies on the river Seine from the north of France and comprises two islands the Île Saint-Louis and the Île de la Cité.
Today, Paris no wonder, is among the world’s foremost business and cultural centres and is also among the world’s major global cities that manipulates politics, education, media, entertainment, science, fashion and also the arts that adds to its grade.
The city and its region together created over a quarter of the gross domestic product in the year 2007 with €533.6 billion that is US$731.3 billion. Paris, as per its economy is the sixth largest in the world. Paris hosts various international organizations like the UNESCO, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, the International Chamber of Commerce and also the informal Paris Club.
The way Paris has a huge status; it is also considered as among the well-known tourist destinations of the world. Every year 45 million tourists come to visit the Paris Region out of which 60% of the visitors are foreign. You will get number of attractions in Paris with iconic landmarks and well-known institutions and also its parks.
Paris has few great hills including Montmartre which is the highest of all at a height of about 130 metres that is 427 feet. This city has an oceanic climate where you will not see the extreme high or even the extreme low temperatures. You will get rainfall almost entire year but is known as unexpected showers. While evening you will experience the entire city glowing in yellow lights makes the place awesome.
There is no specialized place in Paris; you should explore each and every corner of it. Few of them are the Eurostar terminal in Waterloo, the River Seine, the Pompidou Centre, Notre Dame and Île de la Cité, the architectural work that you will find in Louvre and many more places. Almost each and every place in Paris has a wonderful attraction for the tourists.
Once you reach here, the first job you should do is to buy a map of Paris that will guide you further. What are the different locations where you can visit and also the accommodations to the nearby region from where you can easily access to the other places and could get back to your residence. The map will properly guide you as there is so many roads that will make you feel lost in the city.
You will get everything as you want like if you want to meals of your type or at cheapest rate then you can go to the Pompidou Centre where you will get meals at a cheap rate of about £8. This centre is a hideous-post-modern-monstrosity-of-a-museum. It was constructed near the beginning of 1970s. The architectural visualization was to revolve the structure ‘inside out’ that is inserting every electricity lines, water pipes, ventilation shafts and something like on the outer portion that keep the interior neat to display the art.
Apart from this, you can also visit the Louvre museum that is a mixture of old and modern architecture. Its glass pyramid entrance hall was built in the year 1989 that provides eye-catchy doorway to this museum. The world-popular painting of Mona Lisa could be found here at this museum which is a home for this painting. There are 10 security cameras installed at this museum. To get a good sight of this painting you should come to this museum at night.
Plenty of unpredictable places that have worth to visit and see could be found in Paris. Paris has two key sites which could always be found at the top of the list of every visitor. They are the Arc du Triomphe and the Eiffel Tower. If you have not visited these two sites then your journey to Paris is of no use. So once you reach at your destination start making a list of places where you’re gonna visit and make special day to visit these two special sites.
Those who love to walk can go around the Champs Élysée. It is a long and broad road followed with trees from both the sides of the road that will make your trip pleasing with ample of street cafés where you can hang on. Walking ahead you will get the Arc du Triomphe with full of traffic. It was made by Napoleon between the years 1806 and 1808. It was made to honor the French military triumphs in 1805. Once you reach at the top of Champs Élysée the view is superb but you should hire a car to look the base of the monument as the traffic is too risky.
Enjoy the Eiffel Tower during the time of evening as once you reach at the top of it, the brilliant light starts spreading in the entire city of Paris. To reach at the top of it at least 2-3 hours are needed. You have stand in queue for lifts that starts from the base of the Tower. During winter the tower is heavily crowded with tourists. You must not forget to wear warm clothes as at the top of the tower you will experience breezy and the cold temperature. A best place you ever visited like this, if you see at the bottom the entire city could be seen and the thing or people will look like a minute dust or ants. This is a wonderful experience so do not forget to visit at this world famous site.
Along with this do not forget to visit the Place de la Bastille which is another famous place where you will get a building named Opera house. Then the other place called as the Montmartre situated in the north of Paris, was actually a home to one of the landmark churches in Paris. Its red light district is another attraction.
For accommodations you don’t have to worry about. IT will just cost £500. If you want to stay at Eurostar, than it will cost £100 for a single person. During winter, three nights at Le General will cost £250 for two people and this will be cheaper if you book your room through Eurostar. The fee you have to pay at each museum is about £7. It’s not that easy to explore the entire city. There is so much to describe. If you spend a month in Paris, still that will not be enough for you. The more you loose your pocket the more you will enjoy your life in Paris.
Many Cemeteries, Museums, Parks and Gardens, Monuments and Landmarks, historical centres and thousands of sites are there in Paris that is worth visiting.
Truly, the Turks are right who said that “all roads lead to Paris”. This magnificent city is a magic that sparks a brilliant light on you and you just can’t stop moving on to the streets of Paris which is not only a city of love but also a cultural Mecca. So at least try to spend an evening in Paris and see the magic.
