Paris – The City of Light that You Must Visit in France
Do you know that Paris is also known as the City of light?
The Eiffel Tower is no doubt the top place to visit in France.
The most important and most visited museums in Paris. The Lourve has a collection of over 35,000 artworks, from antiquities to European paintings over the few hundred years of 15th to 19th centuries.
Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris
Stands in the heart of Paris, Notre-Dame is beside the Seine River. It was founded in 1163 by King Louis IX and the whole construction took around 150 years to finish.
Avenue des Champs-Élysées
The Champs-Elysées is well known for its prestigious establishments including Maison Laduree located at 75 Avenue des Champs-Elysées. There are also top fine dining choices ranked among the world such as legendary “brasserie du luxe” restaurant and hotel Le Fouquet’s.
Musée d’Orsay The Musée d’Orsay showcases a lot of impressive collection between 19th to 20th century artworks.
Palais Garnier, Opéra National de Paris
The Arc de Triomphe is actually dedicated to memorise the soldiers who fought in the French armies during the Revolution and First Empire. Napoleon commissioned the building but rather unfortunate that he did not live to see the completion in 1836.
The best way to enjoy the Paris might be a boat ride along the Seine river. The cruise allows you to actually sightsee many buildings or attraction from a different angle and perspective. Notre-Dame Cathedral, Eiffel Tower and the Louvre Museum all look exceptionally stunning when you look at them from the cruise.
Jardin du Luxembourg
The most visited park in Paris, the Luxembourg Gardens were built in the 17th century.
Panthéon
In 1756, King Louis XV commissioned the architect Jacques-Germain Soufflot (1713-80) to build a new church on the site of the ruined abbey of Sainte-Geneviève, and the church was completed in 1790.
Located in Centre Pompidou, the National Museum of Modern Art displays over 100,000 pieces of contemporary art since 100 years ago.
Each of the exhibits is presented with a thematic focus. Each room highlights a specific time period, artistic influence, or artistic movement such as Expressionism, Constructivism and a lot more.
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