Paris
Burgundy (306 Kms.) and Troyes (166 Kms.) can be included in the itinerary while visiting Paris.
Image Credit : wikipediaParis is the capital and most populous city of France, with an area of 105 square kilometres (41 square miles) and a population of 2,206,488. With 200,000 inhabitants in 1328, Paris, then already the capital of France, was the most populous city of Europe. By comparison, London in 1300 had 80,000 inhabitants. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of Europe’s major centres of finance, commerce, fashion, science, music, and painting. The Paris Region had a GDP of €681 billion (US$850 billion) in 2016, accounting for 31 per cent of the GDP of France. In 2013–2014, the Paris Region had the third-highest GDP in the world and the largest regional GDP in the EU. According to the Economist Intelligence Unit Worldwide Cost of Living Survey in 2018, Paris was the second-most expensive city in the world, behind Singapore and ahead of Zurich, Hong Kong, Oslo and Geneva.
Paris is especially known for its museums and architectural landmarks: the Louvre was the most visited art museum in the world in 2017, with 8.1 million visitors. The Musée d’Orsay and Musée de l’Orangerie are noted for their collections of French Impressionist art, and the Pompidou Centre Musée National d’Art Moderne has the largest collection of modern and contemporary art in Europe. The historical district along the Seine in the city centre is classified as a UNESCO Heritage Site. Popular landmarks in the centre of the city include the Cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris and the Gothic royal chapel of Sainte-Chapelle, both on the Île de la Cité; the Eiffel Tower, constructed for the Paris Universal Exposition of 1889; the Grand Palais and Petit Palais, built for the Paris Universal Exposition of 1900; the Arc de Triomphe on the Champs-Élysées, and the Basilica of Sacré-Coeur on the hill of Montmartre. Paris received 23 million visitors in 2017, measured by hotel stays, with the largest numbers of foreign visitors coming from the United States, the UK, Germany and China. It was ranked as the third most visited travel destination in the world in 2017, after Bangkok and London.
Climate
Paris has a typical Western European oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification: Cfb ) which is affected by the North Atlantic Current. The overall climate throughout the year is mild and moderately wet. Summer days are usually warm and pleasant with average temperatures between 15 and 25 °C (59 and 77 °F), and a fair amount of sunshine. Each year, however, there are a few days when the temperature rises above 32 °C (90 °F). Spring and autumn have, on average, mild days and fresh nights but are changing and unstable. Surprisingly warm or cool weather occurs frequently in both seasons. In winter, sunshine is scarce; days are cool, nights cold but generally above freezing with low temperatures around 3 °C (37 °F). Light night frosts are however quite common, but the temperature will dip below −5 °C (23 °F) for only a few days a year. Snow falls every year, but rarely stays on the ground. The city sometimes sees light snow or flurries with or without accumulation.
Paris has an average annual precipitation of 641 mm (25.2 in), and experiences light rainfall distributed evenly throughout the year. However the city is known for intermittent abrupt heavy showers. The highest recorded temperature is 40.4 °C (104.7 °F) on 28 July 1947, and the lowest is −23.9 °C (−11.0 °F) on 10 December 187.
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Places Of Interest
Arc de Triomphe
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Arc de Triomphe Place Charles de Gaulle, 75008 Paris, France Ph. : 33 / (0)1 55 37 73 77 This photo of Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel is courtesy of TripAdvisor The Arc de Triomphe is one of the most famous monuments in Paris, standing at the western end of the Champs-Élysées at the center … Continue reading Arc de Triomphe →
Centre Georges Pompidou
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Centre Georges Pompidou Place Georges-Pompidou, 75004 Paris, France Ph. +33 (0)1 44 78 12 33 This photo of Centre Pompidou is courtesy of TripAdvisor Centre Georges Pompidou commonly shortened to Centre Pompidou and also known as the Pompidou Centre in English, is a complex building in the Beaubourg area of the 4th arrondissement of Paris, … Continue reading Centre Georges Pompidou →
Eiffel Tower
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Eiffel Tower Champ de Mars, 5 Avenue Anatole France, 75007 Paris, France Phone +33 892 70 12 39 The Eiffel Tower is a wrought iron lattice tower on the Champ de Mars in Paris, France. It is named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel, whose company designed and built the tower. Constructed from 1887–89 as the … Continue reading Eiffel Tower →
Louvre Museum
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Louvre Museum Rue de Rivoli, 75001 Paris, France The Louvre or the Louvre Museum is the world’s largest art museum and a historic monument in Paris, France. A central landmark of the city, it is located on the Right Bank of the Seine in the city’s 1st arrondissement (district or ward). Approximately 38,000 objects from … Continue reading Louvre Museum →
Musee de Orangerie
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Musee de Orangerie Jardin Tuileries, 75001 Paris, France Phone +33 1 44 50 43 00 The Musee de Orangerie is on the bank of the Seine in the old orangery of the Tuileries Palace on the Place de la Concorde near the Concorde metro station.The Musée de l’Orangerie is an art gallery of impressionist and … Continue reading Musee de Orangerie →
Notre Dame Cathedral
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Notre Dame Cathedral 6 Parvis Notre-Dame – Pl. Jean-Paul II, 75004 Paris, France Phone +33 1 42 34 56 10 Notre-Dame de Paris, also known as Notre-Dame Cathedral or simply Notre-Dame, is a medieval Catholic cathedral on the Île de la Cité in the fourth arrondissement of Paris, France. The cathedral is widely considered to be … Continue reading Notre Dame Cathedral →
Palace of Versailles
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Palace of Versailles Place d’Armes, 78000 Versailles, France Ph. +33 1 30 83 78 00 The Palace of Versailles was the principal royal residence of France from 1682 under Louis XIV until the start of the French Revolution in 1789 under Louis XVI. It is located in the department of Yvelines, in the region … Continue reading Palace of Versailles →
Sacre Coeur
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Sacre Coeur 35 Rue du Chevalier de la Barre, 75018 Paris, France The Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Paris, commonly known as Sacré-Cœur Basilica and often simply Sacré-Cœur, is a Roman Catholic church and minor basilica, dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, in Paris, France. A popular landmark and the second most visited … Continue reading Sacre Coeur →
Sainte Chapelle
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Sainte Chapelle 8 Boulevard du Palais, 75001 Paris, France Phone : +33 1 53 40 60 80 The Sainte Chapelle ( Holy Chapel) is a royal chapel in the Gothic style, within the medieval Palais de la Cité, the residence of the Kings of France until the 14th century, on the Île de la Cité in … Continue reading Sainte Chapelle →
The Pantheon
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The Pantheon Panthéon Place du Panthéon 75005 Paris Ph. : 33 / (0)1 44 32 18 00 The Panthéon is a building in the Latin Quarter in Paris, France. It was originally built as a church dedicated to St. Genevieve and to house the reliquary châsse containing her relics but, after many changes, now functions … Continue reading The Pantheon →
The Paris Opera House │Palais Garnier
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The Paris Opera House │Palais Garnier Place de l’Opéra, 75009 Paris. 8 Rue Scribe, 75009 Paris. Phone: +33 1 71 25 24 23 The Palais Garnier is a 1,979-seat opera house, which was built from 1861 to 1875 for the Paris Opera. It was called the Salle des Capucines, because of its location on the Boulevard … Continue reading The Paris Opera House │Palais Garnier →
The Queen’s Hamlet
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The Queen’s Hamlet 78000 Versailles, France The Hameau de la Reine, (The Queen’s Hamlet) is a rustic retreat in the park of the Château de Versailles built for Marie Antoinette in 1783 near the Petit Trianon in Yvelines, France. It served as a private meeting place for the Queen and her closest friends, a place … Continue reading The Queen’s Hamlet →
Trocadero
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Trocadero The Trocadéro is an area of Paris, France, in the 16th arrondissement, across the Seine from the Eiffel Tower. The hill of the Trocadéro is the hill of Chaillot, a former village. The place was named in honour of the Battle of Trocadero, in which the fortified Isla del Trocadero, in southern Spain, was … Continue reading Trocadero →
Tuileries Garden
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Tuileries Garden The Tuileries Garden is a public garden located between the Louvre and the Place de la Concorde in the 1st arrondissement of Paris, France. Created by Catherine de’ Medici as the garden of the Tuileries Palace in 1564, it was eventually opened to the public in 1667 and became a public park after … Continue reading Tuileries Garden →