PARIS: THE MOST VISITED CITY IN THE WORLD
Rabu, 15 September 2010Paris is the capital and primate city of France. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region (or Paris Region, French: Région parisienne). Paris is the most visited city in the world with over 30 million visitors per year. Today Paris is a leading influence in fashion, gastronomy and the arts and its accumulated cultural wealth of museums, monuments and architecture makes it an attraction for visitors all over the world. The Eiffel tower is Paris' most famous monument. There is also the Louvre Paris' most famous museum and and the Mona Lisa described in the book that most people read the da vinci code. And also Jardin du Luxembourg, the well known and beautiful park.
Paris, also known as the City of Light, is the world's most popular city destination. Paris is the second-largest city in Western Europe, and possibly the city with the most things to see. While there are many must-see places in Paris, make sure you spend at least a day strolling off the beaten path, as this is the only way to discover the real Paris: a lively cosmopolitan but undeniably French city.
The center of Paris is divided in 20 arrondissements in a sort of spiral with the first arrondissement in the middle and the higher numbers on the outer circle. Most of the arrondissements have their own characteristics.
Sure and shortly, that Paris has more familiar landmarks than any other city in the world. As a result, first-time visitors often arrive in the French capital with all sorts of expectations: of grand vistas, of intellectuals discussing weighty matters in cafés, of romance along the Seine, of naughty nightclub revues, of rude people who won’t speak English. If you look hard enough, you can probably find all of those. But another approach is to set aside the preconceptions of Paris and to explore the city’s avenues and backstreets as if the tip of the Eiffel Tower or the spire of Notre Dame wasn’t about to pop into view at any moment.
Most attractions in Paris are:
Eiffel Tower
Notre-Dame Cathedral
Arc de Triomphe
Louvre
Sacré-Coeur
Champs-Elysées
Centre Pompidou
La Défense
Jardin du Luxembourg
Place de la Concorde
Orsay Museum
Place des Vosges
Sainte-Chapelle
Opéra Garnier
Pont Neuf
Panthéon
Hôtel des Invalides
Jardin des Tuileries
and more.....