Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Places to visit in Paris

There are several places to visit in Paris, the city is divided into 20 districts and the major part of the different tourist attractions are located in Paris intra-muros, as opposed to the Parisian suburb.

The first arrondissement of Paris gathers:
-the Palais du Louvre with its Museum and Pyramide du Louvre
-the Palais-royal and the Jardin du Palais Royal
-Jardin des Tuileries
-Place Vendôme (colonne vendôme)
-Musée de l'Orangerie (impressionnistes) 
-Forum des Halles, Jardin des Halles.
-Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel
-Louvre des Antiquaires (art gallery and antiques in a mall)
-Churchs or chapels (Saint-Eustache, Sainte-Chapelle, Saint-Germain-l'auxerrois...)
-La Conciergerie (the Paris oldest prison)
-Musée des Arts décoratifs (Museum of decorative arts)...

The 2nd arrondissement offers some places to visit in Paris also:
-Passage des Panoramas, Opéra-Comique, Théâtre des Variétés, Bibliothèque Nationale (site Richelieu), Place des Victoires, the Bourse (the Paris Stock Exchange) and some galleries and museums.  

-In the 3rd arrondissement there are several museums ( Museum des Arts et Métiers, Museum de la Chasse and Nature, Museum Picasso...), as well as many galleries. The Archives Nationales, Hôtel de Soubise, Musée Carnavalet and the northern part of the Marais are located in this district.

-In the 4th arrondissement of Paris there are some Paris tourist attractions, you can find Notre-Dame de Paris, Place des Vosges, Centre Georges Pompidou, Saint-Louis-en-l'Île Church, le Marais, the Paris City Hall,  Saint-Jacques Tower, Hôtel de Sully, the Jewish Quartier, Mémorial de la Shoah, le Centre Beaubourg, Victor Hugo house,  Place du Châtelet and  different churches and cathedrals.

The 5th arrondissement of Paris gathers the Panthéon, Quartier Latin, Jardin des Plantes, Muséum National du Moyen-âge, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Musée de Cluny, the Grande Mosquée and several museum and churches.

The  Jardin du Luxembourg as well as Place Saint-Michel, Church Saint-Sulpice, Church Saint-Germain des Prés, the Pont-neuf are located in 6th arrondissement .

The following posts will present the other places to visit in Paris with tourist attractions in the different Paris district.


Related articles:
-Paris arrondissement map- part 1
-Paris arrondissement map- part 2
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