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Category: Gardens - Paris Attractions & Activities
Address: 7, pl de Fontenoy, Paris 75007
These gardens are located at UNESCO, the United Nations' educational, cultural, and scientific headquarters. They follow Asian landscape design beautifully, featuring carefully placed stones and water features, along with bamboo plants and ornamental and flowering trees. A special claim to fame is that the gardens...
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Address: 1, rue Victor Cousin, Paris 75005
This historic university has been the intellectual center of the Latin Quarter since the mid-13th century. Among the more illustrious souls who've studied and taught in its hallowed halls are René Descartes and Jean-Paul Sartre. METRO: Cluny-La Sorbonne
Category: Attractions - Paris Attractions & Activities
Address: 33, av du Maine, Paris 75015
In only 40 seconds – courtesy of one of Europe's fastest elevators – you can reach the 56th indoor observatory of Tour Montparnasse, a sleek, Parisian skyscraper. A further flight of stairs brings you out on the 59th floor outdoor viewing deck. From there, views of the city are astounding, and you can get a wonderful...
Category: Attractions - Paris Attractions & Activities
Address: pl Charles de Gaulle, Paris 75008
This symbol of French victory was commissioned by Napoleon and completed in 1836. Adorned with sculpture and the names of military successes, the enormous arch features a small museum and rooftop viewing platform. At its base is the tomb of the unknown soldier. The arch sits at the center of place Charles de Gaulle...
Le Musée de la Cinémathèque Française
Category: Paris Attractions & Activities
Address: 51, rue de Bercy, Paris
This fascinating museum charts cinematic history from Edison's 1894 kinetoscope to modern-day movie-making. Galleries chronicle the beginnings of photography and include mesmerizing short films as well. Additional displays include costumes worn by Greta Garbo and Rudolph Valentino and more than 5,000 objects from...
Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle
Category: Science & History Museums - Paris Attractions & Activities
Address: 57, rue Cuvier, Jardin des Plantes, Paris 75005
Plan on spending some time at this educational complex, which highlights nature and science. The museum includes the Royal Botanical Gardens, a menagerie including reptiles and birds,a gallery dedicated to paleontology and, of course, the wonderful Grande Galerie de l'Evolution. Hours and admission vary with the...
Category: Gardens - Paris Attractions & Activities
Address: pl du Palais-Royal, Paris 75001
The gardens at the Palais Royal offer a quiet, peaceful escape from the city's bustle. Intriguing sculptures pepper the grounds, adding a measure of manmade beauty to the natural vistas. Surrounding the beautiful gardens is an arcade of specialty shops and art galleries. After you've strolled through the gardens,...
Category: Historic Sites - Paris Attractions & Activities
Address: 1, pl Denfert-Rochereau, Paris 75014
These underground tunnels date from the Roman period, when quarries were created to obtain building stone. Most sit at the base of Parisian hills like Montparnasse, Montrouge and Montsouris. In the late 18th-century, authorities began to use the caverns and tunnels to deposit bones exhumed from medieval cemeteries...
Category: Historic Sites - Paris Attractions & Activities
Address: bd de Ménilmontant, Paris 75020
Named for Louis XIV's confessor, who once lived in the vicinity, this cemetery was established in 1804. It was planned as a repository for human remains when authorities sought to improve sanitation by moving graves from the center of the city to its outskirts. Now park-like in its appeal, Père Lachaise is a...
Category: Gardens - Paris Attractions & Activities
Address: 3, av de la Porte d'Auteuil, Paris 75016
These magnificent greenhouses and surrounding gardens continue to boast the appeal they had when founded in the 19th century. Surround yourself with beautiful palm trees, azaleas, orchids and begonias. Enjoy the sights and smells of banana trees, papyrus plants and strelitzias. In spring, the garden is an explosion of...
