Showing posts with label Paris. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Paris. Show all posts

Monday, January 30, 2012

The Royal Chateau de Versailles - Palace of Versailles, France - facts and photos

Palace of Versailles, Chateau de Versailles, is located in the Ile-de-France region of France. Nowadays Versailles is a suburb of Paris, 20 km from the city. So, if you're in the area, you can visit the place. Don't miss it. Palace of Versailles have to be seen.

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Chateau de Versailles, France
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Gardens of Versailles, France
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Garden view, Palace of Versailles, France

Originally, there was built a hunting lodge for Louis XIII in 1624. He was pleased with the nature and location. Back then Versailles was a county village which started to develop thanks to its location on the road from Paris to Normandy. The successor of Louis XIII - Louis XIV ordered renovation and expansion of the chateau. And....later, in 1682 the court was officially moved there. It became the centre of political power. But, the Royal family had to return to Paris after the beginning of the French Revolution. The Palace of Versailles became a symbol of the Absolute Monarchie. 

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Fountain, Gardens of Versailles, France
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Gardens of Versailles, France
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Fountain of Neptune, Palace of Versailles, France
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Bronze Sculpture of La Seine, Chateau de Versailles, France

There were four building campaigns. The all four corresponded to Louis XIV's wars. During the first building campaigh were made some modifications to the chateau and the gardens so they can accomodate 600 guests. The second made the palace look a lot like it is today. Then were built the Appartment of the roi and the Appartment of the queen. In the thitd campaign in addition to the Hall of Mirrors were designed the Orangerie and the north and south wings. The Gardens were also further developed. The fourth campaign was mostly about the Royal chapel and some improvements of the Appartment of the king. With this all constructions stopped. No more actions were taken of the Sun King / Louis the Great/.
Thirty years later Louis XIV made some changes, but they were far more unsignificant in comparison to these made of tha Sun King.

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Chateau de Versailles, France
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Fountain, Gardens of Versailles, France
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Hall of mirrors, Palace of Versailles, France
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Ceiling, Palace of Versailles, France
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Palace of Versailles, inside, suite, France
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Palace of Versailles, inside, France


Main features of Palace of Versailles:

- Grand appartments - Appartment of the King, Appartment of the Queen
  
  Appartment of the King:
  • Salon de Diane 
  • Salon de Mars 
  • Salon de Mercure 
  • Salon d’Apollon 
  • Salon de Jupiter 
  • Salon de Saturne 
  • Salon de Vénus
   Appartment of the Queen:
  • Chapel 
  • Salle de gardes 
  • Antichambre
  • Chambre 
  • Grand cabinet 
  • Oratory 
  • Petit cabinet


- Small appartments - Appartment of the King, Appatrment of the Queen

- Hall of Mirrors

- Chapels of Versailles

- The Opera

- Museum of the History of France

- Gardens of Versailles


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The Gardens of Versailles, France
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Chateau de Versailles, France
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Versaille - looking from the Latone Fountain out to the Grand Canal, France


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Le Hameau de la Reine, Petit Trianon, Versailles, France

Saturday, January 28, 2012

Party in the catacombs of Paris?

I'm sure most of you have heard about the Catacombs of Paris. However, this ossuary holds the remains of about 6 million people. They are located in the tunnels of the old stone mines. And since the early 19th century a small part of it became a tourist attraction. Since 1874 they are open on a regular basis for visitors.


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Catacombs, Paris

So, The Catacombs have always been an object of interest. There are also many people who enjoy spending time downstairs, and even make parties....


Friday, December 23, 2011

10 Museum Tips for Paris

For all  who don't like to travel  unprepared - there are some useful tips when being in Paris.  When visiting museums and monuments everybody wants to see as many as possible. That can be difficult to happen - we all know they can be crowded, overwhelming and expensive. Here are 10 tips that can help you in making the planned a reality. These tips make your sightseeing smooth, effective, sometimes even cheaper:


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Sacre Coeur, crowds, Paris, France

1. Visit some of the museums at night:

Louvre - wednesday and Friday works till 10pm.
Musee dÓrsay - Thursday till 9.45pm.
Quai de Branly - Thursday till 9.30pm. 
Palais de Tokio - till 11.30pm every day except for Mondays. 

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Paris Opera House, France

2. Visit some of the pleces early in the day:

Louvre opens at 9.00am, so you can be one of the first to see mona Lisa for the day.

3. Free Admission:

Many museums in Paris are with no pass every first Sunday on the month.

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The Eiffel Tower, Paris, France


A list with these museums with free admission every first Sunday of the month the whole year you ca see here: http://travellingabroad-ideas.blogspot.com/2011/12/paris-tips-list-of-paris-free-museums.html


4. Don't mistake the Metro tation for the Louvre:

The Metro Station for the Louvre is not Louvre - rivoli, but Palais Royal - Musee de Louvre off the 1 & 9 lines.

5. Fast tickets:

Inside the Carrousel of Louvre - the shopping corner, there is a Tabac. You can buy tickets. On Tuesdays it is closed.

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View to Paris


6.Very good idea is to buy tickets in advance or a Museum Pass:

You can purchase tickets in advance on Internet  for most of the museums.

Museum Passes can be used in more than 50 museums in the city and the surroundings. They are available in most of the museums.

Prices:
2 day pass - 30 Euros
4 day pass - 45 Euros
6 day pass - 60 Euros


You can see for more information on the official site:     www.Parismuseumpass.com

If you want to buy the tickets and have them delivered to your home or hotel / with an additional fee  of course/ see here:    http://www.gotoparis.net/musee.html
 
7. Many small museums are with free admission.

8.Use Guided Tours for Louvre, Versailles, Musee d'Orsay:

The best way to see the Louvre, Versailles and Musee dÓrsay and to receive good and efficient information is to hire Guide. This may be a private or groupe course.

9.The Best View to Paris at Notre Dame:

If you climb 250 steps you will get to the bell tower where Quasimodo rang the bells. Some say this is the place with the best view to Paris. Here can be seen mostly the older part of the city.

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Notre Dame Gargoyle, Paris, France

 10. Fastest way to enter to the Eiffel Tower:

An easy way to entry the Eiffel Tower and avoid the lines is to visit the  Altitude 95 Restaurant on the first floor. You should definitely make reservation in advance.



Paris Tips - List of the Paris Free Museums on first Sunday of the month

Free on 1st Sunday of the month, all year round

In Paris:

In Ile-de-France:

Travel wisely -Skip the annoying and time-eating Museum Lines - Paris, London, Berlin

Most of the travellers have limited time to enjoy their holiday, three ot four days stay in Paris for example. So, all of them want to spend time wisely. Every tourist want to see as many as possible places, such as monuments, museums, to visit some bars or cafes, to grab s.th to eat in a hurry, and to sit in some nice restaurant the next time. Everybody knows the program is lond, the time short, so a tip for skipping all or at least some of the annoying museum lines will be very useful. 
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Musee de Louvre, Paris, France
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Musee de Louvre, Paris, France


Paris is a city with Museum card or pass for example. They usually provide you free or discounted entry in the top spots, and the best and most important - most of the times they permit you skip the lines. This is awesome. 
Here  i want to note that such pass can be also used in cities like London and Berlin too. 
 
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British Museum, London
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British Museum, London

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Natural History Museum, London
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Altes Museum, Berlin, Germany
In Paris, when visiting Louvre this pass can save you hours. The same applies to many more famous spots - The Eiffel Tower is such a place. I personally have visited it, no having such a card, waited with hours.  If back then I knew this tip, i would take advantage of it. That's what people have called "Money well spent".

Thursday, December 22, 2011

Paris on a budget, Discover Walks - new, perfect, pleasant and even free way to get to know one of the most beautiful cities in world - Paris, Places to visit

Recently two young man / Alexandre Gourevich - Paris native and Jim Jotgensen - Californian/ decided to start a wonderful activity. Guided tours - a way to show you the city in its real atmosphere, the way a native knows the city. They now have staff, called City Guides. They offer you an amazing experience - exciting, special tour round the city, memory you would bring home with you. City Guides make the walk informative, fun and also personal. They often use their own experience in the effort to show you the real life in Paris. So, this is my tip for you  travellers in order to make your stay in Paris even more unforgettable.
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Eiffel Tower, Paris, France
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France, Paris, Le Consulat, a perfect place to have a coffee, if you only knew about the place....

The regular tours are for free. These people only accept tips from content customers as a way to earn the living. All of you can join. Tours start and end at majot city landmarks.
The tours are held in English. 


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Librarie Shakespeare and Co, Paris, France
 

Kinds of Tours and hours:
Paris Landmarks / Right Bank Tour /   10am every day.
Notre Dame and the Heart  of Paris /  1pm every day.
Montmartre / Moulin Rouge to Sacre Coeur / 11am every day.
Left Bank / latin Quartier/ 2.30pm every day.
Trendy Marais / 2.30pm every day.


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France, Paris, le Marais, night walk

Of coarse, there are paid courses too. You can get a private one - Family tour, Group and School Tours and others.
In my opinion this is a wonderful opportunity. This is why i decided to share it with you. That way you can make your trip to Paris even more full and exciting.

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Relais Christine Paris, located in Latin Quartier, St-Germain-des-Pres, narrow street on the left Bank, Paris, France

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Avenue of the cat that fishes

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Art entrance to the Metro, Latin Quartier, Paris, France


Pictures: http://picasaweb.google.com/wonderdog1/AvignonToParis

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Les Trois Maillets, jazz club with many artist performances, first open as a Cabaret, Latin Quartier, Paris, France

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View to the Eiffel Tower from the  restaurant in the Musee d'Órsay, Paris, France


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Quartier Latin, Paris, France






Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Travel Advice - Places To Visit In Phi Phi Island

Travel Advice - Places to Visit in Phi Phi Island


Maya bay -Maya Bay on Phi Phi Ley is an island on the southern island of Phi phi Don. The island is uninhabited and there are no accommodations available here most of the island just a lump of steep rocks and there is no plateau.

Maya bay is somewhat sheltered by two reef into large flanking the entrance, so no big waves that could touch the beautiful beaches. It's very nice scenery, clear water and blue green surrounded by towering cliffs.

Behind the beach there is only grass and wild plants and 50 meters "stuck" to the rock wall, so what we see in the movie The Beach was a hoax!!,.

Same Loh bay - Another bay on the PPL island

Viking Cape - Still in the PPL, a cave in the rock walls, as once used as a residence or place of pirate defense, the Viking sailors who once lived there. But it is unlikely that Viking sailors originated in mainland Denmark get there.

Monkey Beach - small beach at the PPD, which is inhabited by hundreds of monkeys

Ton Say Bay - Beautiful indeed with dozens of boats that dump the anchor with a row of the ITB on the beach.

Loh In Bay - The bay is only separated by 100 m wide inland from Ton say bay. Loh in this almost like Maya Bay but here is more crowded and "less secret". Beautiful scenery is only in the morning.

Yongkasem Bay - Another beautiful bay in the PPD, can be reached using a boat or ITB. But if you love a challenge can try kayaking. The right time for kayaking are in the morning when the sea was calm and the wind is not blowing too hard.

Long Beach - This beach is located on the south side of the PPD, 3 km in length can be reached by walk from Ton say bays or using ITB.

View Point - If you want to see PPD from high places and wait for the sun sinking in the west. We need to walk about 2 miles to reach this view point.

Food - Cuisine in the PPI is not much different from Phuket you will get a cheaper food from a small restaurant or roadside stalls, cost you about 60-120 baht for one serving Thai cuisine. If you want to nice seafood restaurants then, price is ranging 150-300 baht.

Another place to visit is Mosquito Island

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Sunday, November 20, 2011

Places To Visit In Paris

Paris to Visit - Travel Advice


Paris, the city of romance, glamor, museums, good food, the shopping, the VIP night out, among many other things. Paris is rich in culture, entertainment is diverse, multicultural culinary is talking and is stunning, and that exudes beauty everywhere.

It is hard to resist the charms of the city of light. Paris is a glamorous destination par excellence and one of the first to be recommended as a romantic getaway

Paris is love at first sight, but at the same time it is a known love, love "déjà vu" (already seen). Our Recoleta does not differ too much in the style typical of this city. What can happen to visit Paris is surprised and delighted, but also feel connected to their streets and corners. No clutch, this connection instantly evaporates when trying to communicate. That French sexy, seductive and above all comprehensible animated skunk "Pepe l'amour" is too far from reality.

The Argentine and Latin American countries have, fortunately, a pseudo-sanctuary in which to rest the brain of those indecipherable sounds, which for us is to be spoken French (because the writing is more understandable). In front of the cathedral of "Notre Dame" (most should know by the animated film Hunchback), crossing the Seine River, is the Latin Quarter or the "Quartier Latin". This is an area of ??approximately 20 blocks, where the whole congregation meets in Paris and America is characterized by having multiple restaurants for all tastes and a very active nightlife. While most people speak French, Spanish speakers can be found with which to talk or take a few drinks.

On the other hand, if we grasp the "Melancthon homeland" (especially, those who live outside) and want to reconnect with our roots and traditions, Paris is a spot for it. From restaurants, shopping cart where find caramel, herbs, meat in Argentina, among others, to libraries, almost everything is possible to locate in this city.

Places to visit in Paris - Eiffel Tower - is undoubtedly the most emblematic monument in Paris and one of the most visited in the world. Climb the Eiffel Tower is a unique experience, from above you can see incredible panoramic views of the city.

Notre Dame - is the cathedral of Paris and one of the oldest in France. Gothic style, has three portals on its facade, the Gate of Judgement, and consecrated to the Virgin Mary and her mother, Santa Ana

Louvre Museum- One of the largest in the world. It is an imposing building with an ancient and a modern part attached, which is known corresponds to the glass pyramid. The museum houses works of great artistic value of recognized artists, such as La Gioconda, La Venus de Milo, among others.


Montmartre is located in the northern suburb of Paris. It is characterized by its narrow streets and lively nightlife. There is traditional Moulin Rouge, a classic Parisian night. On the hill of the same name, is the Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, an imposing church of Roman and Byzantine styles.

Arc de Triomphe, was ordered to be built by Napoleon Bonaparte, is situated on the Champs Elysees, the largest avenue in Paris.

Barrio Latino- there is the University of the Sorbonne, the Pantheon and the Luxembourg Gardens, attractive inevitable for a walk in pairs.

The Tomb of Napoleon, the district of La Defense, La Villette Park and the Island of San Luis, are other must-see tours to discover this fascinating city.

Paris is not wasted, its attractions are endless, which is why we always have a good excuse to visit.

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Saturday, November 19, 2011

Disneyland Paris Attractions

Disneyland Paris is one of the most visited places in Europe. Attractions here are fascinating. In Disneyland everybody can spend some time enjoying a fairy world. That's why this is the perfect holiday destination. In order to propose activities for all age groups there are five themed lands: Fantasyland, Discoveryland, Adventureland, Frontierland, Main Street USA. I have to say it's worth spending at least two days here so you can enjoy all the places that are interesting for you. Here you can see the best attractions and some really beautiful places:
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Disneyland Park, France
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Disneyland Studios, France



Big Thunder Mountain Disneyland Paris 

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Big Thunder Mountain, Disneyland Paris


Space Mountain Disneyland Paris
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 Space Mountain, Disneyland Paris

It's a small world

It's a small world, Disneyland, Paris

Pirates of the Caribbean

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Pirates of the Caribbean, Disneyland Paris

The Twilight Zone Tower of Horror
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The Twilight Zone Tower of Horror, Disneyland, Paris

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Peril
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Indiana Jones and the Temple of Peril, Disneyland Paris



Rock 'n' Roller Coaster starring Aerosmith
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Rock 'n' Roller Coaster starring Aerosmith, Disneyland Paris


RC Racer
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RC Racer, Disneyland, Paris


Crush's Coaster
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Crush's Coaster, Disneyland Paris

Sleeping Beauty Castle
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Sleeping Beauty Castle, Disneyland Paris



Alice's curious labirinth
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Alice's curious labirinth, Disneyland Paris

Disneyland, Paris

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Disneyland Paris resort
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Disneyland Paris