Paris
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not Hilton...
the City... Matt will be visiting it on tuesday and wednesday... and I have the walking route I wrote for him lying around... so I figured... what the heck... I'll put it online...
Take the Metro until you reach the metro station “Châtelet-les-Halles”.
When you exit the Metro station, go to “Hôtel de Ville”, from there cross the Seine and you’ll be in front of “Nôtre Dame” and close to “Sainte Chapelle”. From there continue on to the Louvre. The Tuileries is a nice park you normally can walk through, at the end of the Tuileries you will arrive at “Place de la Concorde” with its obelisk and the start of “Boulevard du Champs Elysées”
From the “Place de la Concorde” take the “Pont de la Concorde” across the Seine to the french foreign ministry (Ministère des affaires étranges). Follow the Seine until you reach “Pont Alexandre III” and you can continue to “Hôtel des invalides”. From there continue to the “École Militaire” and you’ll arrive at the Eiffel tower.
Continue to the Eiffel tower, go under it, cross the Seine again (Close to the bridge there are boat rides on the Seine… very touristy ;-)) to the Trocadero (on of the best views to take pictures of the Eiffel tower… ). From Trocadero you can go to the “Arc de Triomphe” over the “Avenue Kleber”… once you arrive at the Arc you can go via the “Boulevard du Champs Elysees” back to the “Place de la Concorde”.
Another nice part of Paris is “Montmartre”; the “Sacré-coeur” is a fabulous church built on a hill… next to “Sacré-coeur” is “Place du tertre” (also known as “Place des artistes” (square of the artists) which usually has a nice, touristy market ;-))
IF you want to go to “Bois de Boulogne” take Metro Line 1 (yellow one); direction “La Défense” until “Porte Maillot”… from there you can take bus 244 “direction Suresnes” (I THINK, not sure about this which passes through the “Bois de Boulogne”… (you’ll need a second metro ticket on the bus as you exit the center of Paris…)
I strongly advise NOT to go the the Bois de Boulogne in the evening as there are quite a lot of “working girls” and “unsavory characters” there…
Extra info:
Eiffel tower is gorgeous at night and normally, you can go up until the 2nd floor in the evening, when it’s lit… also, every hour in the evening, at a specific time, the Eiffel tower starts flashing… it’s a fabulous view.
Also, the “Louvre” is definitely worth a visit (even a “short” one…). If you prefer impressionist paintings… the “Musée d’Orsay” is located on the Quai d’Orsay just across the Seine (it’s an old railway station building).
If you want to see “Lady Liberty”’s little sister… at the Eiffel tower, instead of going across the Seine to “Trocadero” follow the Seine (I think downstream) and you’ll find her ;-)
V for Vanity
not Hilton...
the City... Matt will be visiting it on tuesday and wednesday... and I have the walking route I wrote for him lying around... so I figured... what the heck... I'll put it online...
Take the Metro until you reach the metro station “Châtelet-les-Halles”.
When you exit the Metro station, go to “Hôtel de Ville”, from there cross the Seine and you’ll be in front of “Nôtre Dame” and close to “Sainte Chapelle”. From there continue on to the Louvre. The Tuileries is a nice park you normally can walk through, at the end of the Tuileries you will arrive at “Place de la Concorde” with its obelisk and the start of “Boulevard du Champs Elysées”
From the “Place de la Concorde” take the “Pont de la Concorde” across the Seine to the french foreign ministry (Ministère des affaires étranges). Follow the Seine until you reach “Pont Alexandre III” and you can continue to “Hôtel des invalides”. From there continue to the “École Militaire” and you’ll arrive at the Eiffel tower.
Continue to the Eiffel tower, go under it, cross the Seine again (Close to the bridge there are boat rides on the Seine… very touristy ;-)) to the Trocadero (on of the best views to take pictures of the Eiffel tower… ). From Trocadero you can go to the “Arc de Triomphe” over the “Avenue Kleber”… once you arrive at the Arc you can go via the “Boulevard du Champs Elysees” back to the “Place de la Concorde”.
Another nice part of Paris is “Montmartre”; the “Sacré-coeur” is a fabulous church built on a hill… next to “Sacré-coeur” is “Place du tertre” (also known as “Place des artistes” (square of the artists) which usually has a nice, touristy market ;-))
IF you want to go to “Bois de Boulogne” take Metro Line 1 (yellow one); direction “La Défense” until “Porte Maillot”… from there you can take bus 244 “direction Suresnes” (I THINK, not sure about this which passes through the “Bois de Boulogne”… (you’ll need a second metro ticket on the bus as you exit the center of Paris…)
I strongly advise NOT to go the the Bois de Boulogne in the evening as there are quite a lot of “working girls” and “unsavory characters” there…
Extra info:
Eiffel tower is gorgeous at night and normally, you can go up until the 2nd floor in the evening, when it’s lit… also, every hour in the evening, at a specific time, the Eiffel tower starts flashing… it’s a fabulous view.
Also, the “Louvre” is definitely worth a visit (even a “short” one…). If you prefer impressionist paintings… the “Musée d’Orsay” is located on the Quai d’Orsay just across the Seine (it’s an old railway station building).
If you want to see “Lady Liberty”’s little sister… at the Eiffel tower, instead of going across the Seine to “Trocadero” follow the Seine (I think downstream) and you’ll find her ;-)
V for Vanity