If you are after something different then pere lachaise cemetery is amazing. The medieval foundations of the louvre at the louvre are worth the entry ticket by themselves. Musee Rodin is my favourite of the smaller museums/galleries and it has a lovely sculpture garden too. I thought Sacre Coeur was pretty average but the walk up to Montmartre is scenic as is the view from the top.. Montmartre itself is a very funky little place to have a nice coffee and just watch the world go by.
mmm I love the Rodin as well! Montmartre is so lovely ahhh Paris!!
Also Versailles!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Awesome!
I liked the l'Orangeries but ... perhaps too Impressionist for some. Wandering along the Seine and the Left Bank and just drinking in the atmosphere. In and out of all the secondhand bookshops. Sigh. I love Paris.
I adore l'Orangerie, just sitting in that waterlily room makes me feel so peaceful. Also Versailles but probably too touristy for Russ. Now I want to go back...Let's run away together GJ!
Yes! Well Paris might suddenly have come back on my agenda!
I sat for hours in the waterlily room and just absorbed it - for the paintings they are, for the brilliance of the artistry and for the sense of iconicness (is that a word).
And then i went for an espresso.
Versailles is touristy but you can wander through the gorgeous grounds and go down to the fake little village of Marie Antoinettes and get lost in the quite parts right away from the chateau.
Everyone tends to go to the Louvre and Musee D'Orsay, but I personally can't go past the Centre Georges Pompidou. Lots of delightful and weird bug-eyed contemporary and modern art, and very famous (some say notorious) architecture.
I've never been in there (though I've been to Paris many times) but it's a nice neighborhood. My main Paris recommendation is to wander, drink coffee, have a bite to eat and a beer, get lost, find a Metro, etc. The museums are good, but they're not Paris.
it's always clever to avoid the impressionists.. oh hang on, we need some new tea-towels, something by monet would be ideal, you could wipe up pasta sauce and not notice the difference...
I had the fabulously embarrassing experience of walking around a corner at the Tate Modern, seeing a *huge* canvas of lillies in a pond that was completely dull and boring, saying as much a little too loudly, and then learning it was a very famous and well-loved painting by Monet.
The best thing I saw in the Tate Modern was a room full of uncomfortable red paintings by Mark Rothco. Absolutely astounding.
Yeah, that's true. I definitely think getting out of Paris and seeing the countryside and small towns is really great. I love Paris and France separately :)
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I am so jealous!
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Also Versailles!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Awesome!
I liked the l'Orangeries but ... perhaps too Impressionist for some.
Wandering along the Seine and the Left Bank and just drinking in the atmosphere. In and out of all the secondhand bookshops. Sigh. I love Paris.
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I sat for hours in the waterlily room and just absorbed it - for the paintings they are, for the brilliance of the artistry and for the sense of iconicness (is that a word).
And then i went for an espresso.
Versailles is touristy but you can wander through the gorgeous grounds and go down to the fake little village of Marie Antoinettes and get lost in the quite parts right away from the chateau.
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is it good modern art? tate modern bored me (except the Kahlo exhibition)
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Whether you'll like it or not depends on your opinion of contemporary art, I guess. Imagine a much bigger, higher budget version of PICA.
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The best thing I saw in the Tate Modern was a room full of uncomfortable red paintings by Mark Rothco. Absolutely astounding.
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