Paris, France – City of Love and Lights

#1 – Eiffel Tower

Of course, the Eiffel Tower has to be at the top of our list!
No visit to Paris is complete without a stop here! You haven't been to Paris if you don't have a picture of the Eiffel Tower.
Built in 1889, back then criticized for the strange design, considered as impractical, but now it’s a French cultural icon! Not only is it the most visited attraction in Paris, and indeed the icon of Paris. It’s also got a famous and interesting history!
Helt the title of ‘tallest man-made structure in the world’ for 41 years before it was trumped in 1930 by New York’s Chrysler Building.

#9 – Shopping

The luxurious department stores are so far set apart from anywhere else in the world, you simply have to see them! Shopping in Paris feels like a whole different adventure.
The most famous shopping center in Paris is the resplendent Galeries Lafayette! Massive and filled with gold gilding and glass, as well as some of the most high-end shopping in the world, it will blow your mind!

#10 – Cafe Life

When you think of Paris, the city of lights, you imagine classy people in berets and light scarves sipping on something at a charming cafe. That's what you'll see!
Cafe life is an integral part of Parisian living. You will see people working from a cafe, reading the newspaper with a coffee, people with friends having coffee at every time of the day!
To feel like a Parisian, dress up in your best, and head to a coffee for an hour or two, you will enjoy it! Also keep in mind that as a tourist, you will be charged for the view as well.

#11 – French Revolution

The French Revolution may be Paris and the greater France’s greatest fame!
This revolution aimed to change the fabric of society, a social upheaval that set the stage for many other countries’ social and political changes. It was in this crazy time that Napoleon Bonaparte took front stage!
You can learn fascinating facts about Paris and the French Revolution at the Paris Carnavalet Museum.

#12 – Historical Figures – Napoleon Bonaparte

Napoleon Bonaparte was born in Ajaccio, on the French island of Corsica, on August 15, 1769.
Napoleon is one of the world’s most famous military figures!
With Napoleon in charge, France held control over most of Europe for over a decade. His changes, battles, and reforms have influenced the way the world works today, in a surprisingly far-reaching way!

#13 – Joan of Arc

France’s most famous and brilliant heroine.
She played a large part in the Hundred Years War when she was just a girl, leading the French army to victory at the age of 18! She was captured a year later and burnt at the stake as a heretic. She remains one of Paris’ most famous icons, hundreds of years later.
You can see a beautiful gold-gilded statue of Joan outside the Place des Pyramides in Paris!

#14 – Marie Antoinette

Marie Antoinette never said ‘Let them eat cake!’ This is the line that made Marie Antoinette infamous.
Marie Antoinette became Queen of France and Navarre on May 10, 1774.
Her marriage to Louis-Auguste, when she was 14, was designed to create peace between Austria and France after the Diplomatic Revolution of 1756.
Nine months after the execution of the former King Louis XVI, an all-male jury found the former queen guilty on all charges and unanimously condemned her to death.
She was buried in an unmarked grave and then exhumed.

#15 – Catacombs

One of the darker monuments in Paris, the Catacombs are one of the most famous cemeteries in the world! With the remains of over 6 million people fit into a small part of Paris’ underground tunnels, it’s a daunting place.
The Paris Catacombs were a creative solution to a pressing problem in the 18th century, when the city’s grave sites were practically overflowing with generations upon generations of remains and encroaching on the land of the living — which you can bet definitely posed a public health risk.
Be aware, it’s cold down there!

#16 - Avenue des Champs-Elysées in Paris

The Champs Elysées Avenue in Paris tops the list of the most beautiful avenues in the world.
It is visited each day by nearly 300,000 people, who come to admire its majestic monuments or enjoy a shopping spree.
The name of the avenue means, The paradise for all the heroes that passed away.
1.9 kilometers long, 70 meters wide and connects the Place de la Concorde and the Arc de Triomphe
This is what to do when you are visiting the avenue:
1. Celebrate Paris at a contemporary cabaret, Le Lido de Paris.
2. Step inside a perfume landmark at Maison Guerlain
3. Rub shoulders with the stars at Fouquet’s restaurant
4. Attend an auction at Art Curial
5. See a blockbuster art show at the Grand Palais or Petit Palais

#17 - Montmartre  an authentic village in the heart of Paris

Definitely worth visiting! Discover the incomparable charm of the Montmartre district and its museums, vineyards, windmills, Sacré-Cœur…! If you're looking for a little green haven, Montmartre will amaze you with its many gardens and vineyard! Planted in 1930 on the north side of the famous Butte, the vines perpetuate the memory of a rural neighborhood in the heart of the capital. Like Picasso, Modigliani, Miro, and before them Manet, Toulouse-Lautrec, Géricault, Renoir and Van Gogh, painters have for a long time made Montmartre their home, met up in cafes and busied themselves in the many artists’ studios on the Butte. Today, Montmartre is still abuzz with art with eclectic galleries and the Halle Saint-Pierre, where art brut is superbly represented. And if you want to have your portrait drawn or painted, go to Place du Tertre just behind Sacré-Cœur, where dozens of professional drawers and cartoonists will be delighted to spend a moment with you!