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Paris, the city of love and a thousand other clichés, still holds a
certain mystic. But no matter how many written words this great city
has commanded - however familiar this town may appear - Paris will
always remain an enigma, a magnet for millions of visitors from around
the world.

Paris carries an enchantment that you cannot always put your
finger on. We perceive Parisians as chic and stylish, forever setting
the trend.

But there is more to this country than just its capital. France
is home to over 60 million people, including many of North African
descent.

One of the things that keeps France great is its attention to
detail: the back street shop that sells 30 varieties of croissant, the
creaseless department store bags to carry home your latest in
fashionable attire, the delightful little chocolates that accompany
your coffee on one of the street corner cafes.

The French language itself conjures up magic and mystery, adding to the romance of being in an alien land.

The modern France bears aspects of foreign influence. Alongside
the chic boutiques and stylish cafes sit far-western heavyweights such
as McDonalds. But France will forever remain French. Chic and panache
will always prevail.

Provided you can steer clear of the boy racers who treat the
roads as racing tracks, France will satisfy even the most ardent
explorers.

When visiting France, the first place on most people’s
itineraries is Paris, and the fabulous Louvre. Whilst Napoleon
endeavoured to conquer Europe, his armies busied themselves collecting
the spoils from their defeated hosts.

When the Louvre was built in 1793, these trophies were exhibited in the new museum for the whole of France to witness.

Today the Louvre has been given a modern day makeover. A
magnificent glass pyramid embraces the museum making it instantly
recognisable around the world.

If you can endure the crowds, some of the world’s most
celebrated art can be witnessed. These include ‘Winged Victory’ and the
‘Mona Lisa’ with her legendary smile.

For those wanting an escape from the hustle and bustle of
France’s busy cities, the town of Chamonix offers the perfect contrast
to city life. Located in one of the spectacular valleys of the French
Alps, Chamonix offers picture postcard views, dominated by centuries
old glaciers and the imposing summit of Mount Blanc.

Just one of the many reasons for France being the world’s number one tourist destination.

Chambery, located in the heart of the French Alps is the once
capital of Savoie. It sits just near Lac du Bourget (Bourget Lake),
looked upon by the Alps that surround it. Chambery is a city that can
be both visited in the winter and summer. In the winter there are a
number of ski resorts within easy driving distance. In the summer those
same Alps that were skied, become hiking and backpacking trails and
campgrounds.

The center of Chambery is the ‘old town’ it includes a Chateau,
once the residence of the dukes of Savoie, a 15th century Cathedral and
a fine arts museum. There is also a ‘Fontaine des Elephants’ (Elephants
Fontaine) built in honor of the Comte de Boigne, who bestowed upon the
city much wealth. A large portion of his personal wealth came from
India, hence the Elephant Fontaine.

The center of Chambery offers not only tourist attractions but
also many shops for buying your favorite French goods. If you are lucky
it might be market day and you can buy some fresh local produce. Like
so many cities in France Chambery is not only charming, it is also
small enough to be walked comfortably. You will be able to see the
center without getting sore feet! But if you do have that fear there is
a tourist ‘train’ that will take you through the center and let you
visit with as little walking as possible.

Chambery makes a good base for exploring the French Alps
especially during the winter as it is within easy driving distance of
such ski resort towns as Grenoble, Albertville, La Clusaz, Courchevel,
Alpe d’Huez, Chamonix and Val d’Isère. In the summer other outdoor
activities are possible including hiking and camping. As Chambery is
close to three national parks, Parc national de la Vanoise, Parc
Naturel Régional de Chartreuse and Parc Naturel Régional du Massif des
Bauges. Other close natural attractions include, Lac du Bourget and Lac
d’Aiguebelette. Two other popular summer lakes are Annecy Lake, within
an hour’s drive and Lake Geneva, two hours’ drive.

Getting to Chambery is easy as it has a modern airport; the
official name is Aéroport de Chambéry. The airport code is CMF. At the
moment there are a number of ‘no thrills’ airlines like Flybe and Jet2.com
that have regular service to Chambery. These ‘no thrills’ airlines fly
from selected major European destinations like Amsterdam and Bruxelles
along with such UK destinations as, Birmingham, Exeter, Manchester and
Southampton.

Chambery can also be accessed by car from the A41 Autoroute
Exit 13, Chambery Nord. Chambery is a little over an hour’s drive from
Lyon and about a seven hour drive from Paris. Chambery also has train
access. If you plan on coming from Paris the best thing to do is take
the TGV (high speed train), it only takes about an hour and a half and
then transfer to a regional train in Lyon that goes to Chambery.

Chambery can also be used as a base to visit other European
cities and countries like Geneva, Switzerland and Turin in Italy. Each
are within in a two hour drive.

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The 5th arrondissement is on the Left Bank of the Seine River in
central Paris. It is often known as the Quartier Latin (Latin Quarter)
although it’s been a long time since many have spoken Latin there. Its
population is slightly under sixty thousand and the district provides
almost fifty thousand jobs. It is fairly small; less than a square mile
(about two and a half square kilometers). This is one of the oldest
districts in all Paris and offers some attractions dating back to the
time of the Romans who never called it the Latin Quarter. The Roman
town Lutetia was built in the First Century BC.

The Arenes de Lutece (Lutetia Arena) once held at least fifteen
thousand spectators and considerably fewer gladiators. It was built in
the First Century AD and included the longest Roman amphitheater. The
135 foot (over 40 meter) long stage hosted both plays and gladiator
fights. There were probably animal cages as well, surely not for the
plays. The upper level held the poor, the slaves, and women while the
lower level was reserved for the big shots. Just in case the spectators
got bored they did have a great view of the Seine River.

The city was sacked by barbarians in the year 280 and some of its
stone was removed to build up the defenses. The arena was subsequently
transformed into a cemetery, and then filled with the construction of
city walls in the early Thirteenth Century. The arena was more or less
forgotten; nobody knew where it was but neighborhood kept its name. The
arena was accidentally rediscovered in the 1860s during the
construction of a streetcar depot on the site. The famous Nineteenth
Century writer Victor Hugo played a major role in preserving these
ruins. The area became a public square in 1896 and is open to the
public daily and evenings in the summer.

The Institut du Monde Arabe (Arab World Institute) was established
in 1980 by eighteen Arab countries and France. This Institute provides
extensive information about the Arab world and promotes its cultural
and spiritual values. The Institute also supports cooperation and
cultural exchanges between France and the Arab world, especially in
science and technology. In 1989 it won the Aga Khan Award for
Architecture.

The Jardin des Plantes is France’s main botanical garden. It
includes an aquarium, and a small zoo founded with animals from the
royal menagerie at Versailles (not the two-legged variety). Its gardens
include a rose garden, an alpine garden, an Art Deco winter garden,
Australian and Mexican hothouses, and a maze.

The Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle (National Museum of
Natural History) was founded during the French Revolution. It was quite
a center of scientific research. One of the winners of the 1903 Nobel
Prize for Physics, Henri Becquerel, held its chair for Applied Physics
when he accidentally discovered uranium’s radioactivity. Four
generations of Becquerels held this chair from 1838 until 1948, which
must be some sort of record.

The Musee de Cluny, officially known as Musee National du Moyen Age
(National Museum of the Middle Ages) is perhaps the most outstanding
medieval building in Paris. It was the town house of the Abbots of
Cluny, dating back to 1334 but was rebuilt in both Gothic and
Renaissance style starting near the end of the Fifteenth Century. The
Musee de Cluny has a fine collection of important medieval artifacts,
in particular tapestries, Gothic sculptures, and illuminated
manuscripts. Herman Melville mentioned this museum in his famous novel
Moby Dick.

The Thermes de Cluny are what remains of Third Century Gallo-Roman
baths. Its best-preserved section is the frigidarium, the cold-water
pool in which bathers dipped to close their pores after enjoyed the
hot-water sections. Some of the original decorative wall painting and
mosaics remain intact. These baths were poorly defended and probably
destroyed by barbarians, those dirty barbarians, towards the end of the
Third Century.

The Pantheon (from a Greek word meaning all the Gods) was
originally built as a church dedicated to St. Genevieve, the patron
saint of Paris. It sits on top of Montagne Sainte-Genevieve and
overlooks all Paris. While this is a great-looking building the
architect died before its completion, and not all his plans were
followed. The building was intended to be a church in honor of King
Louis XV’s recovery, but the French Revolution intervened and the
Pantheon was transformed into a mausoleum. In alphabetical order, some
of the great buried here include Braille, Dumas, Hugo, Marat (French
Revolution leader disinterred after little more than a year), Moulin
(French Resistance leader), Sklodowska-Curie, Soufflot (Pantheon’s
architect), Voltaire, and Zola.

The Latin Quarter is home to many universities and other centers of
higher education, and naturally scads of bars, bistros, restaurants,
and nightclubs. Some schools have relocated to more spacious quarters
in other parts of the city or region, surely to the regret of their
student population.

Of course you don’t want to tour Paris without sampling fine French
wine and food. My article I Love French Wine and Food - A Maconnais
(Burgundy) Chardonnay reviewed such a wine and suggested a sample menu:
Start with Pate en Croute de Grenouilles au Bleu de Bresse (Frog and
Bresse Blue-Cheese Pie). For your second course savor Poulet de Bresse
a la Creme-Trompettes de la Mort (Free-Range Bresse Chicken in Creamy
Sauce with Horns of Plenty Mushrooms). And as dessert indulge yourself
with Ile Flottante (Floating Island, a Meringue Island in a Custard
Sea.) Your Parisian sommelier (wine steward) will be happy to suggest
appropriate wines to accompany each course.

The Tour de France is the BIG one; it’s the World cup and the
Olympics all in one. It has it all, the high mountains, the wind swept
northern planes and the heat of the south. It also has the world’s
media, all the top teams and riders and millions of cycling mad fans
watching. The other “Grand Tours” of Italy and Spain are as exciting,
sometimes more so, but they don’t have the thing the Tour has, that
unique Tour ness, that unique French ness.

How it started.

It all started in 1903, when the French daily paper, L’Auto
wanted to sell more than its competitor, Le Vélo, who at that time was
the only paper reporting on cycle racing. It was suggested to the
papers director, Henri Desgrange that they should organise a bike race
all round France. The first race was 2,428 kilometres split into six
stages and was run off at 25.29 kilometres per hour and out of the 60
starters 21 finished and the race was lead from start to finish by
Maurice Garin.

The Heroes.

Over the years there has been a lot of heroes in the Tour de
France, you could say all the riders are heroes, to win the race once
is hard, but to win it five times is phenomenal. Only five men have
done this, and one of these has won it seven times. French rider
Jacques Anquetil was the first to win the race five times, Eddy Merckx,
Bernard Hinault and then Spaniard Miguel Indurain all equalled him.
Then the American, Lance Armstrong started to win in 1999 and didn’t
stop until he had won it a record seven times in a row. This is all the
more amazing as he is a cancer survivor and was given a 50/50 chance of
life; he beat the cancer and went on to beat all comers in the Tour de
France.

The course.

The race starts in a different town every year and every other
year it starts outside France, the choice of stage towns is a
combination of money and sporting considerations, the towns will pay
for a start or a finish, but they need to be near a mountain or a
cobbled road or be near other town who want to host the Tour. The Towns
pay to be the centre of interest for a day, the Tour also brings in a
lot of money in tourism and the Towns collect much more than they pay
and the world will remember the name of the Town, for at least a day.

The riders.

All the best riders want to win the Tour de France, but they
cant, from the 200 or so starters there is a possible five or six
riders who can win, the rest are either helping their team leaders or
sprint or mountain specialists who want to win stages or points or
mountain jerseys, this keeps the race active and interesting from
beginning to end.

The BIG Tour.

The Tour is the biggest, but that has its problems, some Towns
are not big enough, hotels etc., the television needs more space, the
journalists need more phone lines and computers, more and more people
are following the race and the riders can be forgotten about in all the
razzmatazz, but its still the biggest sporting event in the world, long
may in run!

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Le Marais is one of the most famous neighborhoods of Paris, and it
owes an important amount of its fame to its nightlife and the energy
which can be always felt while being in it. This area is also known as
the district of creativity and innovation, offering visitors the chance
to observe unique elements as well as the latest trends in fashion and
arts.

This neighborhood or district is located at a very convenient
spot, near the Louvre and the Sorbonne. Actually, visitors can walk
from the Louvre or the Sorbonne to it as well as from other spots such
as The Seine or Notre Dame since it is located at a rather central
area. Visitors who go to Le Marais would find themselves in a very
colorful and cheerful place, and can actually be very contrasting with
other local attractions which might be more formal and calm, such as
the Louvre or the Sorbonne.

The French term “le marais” means swamp and that name was
given to this neighborhood due to the appearance it had at its origins.
Nowadays, this district has a very charming appearance which transmits
the magic and the essence of a very particular and unique Paris area,
where people from different cultures and lifestyles live together in
harmony and tourists are always welcome.

Le Marais started becoming a neighborhood in the 12th century,
when religious institutions where built in it. After that, it started
gaining an important amount of population when Henry the IV built La
Place Royale within this area and made the Hotel Saint Pol his new home
by leaving the Louvre. Since that time, Le Marais started becoming a
very important spot of Paris, highly populated and full of activities.

Although Le Marais lost part of its beauty and attractive in
the 17th century, it gained it back in the 19th. During the 1960’s,
some of Le Marais historical places were destroyed, although an
important amount of others were left, and the district was given a new
appearance since it received new buildings and attracted many artists
to the area.

If you are visiting Paris for the first time, you might be
overwhelmed when planning your itinerary and deciding which attractions
to visit and in what order. Let’s take a look at the top attractions in
Paris that are a must see when planning your visit.

First you’ll want to visit the Eiffel Tower. This icon of Paris
is located at Eiffel Tower Champs de Mars. Admission to the tower is
10,70 Î . The phone number is 33 (0) 1 44 11 23 23. The Eiffel Tower
was built in 1899 and was originally supposed to be a temporary symbol
for the 1899 World’s Fair. If you really want to be “wowed” by this
structure, visit it in the evening, as the lights of Paris are a breath
taking view from the top floor. The tower includes restaurants and
shopping. Tickets to the second floor and the top floor can be
purchased at the information office at the base of the tower. Expect to
wait for the elevator and expect to be a little confused by its
configuration. Even with these slight inconveniences, a trip to Paris
wouldn’t be complete without a trip to the magnificent Paris icon – the
Eiffel Tower.

After visiting the Eiffel Tower, your next stop in Paris
should be the Muse du Louvre. Admission is 8,50 euros. The phone number
is +33 1 40 20 53 17. You may want to plan to visit the Louvre more
than once during your trip, as it is impossible to see the entire
30,000 piece collection in the world’s largest museum. The Louvre was
built in 1200 and in the 1500s became the royal family’s palace. The
Louvre was opened as a museum in 1793. In the 1980s, glass pyramids
were built to serve as the entrance and are a fantastic sight. Once
inside the museum, be sure to stop at the information desk first to
pick up a free map and to get the schedule of the 90 minute guided
tours being offered that day. The museum can be confusing even with the
map and a guided tour is recommended. The Louvre is broken up into
three wings: Richelieu, Sully and Denon. Within these three wings, the
museum is then divided into nine collections: the History of the Louvre
and Medieval Louvre, Oriental Antiquities, Arts os Islam, Egyptian
Antiquities, Sculptures, Objects d’art, Paintings, Prints and Drawings,
and Arts of Africa, Asia, Oceania and the Americas. Photography is
allowed at the museum so don’t forget your camera.

The next stop on your tour of Paris, France should be the Notre
Dame Cathedrale located at 6 place du Parvis Notre-Dame. The Cathedrale
Notre-Dame was built in 1163 but was not completed until the 14 th
century. This is a very historical sight in Paris. Napoleon crowned
himself emperor here and General de Gaulle gave thanks here when the
Germans freed Paris. One thing to be wary of is that the Cathedrale is
under restoration construction and part of it may be unobservable.

Next on the tour is Basilique du Sacre-Coeur located at 35,
rue du Chevalier-de-la-Barre. The phone number is +33 1 53 41 89 00.
The main reason for visiting this church that sits atop a large hill
just past Montmarte’s main square is to take in the amazing view of
Paris that this location offers. While in the area be sure to walk
around the streets of Montmartre’s Place du Tertre. It is almost as if
this area has been frozen in time and remains very similar to the time
when Van Gogh resided here.

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