France: Paris
Areas in the city:
- Bastille and Oberkampf
- From Montmartre to the Batignolles
- From Saint-Germain to the Latin Quarter
- From the Champs-Elysées to Opera Garnier
- From the Halles to the Marais
- Butte aux Cailles, Chinatown, and the French National Library
- Villette, Belleville-Ménilmontant and Saint-Martin Canal
- The Louvre
- Montparnasse
- Nation and Bercy
In a nutshell...
Paris can be discovered in many different ways. Sightseers can visit the Eiffel Tower, Sacré Cœur, the Montparnasse Tower and the Arc de Triomphe Cultural visits of Paris include the Louvre, the Pompidou Centre, the Grand Palace and the Orsay Museum. Whichever sights you choose, the capital abounds with visual delights.
Fashion capital of the world, Paris also presents style and luxury from the Champs-Elysées to the Rue de Rivoli, where you can visit the Baccarat Museum or the Museum of Fashion and Fabric.
Paris is also every man’s town and quarters such as the old Montmartre or unusual Belleville with their bistros and traditional festivals are symbolic of the village spirit that can be found within this metropolis.
Finally, Paris is a city of fine food where well-known chefs such as Fauchon and Lenôtre are well-established on the Place de la Madeline.
A city to visit, explore and relish!
Paris : Walks
Few hours around Beaubourg
Rue Rambuteau owes its name to a prefect of the Seine who had office just before the famed Haussmann; the road was originally laid in order to ease congestion between Bastille, Saint Eustache church and the Marais. Bordering the affectionately-termed "gut of Paris" ("le ventre de Paris", or Les Halles), this street was and will always be central to urban development in the neighbourhood. The Rambuteau area is vibrant and full of life, being quite literally the crossroads of the capital's culture and leisure activites with its many shops, movie theatres, gyms, cafes and restuarants...
From Gare de Paris Nord to Beaubourg - Pompidou Centre
Take line 5, towards Place d'Italie
At République, change to line 11, towards Châtelet
Get off at Rambuteau
The Pompidou Center will be on your right.
From Beaubourg - Pompidou Centre to Lapeyronie
When you leave Pompidou, go to the right and take another right onto rue de Beaubourg. Take a left at rue de Brantôme.
From Lapeyronie to Guinness Tavern
Take rue Rambuteau to the right then rue Sébastopol on the left. Cross the street and rue des Lombards will be the 4th on the right.
