Paris - Highlights
Paris was born on the Ile de la Cité around 250BC, surrounded by the muddy waters of the river Seine. Many of the city’s most cherished places can still be found along the River.
The Mona Lisa smiles wryly at visitors who think they have seen everything in the Louvre museum. Pause to think about the sensual sculptures in the intimate Musée Rodin. Look down on Paris from the gothic tangles of Notre-Dame or the elegant tip of the Eiffel Tower. Back on the ground, choose your mood from the romantic Jardin du Luxembourg to the cavernous Musée d'Orsay.
Bright young things flock to the latest art or multi-media exhibition at the Pompidou Centre, with rooftop café and flamboyant Marais location, or youthful Palais de Tokyo, by the Musée d'Art Moderne.
Invest in a Paris Museum Pass for free admission and queue-jumping at 70 museums and monuments in Paris and the Ile-de-France. The Musée d'Orsay and Musée Rodin open on Tuesday, when most national museums are shut, but they close Monday instead. A fun way to see the sights is in the nostalgic, chauffeured comfort of a 2CV with the enterprising 4 Roues Sous un Parapluie (Four Wheels Under an Umbrella). Alternatively, join the tourists in a Bateaux-mouches trip along the Seine.
