Top Places to Visit in Paris

Top 10 Places to visit in Paris 



1. The Eiffel Tower


2. The Catacombs of Paris
While most people come to this city for romance, there’s a darker side to be found. This underground burial complex houses six million skeletons dating to the 18th century. Stacked in endless corridors, it’s a fascinating and haunting place. If you have the courage, it’s one of the most interesting places in Paris to see.

3. Musee du Louvre
Firmly seated among the most famous places to visit in Paris, you could spend your entire trip exploring the Louvre. It is vast and packed full of masterpieces at every turn. So do you zip through seeing the  Mona Lisa, Venus de Milo et al or do you take your time and risk joining the collection.

4. The Pantheon - Paris
The Pantheon's in Rome right? True, but it’s also in Paris. At least, the Paris Pantheon is in Paris. Makes sense, if you think about it. The Paris Pantheon is a church turned mausoleum and resting place of France’s famous.

5. Palace of Versailles
A monument to the decadence of royalty and a constant draw for vast numbers of visitors, Versailles is simply breathtaking. And if the massive opulent palace isn’t enough, the gardens will simply blow your mind. Representing ostentatiousness beyond measure, it’s clearly one of the very best places to visit in Paris.

6. Notre Dame Cathedral of Paris



7. Pere Lachaise Cemetery
This cemetery is not the most obvious of things to do in Paris, and yet it has a strange allure. As well as many famous figures and military grandees found here, and alongside ornate and elaborate tombs, are a number of graves which have become cult destinations – principally the burials of Oscar Wilde and Jim Morrison.

8. Crypte Archeologique - Paris
One of the city’s best hidden gems is the Crypte Archeologique – an underground museum of Roman Paris. Indeed, few people even think of Roman ruins among the interesting places in Paris to visit. This site is more curious as it's directly below Notre Dame; yet of the thousands above, barely dozens descend its steps.

9. Sainte Chapelle
If there was ever an example of good things in small packages then Sainte Chapelle is it. A 13th century church, its beautiful upper chapel is formed of intricate stained-glass windows and a richly decorated ceiling. It’s easily one of the top ten Paris places to visit and really has to be seen to be appreciated.

10. Musee de Cluny
A hidden gem in the heart of Paris, Musee de Cluny is a medieval museum nestling within an ancient Roman bath complex. In fact, this tucked away treasure is one of the very best remnants of the ancient Roman city which would become Paris. If you’re seeking interesting places to visit in Paris, this is hard to beat.

http://www.historvius.com/what-to-see-in-paris/fr283

Notre Dame Cathedral

Facts about the Notre Dame Cathedral
• Notre Dame is 130 meters long, 48 meters wide, 35 meters high. The rose windows have a diameter of 10 meters. The cathedrals pillars have a diameter of 5 meters.
  
• Notre Dame is located on the Paris Island called Ile de la Cite, which concentrated the power attributes of France between the 4th and the 14th century.
• The world famous cathedral is referred to as: Notre Dame de Paris ("Our Lady of Paris" in French), The Notre Dame Cathedral or sometimes just simple "Notre Dame"
  
• The twin towers go as high as 69 meters (387 steps). The south tower houses the 13 ton Emmanuel bell.
• The best time to visit the Notre Dame Cathedral is early in the morning, between Tuesday and Friday.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Access to the cathedral is open and free of charge every day of the year, during the opening hours.
• There is also a movie based on this beautiful monument. 
  
  
  
  
  
  

http://www.notredamecathedralparis.com/facts

Eiffel Tower

Facts About the Eiffel Tower

• The Eiffel Tower is 1,063ft tall and was the world’s tallest man-made structure for 41 years. 
• At night on the hour exactly for 5minutes the Eiffel Tower lights up with sparkling lights.
  
• It was surpassed by the Chrysler Building in New York City in 1930. 
• The tower was made of 18,038 pieces joined by two-and-a-half million rivets. 
  
• In the 1920s, the confidence trickster Victor Lustig twice sold the Eiffel Tower for scrap metal. 
• To protect the tower from the elements, it was coated with 60 tons of paint. It was since been repainted 18 times. 
• On a sunny day, thermal expansion may cause the tower to grow by six inches. 
• If Blackpool Tower were 13ft higher, it would be exactly half the height of the Eiffel Tower.
• In 1988, Californian engineering professor Joe King made a 23ft-high exact replica of the Eiffel Tower out of 110,000 toothpicks.
  http://www.express.co.uk/fun/top10facts/467761/Top-10-facts-about-the-Eiffel-Tower

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London Eye

Facts About The London Eye

• The London Eye (previously known as the Millennium Wheel) was one of the structures built in Britain to celebrate the new Millennium. The other structure was the Millennium Dome.
• It is one of the most popularly visited, paid attractions in Great Britain. It is said that the London Eye is visited by an average of 3-3.5 million visitors every year.
•  The capsules are air-conditioned, and seats are also provided for the passengers to sit. The passengers are allowed to walk around and enjoy the view.
• Each capsule is designed in such a way that it gives a 360-degree viewing angle to the passengers.
  
• A passenger capsule was named as the 'Coronation Capsule' on June 2, 2013 to mark the sixtieth anniversary of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.
• The movie Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer―released in 2007―featured the monument in its opening sequence. The London Eye also appeared in the movie Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix in 2007.

  

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  Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Srfer

http://www.buzzle.com/articles/london-eye-facts.html