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Paris, the city of love

Culinary and Tourism - The city of Paris offers many tourist destinations, each of them each left us a memory of this beautiful city in France. But, Paris known for being the most romantic city in Europe and the world, not something they call the city of love.

Let's start by looking for a Paris apartment, where he will take as our starting point to go to be beautiful capital of France. The visit to Paris for a honeymoon or trip for Valentine's Day could start at the Montmartre. Walk the narrow streets that wind up to the Place du Tetra where we go and appreciate the art of painters, portraitists and where there are street vendors. Another opciñon is to know the Parc des Buttes-Chaumon, one of the parks best care and most beautiful of the city and is also the ideal place for romantic walks. In the know the Corinthian temple, a beautiful lake in the tour will see several caves and a pier. Other places that we recommend are:

The neighborhood of the Marais district is considered the most romantic of Paris.
The island of St. Louis, ubiada in central Paris, and it llegamoa through the Ile de la Cité and the Pont St-Louis.
The River Seine, one of the most important romantic icon
Sully Bridge to D'Iena is a world heritage site since 1992.
The Jardin du Luxembourg. has a Renaissance style, with a site visited by the inhabitants of Paris.
The Bois de Boulogne where we can go his ways and turn to love again.

Visiting Nice, French Riviera

Visiting Nice, French Riviera - Today we went to the jewel of the Riviera, the so-called core French Riviera city of Nice, near the border with Italy, is located east of the river Varus and the lower foothills of the Alps. The city of Nice is one of the most important centers of the tourist region of the Costa Azul, also called French Riviera, the city of Nice has 350 000 inhabitants, reaching 1.198 million people counting the urban area. Readmore Paris: The Eiffel Tower

Airport Nice-Côte d'Azur is the third busiest in France, located below the two Paris airports. Airport Nice-Côte d'Azur is located between the cities of Cannes and Monte Carlo, Nice.

Your spa has many beaches and glamorous because they are are visited every year by thousands of tourists with high purchasing power, now Nice is the second most visited city after Paris. Walking through the streets of Nice pordras enjoy its museums, nightlife, tours, beaches and stunning views of the Mediterranean, a real luxury to be a symbol of the most exquisite tourism.

What to see in Nice:

Vieux Nice: This is a nice area where there are streets lined with cafes, churches, bars and antique shops.
Orthodox Cathedral built in the early twentieth century but his style is the seventeenth century.
In the Matisse Museum are works of artist Henri Matisse as the famous Blue Nude IV. Near the museum are the monastery where the remains Cimiez the artist.
Museum of Art Moderne et Contemporain Art artistasta You will find works of contemporary art and modern art such as from Lichtensteir and Warhol among others.
Castle Park where you will have a beautiful view of the city and the Mediterranean Sea
La Cathedrale Sainte Reparate is in the heart of the beautiful city of Nice
The Russian Orthodox Cathedral was built in 1859, inspired in church Laroslavl Moscow. It conciderada as oldest Russian cathedral in Western Europe, which makes it a historic gem.
Lascaris Palace was built in the seventeenth century Baroque style for Jean-Baptist Lascaris-Ventimiglia.

Nice find private beaches around 15 beaches with a cost ranging between 10 and 20 euros per day, one of the best is Castle Plage. Among the public can find Beau Rivage and the Reserve.

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Paris: The Eiffel Tower

Paris: The Eiffel Tower - The French engineer Gustave Eiffel was asked to build the famous Parisian landmark, the Eiffel Tower, during the Universal Exhibition of 1889. From its summit there is a fascinating view of Paris. Readmore Villefranche - sur - Mer, French Riviera, France

With its 300 meter high monument is the 3rd largest in the world and the most visited. If you include the radio antenna is at its peak, 324 meters. In his time, was the tallest building in the world, replacing the Washington Monument and holding the world record until 1930 when the Chrysler Building in New York crafted from finished. It is estimated that today weighs over 10,000 tonnes due to a museum, restaurants and shops that were added over time. Only the structure weighs 7,300 tons.

The Eiffel Tower was built between 1887 and 1889 as the entrance arch for the Exposition Universelle of 1889, also commemorating the centenary of the French Revolution. The tower was originally designed to be built in Barcelona at the Universal Exhibition of 1888, but the project was rejected.

It was inaugurated on March 31, 1889 and opened to public on 6 May of that year. Three thousand armed workers of 18.038 pieces that make up this impressive monument, joined by two and a half million rivets.

At first Parisians were not quite agree with their construction because they feared the Eiffel Tower falling. Guy de Maupassant, a famous French writer of the time, said "hate the tower." Today it is considered a work of art.

Gustave Eiffel had a 20-year concession, after which the monument would be able in the city and would be dismantled. One requirement for crafted from, was that out easily disassembled. However, its usefulness for communication was kept up.
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Villefranche - sur - Mer, French Riviera, France

Villefranche - sur - Mer, French Riviera, France - France is one of the most touristic of the European Union. As one of the most visited countries worldwide, will be for his romantic city of Paris?, But the truth is that years ago led the top 3 destinations. Readmore Museum for Peace in France, the Caen Memorial

But beyond the beautiful and cosmopolitan Paris or the great castles of the Loire is the Costa Azul, one of the top destinations for summer or escape and enjoy the tours offered by the Costa Azul q. There are many towns and districts in this part of France and one of them is Villefranche-sur-Mer.

Villefranche-sur-Mer is serca Nice and just 10 km from Monaco so you can schedule a tour. The city is on a bay overlooking the Mediterranean, one of the deepest natural harbors of the sea and for that reason has always been important.

There are 2 public beaches, the de la Darse, small pebbles, and de mariniere, the main beach is at the end of the wide bay and is 1 km long. Worth a visit its beautiful medieval citadel dating from the seventh century and is now the town hall with some museums and outdoor theater, the residence of King Leopold II of Belgium known as Villa Leopolda and Rue Obscure, a tunnel passing under the houses of the port and is the eleventh century.

You can stay in Villefranche-sur-Mer is ready to host tourism and from there walk the hills around the fort visit Monte Alban and enjoy the wonderful views offered Villafranca-sur-Mer.
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Museum for Peace in France, the Caen Memorial

Museum for Peace in France, the Caen Memorial - In the famous region of Normandy, in France, is the city of Caen. In the French capital is about 238 km from Paris and historically used to be a mid-eleventh century one of the favorite residences of William the Conqueror. With so many centuries on their shoulders the historical legacy of Caen is wonderful and it lacks the historical, old abbeys and churches that have been saved by a miracle of the atrocious way the Second World War that killed thousands of buildings here. Readmore Nantes recreates the monsters dreamed up by Jules Verne

This museum in France has the second world war and is called the Caen Memorial, a museum for Peace. It is a museum dedicated to this emblematic conflict in France and worth traveling to relive the history of the Axis and the Allies. It was built in part of an old bunker near Pegasus Bridge and about 15 minutes from the beaches where happened the famous D-Day landings The museum has a library, a playground, a bookstore, cafe and much more and the ceiling hangs a higher Hawker Typhoon of '41 that belonged to the RAF. There are bunkers models from different fields of battle, planes, a memory of the Holocaust and the French resistance and many video presentations.

A new section of the museum was dedicated to the Cold War, the attack of September 11, the Fall of the Berlin Wall and atomic bombs is a very entertaining tour with a historic high, not just the main collection dedicated to the Second World War. You can also find on the part of the old bunker movements for world peace with a gallery dedicated to helping men and have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize and also can tour a number of gardens that are reminiscent of the Allied forces. There is also an American or a Garden Garden British, for example.

To find the beaches of Normandy where the Allies stepped and began to put an end to war, it is recommended to get on one of the minibuses.

Practical information about the Memorial de Caen

Location. Caen, France
Hours: open daily from 9am to 7pm in summer and closes at 8pm.
Price: 16 € per adult.

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Nantes recreates the monsters dreamed up by Jules Verne

Nantes recreates the monsters dreamed up by Jules Verne - In France, a former shipyards of Nantes, another emblem of the French Industrial, a huge elephant of 12 meters along the coast of the Loire River, from a renovated port dependencies huge sea monsters looming in the background we can see a huge hanging gardens . These mechanical structures seem outputs of a book by Jules Verne, Nantes illustrious son of inspiration and driving force of the Machines de l'Ile is a very original cultural space extending the tourist attractions of this placid town gala. readmore Tourism in Marseille, France

After the construction of large modern port in Saint Nazaire, the glorious era that was in port at the heart of the triangular trade between mainland France, Africa and the Caribbean. Crane left only Titan cultural Heritage site, so striking with their intense yellow color of the Isle of Nantes, where the ships leaving and entering overseas that fueled the first child of Jules Verne fantasy.

Tubieron that give life to this port and to appeal to artists and Pierre Orefice François Delarozière recognized by the French street theater company that falls in the Royal de Luxe, on death row since 2007 an entire bestiary was born mechanic, whose star is a great pachyderm groaning, roaring jets of water and loose while carrying up to 45 passengers on board. Have also been built and some of the whales, and manta ray fish or pirate, who were among the large carousel of 25 meters and 20 meters in diameter that is scheduled to open in the winter of 2011-12.

Nantes The historic port is being transformed into an amusement park in the urban fabric and the public's interaction with the monumental mechanical sculptures. It has also enabled a former hangar at nightlife area with bars, clubs and restaurants. However, the most ambitious project is the fabrication of the Heron Tree, is a mega steel structure of 45 m. in diameter and 28 m. height where they will be amazing hanging gardens with plants from around the world. In anticipation, one of the ships of the Machine Gallery has built a huge branches of the tree where visitors can climb after observing, from a bay, the work of the craftsmen who made the machines.
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Tourism in Marseille, France

Tourism in Marseille, France
The City of Marseille is considered the French capital of sun and beach tourism, but also has many historical buildings among streets that we can go. Leaving Marseille without doubt an important city for tourism in France. Sun, beaches, monuments, museums ... constitute the tourist offer of Marseille.

To do in Marseille, France

Housing Unit of Marseille, is one of the most important works of Le Corbusier, and a building that fits into any professor of architecture worldwide. Marseille Saint Charles is the city's main station, opened in 1848. If Castle is located on the island of If, in the center bay of Marseille. To visit the island the boat depart from the old port The Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, is known as the "major" and is the cathedral of Marseille. has an oriental style, not being very common in France. It was built mid-nineteenth century Chapel of Saint Croi find it on the edge of the beach Sainte Croi. There are two chapels, an ancient ruin and a modern chapel. Méjean is a lovely cove just west of Marseille, Cote Bleue. Being a genuine and very private place where few people arrive.

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Symbols of Paris: The Arc de Triomphe

Symbol of the victories of Napoleon Bonaparte, the arch is one of the largest in the world and a symbol representing all sides of the City of Light. The Arc de Triomphe is a museum that tells his story and can be mounted to the terrace to enjoy spectacular views of Paris. Symbols of Paris: The Arc de Triomphe

The Arc de Triomphe

Located on the Place Charles de Gaulle is the center of the most important avenues of Paris, including the Champs Elysees, luxury and travel corridor required a visit to this beautiful city. The Arch is 49 feet high and 45 wide and is the center of a roundabout where traffic disorganized make famous by the French to handle.

At the foot of the Arc is the tomb of the Unknown Soldier where the remains of an unidentified soldier in honor of the fallen in the First World War. Every day at six-thirty in the afternoon light a candle in his memory.

Guide to Paris, France

Four routes to visit the main monuments of the City of Lights walk. Guide to Paris, France. Paris, with its 12 million inhabitants, a city can seem endless. However, it is possible to visit its main monuments such as Notre Dame or the Eiffel Tower, in four days and not just take the metro.

Route 1. Notre Dame de Paris and Le Marais

The route starts at the Ile de la Cite, Paris center and origin of the city, where two of the great attractions of the city, Notre Dame and the Sainte Chapelle. Both buildings, in Gothic style, is famous for its majesty and its windows. After visiting, you can go to the island of Saint Louis, located right next door and is known for its ice cream and party atmosphere.