Travel to Paris

Introduction
Google is coming to Europe, luckily one of the first cities they added is Paris. Paris is a great place to go on a short trip or longer vacation. There is very much to do and to see. As you probably know French food is great, and the best wines are from here to. And Paris has a lot of nice shops for clothing and much more.

Eiffel Tower
A holiday in Paris is not complete without seeing the Eiffel Tower. I have been on it many times but it never gets boring. It looks great and the view is even better.
It is named after its designer engineer Gustave Eiffel. The Eiffel Tower is the tallest building in Paris. More than 200,000,000 people have visited the tower since its construction in 1889 making it the most visited paid monument in the world. The structure is 324 m (1,063 ft) high. When the tower was completed in 1889 it was the world's tallest tower a title it retained until 1930 when New York City's Chrysler Building (319 m — 1,047 ft tall) was completed.


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The Louvre
The Louvre museum is a must to see. The buildings alone are worth coming here. Don't forget there is art inside to including the famous Mona Lisa. Nearly 35,000 objects from the 6th millennium BC to the 19th century AD are exhibited over an area of 60,600 square metres (652,300 square feet). The museum is housed in the Louvre Palace (Palais du Louvre) which began as a fortress built in the 12th century under Philip II. Remnants of the fortress are still visible. The building was extended many times to form the present Louvre Palace. In 1672, Louis XIV chose the Palace of Versailles for his household, leaving the Louvre primarily as a place to display the royal collection.


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Notre Dame
There is also the well known Notre Dame, no im not talking about the university. But the church where the hunchback is from. It is the main Catholic cathedral of the archdiocese of Paris and the seat of the Archbishop of Paris. Notre Dame de Paris is widely considered one of the finest examples of French Gothic architecture in the world. It was restored and saved from destruction by Viollet-le-Duc, one of France's most famous architects. The name Notre Dame means "Our Lady" in French. Notre Dame de Paris was one of the first Gothic cathedrals, and its construction spanned the Gothic period. Its sculptures and stained glass show the heavy influence of naturalism, unlike that of earlier Romanesque architecture.


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Basilica of the Sacré Cœur
This second church must also not be missed. The Montmartre hill with on it the famous Basilica of the Sacré Cœur. Because you are very high here the view from here is great.


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Palace of Versailles
Near Paris the Palace of Versailles. The well known palace of the absolute monarchy that ruled France before the France revolution. Its great to visit inside and outside.


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Centre Pompidou
Centre Pompidou was constructed between 1971–1977. It was designed in the style of high-tech architecture. It houses the Bibliothèque publique d'information, a vast public library, the Musée National d'Art Moderne, and IRCAM, a centre for music and acoustic research.


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Paris Statue of Liberty
Small statue of the statue that was build in France and given to the USA.


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The Arc de Triomphe
The triumphal arch honors those who fought for France, particularly during the Napoleonic Wars. On the inside and the top of the arc there are all of the names of generals and wars fought. Underneath is the tomb of the unknown soldier from World War I. The monument was designed by Jean Chalgrin in 1806.
The monument stands 49.5 m (162 ft) in height, 45 m (150 ft) wide and 22 m (72 ft) deep. It is the second largest triumphal arch in existence. Its design was inspired by the Roman Arch of Titus.


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Place Vendôme
The architecture by Jules Hardouin-Mansart and pedimented screens canted across the corners give the rectangular Place Vendôme the aspect of an octagon. The Place Vendôme Column at the center was erected by Napoleon to commemorate the battle of Austerlitz.


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Tour Maine-Montparnasse
The Tour Maine-Montparnasse is a 210-meter (689 ft) tall office skyscraper located in the area of Montparnasse. Constructed from 1969 to 1972, it is the tallest skyscraper in France and the ninth tallest building in the European Union.


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Place de la Concorde
The Place was designed by Ange-Jacques Gabriel in 1755 as a moat-skirted octagon between the Champs-Élysées to the west and the Tuileries Gardens to the east. Filled with statues and fountains, the area was named Place Louis XV to honor the then king.


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Hotel des Invalids
Les Invalides is a complex of buildings containing museums and monuments about the military history of France. It was build as a hospital and a retirement home for wounded homeless soldiers of its different wars. It was built between 1671 and 1676 by Libéral Bruant, and then by Jules Hardouin-Mansart and Robert de Cotte.


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The beautiful church at the other side.


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L'église de la Madeleine
L'église de la Madeleine is a Roman Catholic church occupying a commanding position in the 8th arrondissement of Paris. It was designed in its present form as a temple to the glory of Napoleon's army. To its south lies the Place de la Concorde, to the east is the Place Vendôme, and to the west L'église Saint-Augustin.


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The Grande Palais
The Grand Palais is a large glass exhibition hall that was built for the Paris Exhibition of 1900. Built at the same time as the Petit Palais and the Pont Alexandre III. It has an imposing classical front.


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La Défense
La Défense is a major business district for the city of Paris, bordering Neuilly-sur-Seine, west of the city itself. The district holds many of the Paris urban area's tallest high-rises. With its 77.5 acres (314,000 m2), its 72 glass-and-steel slick buildings including 14 high-rises above 150 metres (490 ft), its 150,000 daily workers and 3.5 million square metres (37.7 million sq ft) of office space, La Défense is Europe's largest business district.


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From a little further away


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