Stay in Paris and explore what it has to over.
Paris is a city with something new to offer around every corner: monuments, architecture, historic avenues, parks and gardens... Treat yourselves to an excursion, travel the length and breadth of the capital by coach, minibus, tourist train or boat, on a bicycle, on skates or even… from the air. Let yourself be tempted by the rich and varied programme of guided tours on offer from the range of Parisian specialists. Sightseeing in Paris is like plunging into ancient history: remains of the old Roman Lutetia, grand medieval abbeys, gothic masterpieces, classical architecture, collections from Napoleonic times, perspectives defined by Haussmann… A remarkable density of artistic and cultural treasures to choose from at each visit! With 180 museums and monuments for your enjoyment.
Gastronomy in Paris
Paris is renowned worldwide as a capital of gastronomy: a winning combination of talent, expertise and high-quality French produce. To sample the delights of traditional French cuisine, the choice of restaurants and cafés is simply huge, each with its own particular atmosphere and style.
But Paris is much more then the above alone. Please visit http://en.parisinfo.com/guide-paris/ for practical information like money, climate, daily life etc. Below you will find a few guides to help you prepare for your visit, also provided by the official website of the Paris Convention and Visitors Bureau.
Paris city map-guide 2009-2010 (click on the link) Full of practical information for discovering Paris and organizing your stay: a large map of the city and a metro map (on the paper version) and 16 sections with information on tourist information points, services, transport, accommodation, eating out, culture, going out, parks and gardens, shopping, business tourism ... not forgetting advice in the event of difficulties.
The map-guide is available in 10 languages (English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Chinese, Japanese and Korean). Click on the image for the English version or go here for the other languages. |
Paris For You! 2009-2010 A guide for discovering Paris district by district: 13 walks feature top sites - Eiffel Tower, Notre-Dame, Louvre, Champs-Elysées, Montmartre, Orsay, La Villette, etc. - and places to discover. Alternating with the walks, 12 thematic sections provide information on Parisian life: culture, shopping, gastronomy, artistic creation, nightlife, parks and gardens ... And for discovering the Paris metropolis, a page is now devoted to each of the three départements that border Paris (Hauts-de-Seine, Seine-Saint-Denis, Val-de-Marne). 124 pages, English or French. Click on the image to go to the downloading page (right click the book icon and open the link).
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Good Food Guide 2009-2010 Parisian gastronomy in all its diversity! This bilingual guide presents a selection of restaurants and cafes listed according to their location and style: «gourmet dining», «classic French cooking», «brasseries and bistros», «inventive and trendy», «world cooking», «everyday food». The guide also presents cabarets, lunch and dinner cruises, racecourse restaurants, shops and tea rooms, cooking and wine classes, and some Parisian food markets. 124 pages, French-English. Click on the image to go to the downloading page (right click the book icon and open the link).
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Paris Shopping Book 2009 The bilingual Paris shopping guide with more than 200 addresse of shops, concept stores, flagships, department stores and other designer haunts. Five «shopping itineraries» illustrate the latest trends. For each, the selection of shops is completed by a choice of 4 cultural sites and 6 restaurants, cafes or tea rooms. Also featured here, shopping arcades, discount designer stores, discount brand stores, etc. 96 pages, French-English.Click on the image to download the pages. |
Whether you’re just passing through Paris for the CPhI/ ICSE/ P-MEC and BioPh event or staying longer, this beatifull capital will no longer hold any secrets for you!
