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visitors, just the name Paris
conjures up images of romance, of young couples embracing
in cafés à la Robert Doisneau photographs or
in front of some of the world’s finest architectural
and historic treasures. The riverine stretch along the Seine,
from the Eiffel
Tower to Notre
Dame, has been declared a Unesco World Heritage
site. Paris is filled with art museums, headed by the Louvre
and the Musée d’Orsay, part of that Unesco-declared
section. Nightlife in the City of Light ranges from smoky
jazz joints to saucy cancan shows at such cabarets as the
old Moulin
Rouge or the Crazy Horse. And Paris is synonymous
with fine food, from a steaming café crème with
a pain au chocolat — so fresh the chocolate is melting
into flaky pastry — to a four-course French feast in
such famed establishments as the Tour d’Argent. Where
to bed down for the night? Visitors have a wide choice —
from boutique Hotels de charme to grandes dames of lodging
in interesting neighborhoods. Triumphant arch While many other
big cities have lost their sense of neighborhood, Paris
has kept its local quartiers. Many Parisians have a favorite
corner café or bistro, grocery store, shop or restaurant.
Charming districts abound in this romantic city, from the
Latin Quarter around the historic St.
Germain-des-Prés church to the area surrounding
the Arc
de Triomphe on the Right Bank. |
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