Paris will always be... Paris !

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Of course all these places must to be visited, and if you just have few days, then follow guides, they are very well made and carry out you to essence. On the other hand for those who decided to discover a more unusual Paris we will give you some clues through this pages and of course in the headings "Paris News".

The time for a walk,

'We would like to make you taste this city, when it smell good hot croissants in the morning. Paris proud and fragile, astonishing, moving. Then, follow our little guide and leave highways to walk throught an intimate and friendly city, walk which obviously must be done with your lover...

Above the city : " La coulée verte"

An old railway line overlooking Paris streets it stretches out for 4.5 km from Bastille to the Bois de Vincennes. To get it, go round the back of the Opera Bastille and you'll see the viaduct. Ideal for a jog, brunch or simply getting away from the Parisian time.

The Viaduc des Arts in the 12th arrondissement is a fully planted, elevated park walkway running the length of Avenue Daumesnil. From the street you wouldn't know it was there, but from above you can see the world.

Montmartre : ATYPICAL WALK

Montmartre rises out of the flatness of Paris with its myriad of small streets which have been both homes and studios to a preponderance of the west's great 19th and 20th century artists from Degas to Monet and Picasso to Dali.
The métro station is Abbesses and then take the funky little funicular for the final climb to the Basilique Sacré Coeur or walk the steps, stepping over photograph taking tourists. The oriental style church is 80 years old and merits a look outside and in. The peculiar white stone is said to be become whiter in sunlight but Paris pollution has given it a few grey edges. Ignore those who say the inside is gloomy.

The majority of tourists bus unload their passengers at the start of Steinkerque street. Those straight ahead climb towards the basilica and “place du terte” to one hour later go down.
In order to avoid this continuous and compact crowd, you just have to turn direction of “place des Abbesses”. Then peacefully walk towards “Emile-Goudeau” place

Eternal "Latin Quarter"

From philosophers to students, intellectuals to bohemians and tourists, together St Germain and the Latin Quarter, represent the beating heart of the Left. St Germain was once a hotspot for thinkers and the literati, and still is to a degree, although today’s café clientele have deeper pockets. Don’t be put off by the greasy smells from the cheap restaurants along rue de la Huchette and rue St Séverin. Clues to the quartier’s history are everywhere: in the buildings of the Sorbonne, in the Musée de Cluny, and beneath the looming dome of the Panthéon. This has been a student area for centuries, and students are usually around in numbers, most obviously chatting in straggly groups around the fountain on the place St Michel.

La Place Saint-Michel
The Quartier Latin has always had a certain aura - a haven for the bohemians and intellectuals of Paris. The fountain in Place St Michel is the meeting place, always thronged with people.

 

L'Institut de France
The building which houses the Institut de France was constructed between 1663 and 1684 through a bequest of Cardinal Mazarin, and was known at first as the Collège Mazarin or Collège des Quatres Nations. The Institute itself, grouping several existing Academies (including that of the Beaux-Arts), was founded in 1795 but moved in 1806 to the building which then took its name. The Pont des Arts over the river Seine, which leads straight to the Institut, had been built shortly before.

L'église Saint-Germain-des-Prés
The oldest church in Paris, first established by the Merovingian king Childebert in the 6th century with the intention of sheltering relics and royal tombs. The original church was virtually destroyed by the Vikings, and the Romanesque church that replaced it was consecrated by Pope Alexandre III in 1163. The church suffered greatly during the French Revolution, and much was done in the 19th century to revive it.

L'église Saint-Sulpice.
Work on the church began in 1645 and was only completed 135 years later, The organ is famous for its size – over 6,500 pipes – and its rich sound.

Le Palais du Luxembourg.
The Luxembourg Palace, together with the gardens, was built in the 1620s by Salomon de Brosse for Marie de Médicis (Henri IV's widow) and was inspired by her memories of Florence. Home of the French Senate since 1958, it was also used as a prison during the Revolution. The palace’s western end became the first public art gallery in Paris and is still used for temporary exhibition.

"'Odéon" meeting point and its Danton rule.
This Meeting point is well known from Parisian. Saturday night you can heard "Rendez vous" at Danton's place". The funny thing is that the place where is the Danton rule is exaclty where it's house was durring revolution time.

La cour de Rohan
The place let you image what was Paris during the medival age. A special atmosphere granted...

Visiting Paris while rolling Roller

Rollerblade around the city

Come to discover the city from an other point of view... by night and with rollerblade. Friday nights in Paris are becoming a bit of a rollerblading tradition. Each Friday evening, an excursion in roller invades streets of Paris and allows you to discover the city. Fun Granted! It is free and opened to all who can slow down.

Bicycle

Each Friday evening also, according to an authorization from Paris Police, a run with bicycle totally free , framed by the voluntary ones, and without inscription at a rate which can be appropriate for all from 7 to 77 years.

Departure with 22h since the esplanade of the Town hall, return to 0h30.

From city of mud to city of light :

Catacombes

In 1786, the Parisian authorities were faced with a big problem: what should they do with the human remains that filled the city's overcrowded cemeteries and graveyards? Their solution was creepy but simple: transfer the bones of an estimated six million people down into the disused tunnels lying beneath the city that the Romans left behind many centuries earlier when quarrying for limestone.
That intersection of human history has made for an underworld visit like no other. For a spooky date, today, you can take an eerie walk through the dark passages of the Catacombs past the millions of carefully stacked skulls, each one labelled with the original year of its burial. When you are down there, remember, too, that these burial chambers are only a small part of the tunnel network lying beneath the city. Safely hidden from view, the French resistance had hideouts here during the Nazi occupation, and in the past 20 years the catacombs have remained popular for illicit meetings, concerts and parties, despite the best efforts of the local police...

Sewers of Paris

A visit to the sewers is a chance to see Paris at its darkest and smelliest. The history of Paris sewage is charted in fascinating detail, from even before construction began in 1825, through Haussmann’s input from 1853, to today’s 2,000-km network of tunnels and underground waterways. In his masterpiece, Les Misérables, Victor Hugo had Jean Valjean carry the man his daughter loved to safety through the labyrinth of the sewers.