Travellers Blog

Paris, the lovely capital of France, is home to Europe’s most well-known monuments and museums, amazing architecture and sophisticated cuisine. Known as the "City of Lights", Paris is also a capital of lovers luring couples with charming cafes, romantic cobblestone streets and unique ambiance.

Next, we share some fascinating  attractions and things to do.  You’ll also  find some interesting tendencies  for this interesting locations as well as great lodging options.

Reputed for such famous sites as the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre and Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris has much more to offer than these popular tourist places. Fashionable boutiques, elegant restaurants and charming districts make up Paris making it one of the most popular holiday destinations on earth. Check below to read about Paris’ places of interest.

Maybe the first place that most Paris tourists consider to visit is the Louvre museum. It is a location where you can see the most amazing and valuable masterpieces of the world, like the Mona Lisa, the Venus de Milo and Madonna of the Rocks. It’s almost 35,000 pieces including Egyptian antiquities, Greek and Roman art, Islamic pieces, besides paintings and drawings. It is impossible for anyone to appreciate everything in just one visit. Please, plan more than one visit or choose your primary areas of interest.

Fans of modern architecture should visit La Defense, one of the largest and business centres in the world. Located one and a half miles west of the city, La Defense boasts many spectacular modern buildings such as the Great Arch which perfectly lines up with the historical Arch of Triumph from Champs-Elysees. This area is easily reachable by subway.

If you are looking for beautiful art studios, eccentric cafes and a lot of amazing architectural landmarks such as Basilique du Sacre-Coeur, Montmartre is the place to visit. Have you heard about Moulin Rouge and Café des Deux Moulins? You will see those famous places there. People who love art need to visit Espace Dali museum.

Champs- Elysees is a seventeenth century garden -promenade that connects the Concorde and Arch of Triumph. This scenic avenue is perfect for a romantic walk and is also known for its numerous elegant boutiques, movie theaters and cafes. This city’s major shopping spot has been called "the most beautiful avenue in the world".

Sixty-one percent of the vacation planners showed curiosity about comparison shopping among Paris vacation rentals, bed breakfasts, motels, and hotels.  61 percent were also interested in getting offers from vacation houses, condos, guesthouses, inns, and hotels near Paris including Ile De France, Bagnolet, St Ouen, Montrouge, Pantin, Vanves, Vincennes, Clichy, Levallois Perret, Charenton Le Pont, Issy Les Moulineaux, Neuilly Sur Seine, Boulogne Billancourt, Boulogne, Asnieres, and Bobigny.

A market research shows that those careful and conscious vacationers who began their visit planning two or more months prior to their arrival to their Paris places to stay represented the 36 percent. Traditional travelers sent their lodging request one to two months in advance and they represented the 31 percent. Typical tourists that like to wait until the last moment, represented the 33 percent.

In accordance with a study, probably the most preferred vacation topic in Paris is, obviously, romance. Those loving couples looking for a place to stay in Paris for two represented the 31 percent of the lodging requests. Groups of more than four adults represented the 14 percent, families with kids the 21 percent and lastly, those travelling alone, the 19 percent.

In these troubled economic times, most travelers are looking for comparison shopping among different lodging solutions before determine where to stay.

For instance, below there’s two great lodging options to explore:

Paris France Holiday Apartment: Quiet treed courtyard apt in 13th district in a lived-in setting surrounded by bakeries, pastry shops, restaurants, fruit & vegetable stands, a twice-weekly open air market, and within a five minute walk of the Seine and the Simone de Beauvoir foot bridge to Parc Bercy, the Bibliotheque Nationale, a cine complex on Ave de France, the 14 Metro and RER C, the Paris vacation rental provides the best of two worlds: life with Parisians with easy access to the familiar touristic sites; in addition to the Metro and the RER, two city buses stop within a few feet of the street entrance to the Paris vacation apartment. For more information, photos and a practical inquiry form to contact the owner directly, please visit rentalo.com, property ID#303804.

Paris France Holiday Studio: Featured on the Fine Living Television Show Special Around the World In 80 Homes.This romantic Paris apartment is located in what has recently become a very trendy neighbourhood called So-Pi ( South of Pigalle ) out of the tourist area, yet within a five-minute walk of Montmartre and Sacre Coeur. The apartment looks out on a little garden, and is free from any street noise. As you stroll the surrounding area, you will find both hip and traditional restaurants, shops, and craftsmen nearby. And just two blocks away is a full-size swimming pool. For more info, pictures and a useful form to deal with the owner directly, please log into property ID#2205 at rentalo.com.