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From Paris to Barcelona

Paris is a major transportation hub to other European cities. If winter in France is too cold for you then a great travel destination is Barcelona. Even in March the average temperature is 13 degrees Celsius or 50 degrees Fahrenheit. By train Barcelona is only 12 hours away but if you don’t mind paying for [...]

Paris by Train

Paris is a busy city, always on the move and so it needs a public transport system that can keep the people moving easily. The Paris metro service does just that, transporting around 4.5million passengers each day to their chosen destinations. Through-out Paris there are roughly 300 stations with an average of 1,845ft(562m) between each [...]

French Cinema

France has always had a prominent role in the world of cinema, dating right back to the very first movies ever made. French brothers Auguste and Louis Lumière, were among the earliest filmmakers and presented their first public screening at the Grand Café in Paris in 1895. They showed ten short films; each roughly lasting [...]

Louvre - the most important public building at Paris, both architecturally and on account of its treasures of art, rises between the Rue de Rivoli and the Seine. The Louvre perhaps derives its name from an ancient rendez-vous of
wolf-hunters, known as the Lupara, Lupera, or Louverie. It is usually...

Montmartre - the most direct way of reaching the basilica of the Sacré-Cœur from the central quarters is to go by the Métropolitain to the Place d'Anvers. The Butte Montmartre is a hill famous in the annals of Paris,
rising to a height of 330 ft. above the Seine. According to tradition...

Marais is the district to the N.E. of the Hôtel de Ville, bounded by the Rue de Rivoli, Rue St. Antoine, Rue du Temple, and Boul. Beaumarchais. In the Rue des Francs-Bourgeois, in the W. of this quarter, are the Archives Nationales, established in the old Hôtel de Soubise. This building occupies...

The Cité is the most ancient part of Paris. Here lay, in the time of Caesar, the Gallic town of Lutetia Parisiorum. The Paris of the Romans and the Franks was confined to the same site, with the addition of a small settlement on the left bank of the Seine. At a later period the town gradually extended...

Quartier Latin - the quarter on the left bank of the Seine, to the S. of the Cité, which comprises the 5th Arrondissement (Pantheon) and the E. portion of the 6th (Luxembourg), is well known by the name of the Quartier Latin. From time immemorial learned societies have had their headquarters here...

St. Germain - the quarter on the left bank opposite the Louvre and the Tuileries, within the 6th Arrondissement (Luxembourg) on the E. and the 7th (Palais-Bourbon) on the W., is the residential centre of the French noblesse, whose stately mansions are found principally in the W. portion. Until...