Indepth review of Paris...long... (Paris)

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Product:	Paris
Date:	26/08/00 (54 review reads)
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Advantages: Culture

Disadvantages: i DONT live there

If you are looking for a place of culture, cuisine and, though it sounds like a clique, romance, Paris is your city.
It is is one of the most fantastic places for a short break I've ever had the pleasure to go to. Flying with Buzz from Stanstead (an exremely comfortable and easy flying experience at a great price)we arrived in the early evening and after a short RER joureney found ourselves in Denfert Rochereau. Finding a hotel proved to easy and we soon found ourselves in the Hotel de Lion just round the corner from the station - clean, comfortable and reasonably priced at 438f a night.
After having a wander about we found that there were many nice bars in the area and cosy restraunts - we settled on the Bar D'Orleans which was a spot on place for food and drink.
The following day we braved the Metro for the first time - and what a revelation. Clean, cheap and efficient - it really is wonderful compared to the Tube.
We managed to find our way to Notre Dame and had a bit of a nose about, although to the queues to get in did put us off a bit as there was a huge line to go inside. It was worth the wait though and really is breathtakingly beautiful.
After this the Eiffel Tower is only a short Metro away and no matter how much you prepare yourself to be unimpressed by a Blackpool Tower on steroids, it is an incredible monument/building/struture/whatever.
The massive number of tourists encourages a lot of streetsellers some of whom are quite agressive in their selling but a firm NON soon gets rid of them.
Then from the tower a lovely walk is to be had from through the streets to the Champs Elysees - which is nothing special as its just a very long road but the L'Arc de Triumph is pretty spectacular and a fitting tribute to those who have fallen in battle for armies around the world.
We spent four days in Paris just seeing the sights including the Louvre and boat trips down the Seine but found that one of the best ways t
o see the city was simply to hop on the Metro, get off at a good sounding station and walk.
You'll always either end up somewhere famous full of museums and culture or if not then simply hop back on the metro and try again!
The only word of warning though is that you should try to avoid stayin in the Montparnasse area - it is good to go out in but VERY busy and noisy - imagine a smaller Picadilly Circus and you get the idea!For a short break, Paris with its fine wines, amazing food and culture coming out of its ears is a hard act to beat.

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