Paris – The City Of Love
While they call it the city of love, unless you have experienced the beauty and culture of the French capital you might never understand why the name holds true. Situated on the river Seine it has a population of well over 2 million people, and while this is well below that of London, Paris is the top tourist spot in Europe with literally millions of visitors sampling the French lifestyle each and every year. So what has it got to offer?
Like so many of the top tourist attractions around the world, the city of Paris is built upon a back bone of business, culture, politics, education, entertainments, fashion and arts, all of which have come together to produce a truly unique atmosphere and experience. In line with the other main attractions of Europe, Paris has the ability to mix the old with the new, the modern with the historic. There are also few countries which can boast such a diverse climate from the sun to the snow in just a few hours – something which has helped to attract the estimated 30 million visitors a year!
Among the more well known landmarks of Paris are the Eiffel Tower (something which has to been seen to be believed, as has the view!), the Champs Elysees, the cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris, the Louvre art gallery which houses the famous Mona Lisa and the world renowned Moulin Rouge show hall which is rather bizarrely situated in one of the city’s red light districts!
Football is also very big in France and there is also Euro Disney which has been pulling in millions of visitors a year for some time. Unless you have actually been to Paris to sample the life style, the bars and the people, you will never know what you are missing!