Paris 2008

Paris is called the City of Lights and it truly enlightened our eyes. We packed our five days in Paris with many places to go, but it was still not enough to see them all. We visited the main architectural attractions of Paris, which are the Eiffel tower, the cathedral of Notre Dame, the Basilica of Sacré Cœur and the Panthéon. Visiting the museums of the Louvre and d'Orsay are a must and have been an unforgettable experience. Lesser known but not lesser interesting are the cemetery Père Lachaise and the church of St. Eustache. We also went on a guided bicycle tour through Paris and an eerie 1.7km underground tour through the Paris catacombs. No visit to Paris would be complete without going to the castle of Versailles, seeing the gigantic chateau gardens and the queen's hamlet. We visited friends in Louviers, the nearby gardens of Claude Monet and made a stop at the battlefields of Verdun.

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Number of images: 182

Verdun

Mémorial de Verdun

Ossuaire de Douaumont

Fort de Douaumont

Basilique du Sacré Coeur

Panoramic view on Paris from the Basilique du Sacré Coeur

Cimetière du Père Lachaise

Cimetière Du Père Lachaise

Boat Tour on the River Seine

Boat tour on the river Seine with view on Alexandre III Bridge

Boat tour on the river Seine with view on Alexandre III Bridge and Eiffel Tower

Pont Alexandre III

Boat tour on the river Seine with view on Eiffel Tower

Assemblée National

Musée National de la Légion d'Honneur

Musée d'Orsay

Pont St. Michel

Pont au Double

Cathédrale de Notre Dame

Eiffel Tower

View from Eiffel Tower on Trocadéro Gardens, Palais de Chaillot and La Défense

View from Eiffel Tower on the House of Radio France

View from Eiffel Tower on Field of Mars, Military Academy and Montparnasse Tower

Panoramic west-north-west view from the Eiffel Tower

View from Eiffel Tower on Hôtel des Invalides and Église du Dôme

View from Eiffel Tower on Grand Palais and Petit Palais

View from Eiffel Tower on Musée d'Orsay, Louvre and Centre Pompidou

View from Eiffel Tower on Cathédrale de Notre Dame and Ste-Chapelle

View from Eiffel Tower on Arc de Triomphe

View from Eiffel Tower on Basilique du Sacré Coeur

View from Eiffel Tower on a building complex near its base

Inside 3rd level of the Eiffel Tower

View down from first level of the Eiffel Tower

View up from the bottom of the Eiffel Tower towards the second level

Eiffel Tower

Eiffel Tower at night

Panthéon

Arc de Triomphe

View from Arc de Triomphe on Avenue des Champs Elysées

La Défense

View from Arc de Triomphe on La Défense

View from Arc de Triomphe on Eiffel Tower

View from Arc de Triomphe on Eiffel Tower at night

Arc de Triomphe at night

Musée d'Orsay

Jeune Gaulois by Jean-Baptiste Baujault, Musée d'Orsay

Olympia by Edouard Manet, Musée d'Orsay

Porte de l'Enfer by Auguste Rodin, Musée d'Orsay

Petite danseuse de 14 ans by Edgar Degas, Musée d'Orsay

Le bassin aux nymphéas by Claude Monet, Musée d'Orsay

Bicycle Tour with Fat Tire Bike Tours

Bicycling Group

Portrait in Front of Eiffel Tower

Eiffel Tower

Église du Dôme

Children playing in front of Église du Dôme

Pont Alexandre III

Bicycle tour with Fat Tire Bike Tours, Place de la Concorde