Located on the banks of the Seine River, Paris has always meant different things to different people. Eloquent, culturally rich, and romantic, one cannot fall short of the superlatives used to describe this beautiful city. It is a city which probably has more familiar landmarks than any other city in the world.
Paris has always been a poet’s delight. Frequented by couples who walk hand along the Notre Dame and the Eiffel Tower, it is perhaps not wrong to say that Paris is perhaps one of the most romantic places on earth.
Located some 80 miles from Paris, on the border between the province of Normandy and the Île-de-France, is a quaint but equally beautiful village known as Giverny. This village became famous thanks to internationally acclaimed artist Claude Monet’s garden and home.
Monet came to reside in Giverny way back in 1890. [...]
Join The Choir In Notre Da Paris
Being a church lover, the idea of visiting church always excited me and that’s how I made my plan to visit ‘the city of joy’. Yeah you guys are right it is Paris. Paris has one of the most of iconic landmarks along with historical monuments.
It is the pure air you get to breathe in the church. The hymns that float in church make you also swing with the choir. It feels as if the heart has land in Garden of Eden where everything is just very beautiful. It is the place where you feel that some one has heard all the unsaid words you wanted to say. An empty heart is always on the peaceful side.
No doubt when you go to Paris there are ample of attraction to visit but I guess no one should miss out their visit to Notre Dome De Paris. But the souls of Paris call it as ‘Our lady of Paris’ in French and is also known as Notre Dome Cathedral. [...]
Musée du Louvre aka Grand Louvre
Musée du Louvre is officially known as Grand Louvre in English, also it is popularly known as Louvre Museum, Louvre and Great Louvre has the honor of being the most popular museum. The most visited museum in the world Musée du Louvre is the largest museum in the country of France. Musée du Louvre is one of the most important landmarks of Paris. The total area of the Museum is about 60,600 square meters where nearly 35,000 items are kept on display from the pre-historical period till the late 19th century.
The museum was actually a fortress which was started to be built in the later 12th century under the rule of Philip II. You can still see few of the remnants of the fortress. To form the present Louvre Palace the building was extended many times. To keep the royal collection for display in 1672 Louis XIV shifted to Palace of Versailles [...]