La Rochelle Travel Guide

'La Rochelle's three medieval

La Rochelle's main feature is the "Vieux Port" ("Old Harbour"), which is at the heart of the city, picturesque and lined with seafood restaurants.
City of La Rochelle was the first city in the world to provide free bicycles - City bike, even in the 70's. Free to use during the day. La Rochelle also has beautiful beaches around, where you can enjoy and relax, La Rochelle is also famous for its tower, some of them: La Tour de la Lanterne, Tour Saint-Nicolas and la Tour de la Chaine.
La Rochelle is a city in southwestern France and a seaport on the Bay of Biscay, a part of the Atlantic Ocean. It is the capital of the Charente-Maritime department. This City is connected to the Île de Ré by a 2.9 km (1.8 mi) bridge - the longest in France - completed on May 19, 1988. Its harbour opens into a protected strait, the Pertuis d'Antioche. The area of La Rochelle was occupied in antiquity by the Gaul tribe of the Santones, who gave their name to the nearby region of Saintonge and the city of Saintes.

Opéra Bastille in Paris

L'Opéra de la Bastille

L'Opéra de la Bastille is the great modern opera house in Paris. It's the home base of the Opéra National de Paris and was designed to discharge the Palais Garnier, which is nowadays mainly used for ballet performances. Located at the Place de la Bastille, in the 12th arrondissement, the house was designed with 2,723 seats, every one of which has an unrestricted view of the stage. Construction began in 1984 with the demolition of Paris Bastille train station, which was opened in 1859 and closed on December 14, 1969, and where art expositions were held thereafter until its demolition.

This Place is great destination for your vacation in paris.

The Louvre is The Most Famous Museums

The Louvre is The most famous museums in the word, housing many works of art, consist of :
1. the Mona Lisa (La Joconde)
2. Venus de Milo statue. etc

Works by Pablo Picasso and Auguste Rodin are found in Musée Picasso and Musée Rodin, respectively, while the artistic community of Montparnasse is chronicled at the Musée du Montparnasse. Starkly apparent with its service-pipe exterior, the Centre Georges Pompidou, also known as Beaubourg, houses the Musée National d'Art Moderne. Art and artifacts from the Middle Ages and Impressionist eras are kept in Musée Cluny and Musée d'Orsay, respectively, the former with the prized tapestry cycle The Lady and the Unicorn. Paris' newest (and third-largest) museum, the Musée du quai Branly, opened its doors in June 2006 and houses art from Africa, Asia, Oceania, and the Americas.

National museum and art gallery of France, in Paris. It was built as a royal residence, begun under Francis I in 1546 on the site of a 12th-century fortress. It ceased to be used as a palace when the court moved to Versailles in 1682, and plans were made in the 18th century to turn it into a public museum. In 1793 the revolutionary government opened the Grand Gallery; Napoleon built the northern wing; and two major western wings were completed and opened by Napoleon III.

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other place in paris (recommended destination):

Eiffel Tower
Modern Opéra Bastille

Paris Travel Guide

Paris in Night

Disney land in Paris

Paris is the capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region (also known as the "Paris Region"; French: Région parisienne), with an estimated population of 2,153,600 inhabitants, but the Paris aire urbaine (or metropolitan area) has a population of over 11 million, and is one of the most populated metropolitan areas in Europe. The city of Paris, within its limits largely unchanged since 1860. Paris and the Paris Region, with €533.6 billion (US$731.3 billion) in 2007, produces more than a quarter of the gross domestic product (GDP) of France.
Paris is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world, with 45 million tourists every year in the Paris Region, 60% of whom are foreign visitors. The best destination for a city trip is Paris. This romantic city has tourist attractions such as the Eiffel Tower, the Centre Pompidou and the Louvre Museum.