Découvrez Paris - Day 2:
The next day morning was a little disappointing as it was raining heavily. We started the day late towards
Opéra Garnier or
Palais Garnier and on the way had some yummy hot dogs for the breakfast. It was about 20mins travel on metro. The beautiful ladies holding the lights on their heads caught out eyes surrounding the opera house. This building has one of the finest interiors.
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| Opéra Garnier or Palais Garnier |
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| The beautiful ladies holding the lights on their heads |
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| Typical French Streets |
We had a quick walk around the Opera house and stated towards Louvre, got down at Pyramides station and started to walk towards the
Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel, this is a smaller version of the Arc de Triomphe. The big glass pyramid caught our eyes, which is the entrance for the Louvre museum. The pyramid is surrounded by beautiful French buildings of
Louvre Palace. This museum is one of the most popular and largest in the world and perhaps the most visited, and requires about half a day for a normal visit. Towards river Seine just outside the building is the famous bridge of love lock, the
Pont des Arts, on the other end of the bridge is Institut de France.
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| Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel |
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| One of the French buildings around the Louvre |
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| The Louvre Palace |
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| Art work on the corners of the Buildings |
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| The Louvre Palace and The The Louvre Museum |
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| The Louvre Museum |
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| Love lock Bridge or the Pont des Arts |
Our last point of the trip was
Notre Dame Cathedral, which is located on the Île de la Cité islands. This monumental structure built in French Gothic architecture was completed in 1345 and been restored many times since then. Not by surprise it is one of the largest and most popular church building in the world. Not just from the front, but from all sides of the building it has a beautiful architectural significance. It was a painful task for us to take a good bye from Paris, after the most memorable trip of our lifetime. Well, Paris I come back again, sooner or later.
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| Notre Dame Cathedral |
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| Art work at the Notre Dame Cathedral front-face |
Many would believe that Paris is the most romantic city in the world, and it is absolutely true.
Here is my list of the top 20 attractions in Paris,
- Eiffel Tower
- The Louvre
- Notre Dame Cathedral
- Arc de Triomphe
- Champs-Élysées
- Basilica of the Sacré Cœur(Sacred Heart)
- Les Invalides
- Luxembourg Gardens
- Grand Palais
- Palais Garnier/opera house/Opéra Garnier/Opéra de Paris
- La Sainte-Chapelle - a royal medieval Gothic chapel
- Musée d'Orsay
- Panthéon
- Pont des Arts bridge
- Petit Palais
- Conciergerie
- Hôtel de Ville
- Versailles palace
- La Defense
- La Madeleine
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