What is most interesting about Paris and why?(in detail)?

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flightpillow

Paris is the capital city of France, the largest country of Western Europe with 550 000 kmÂ² and with about 60 millions inhabitants in the Whole of France.

The City of Paris has about 2,160,000 people living there and it covers about 41 square miles. The altitude of Paris averages between 90ft and 120ft above sea level.

Some of the attractions of Paris include The Eiffel Tower, Notre-Dame Cathedral, The Arc de Triomphe, The Louvre Museum, The Champs-ElysÃ©es, and MusÃ© d'Orsay.

The Eiffel Tower is probably one of the most famous symbols of France and was built for the International Exhibition of Paris of 1889, took 2 years to complete and it was the world's tallest building up until 1930.

The Eiffel Tower has over 2.5 million rivets, 15,000 iron pieces, over 40 tonnes of paint and there are 1652 steps to the top.

The River Seine actually breaks the city into the Rive Droite (Right Bank) north of the river and the Rive Gauche (Left Bank) south of the river.

Paris is a huge tourist destination and every year 13 millions visit Disneyland Paris, 5.5 million visit the Eiffel Tower, about 5 million visit the Louvre museum, and about 3.25 million visit Versailles Palace.

The Tour de France is a race which occurs each summer were more than 100 professional cyclists take part in a 2,000 mile race. The race lasts up to three weeks and the route changes from year to year. Once the Tour de France actually included Ireland.

Tourists may like to know that the average January Temperature is 39F and the Average July Temperature is 69F. The time is 1 hour ahead of GMT (or 6 hours ahead of Eastern Standard Time, New York), the Country Dialing Code is 33 and the Paris area code is 1. Electricity in Paris and France is 220 Volts AC, 50 Hz and plugs are round with two-pins.

Paris has over 70 Museums, monuments and cultural tourist stops. Some of the best art in the world is housed in Parisien Museums.

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Rillifane

I should say that my perspective from being a tourist who has visited Paris many times over the last 35 years and spent, in total, something like a year and a half in Paris (adding up all the various times I've been there.) But I have never actually lived in Paris. So while I may be very familiar with a tourist's Paris I am not a Parisian.

That being said, I find Paris to be, and I say this in a very positive way, the most bourgeois city I've been to.

Places like New York and London are cities, in many ways, designed for the very rich. But Paris is a city that has evolved, since the Revolution, as a city ruled by the bourgeoisie. Unsurprisingly, they have made it into a city that is comfortable (and affordable) to them.

To be sure, there are many places in Paris where you can spend huge sums of money, the internationally famous hotels, the renowned temples of gastronomy and the elegant fashion houses for example.

But it is also a place where very high standards of food are to be found in even modestly priced restaurants and where, for the price of a cup of coffee one can sit all day in charming and even elegant cafes.

Its a place where even shopgirls and college students dress with style and conversations are more likely to be elevated and intellectual than most other places.

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Megan B

Paris Is The Fashion Capital Does There Need To Be Any More Said!! Its Also The City If Love!!

mariamary

its unique antiquety.
i am a history student and on top of it a great napoleon fan and great reader of french revolution ,so understandebly i found paris captivating to the core of my heart..!most of its buildings are made in that old stone fashion which make u get glimpses of past.so many of its monuments retell the tale of france's one time grandeur,and intrigues of destiny

MRS.torressanz

ahhh..paris..where to begin?

hbfarmer

almost every inch (including sidewalks, or what have you) of the city seems well thought out and beautiful.

Darlin'

its the city of love,you can pretty much see and smell the romance in the air.it almost makes you wish you were there with your true love!the food is delicious too.and don't forget the Eiffel tower.

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