Planning Your Escape To Paris Plr Ebook

Table of Contents

1 INTRODUCTION: DESTINATION – THE CITY OF LIGHTS 4
2 HONESTY AND THE 3 HS OF PLANNING 6
HONESTY IN TIME 6
HONESTY IN THE PRICE OF THE TRIP 7
HONESTY IN AFFORDABILITY 8
CONCLUSION 9
3 RAISON D’ÊTRE FOR GOING TO PARIS 10
THE MANY FACES OF PARIS 10
WHAT IS YOUR PARIS? 11
CONCERNS ABOUT “YOUR PARIS” TRIP 11
PLANNING FACTORS 12
CONCLUSION 13
4 MUST SEES –TOP 10 SIGHTS YOU SHOULD NOT MISS 15
TOUR EIFFEL 15
ARC DE TRIOMPHE 16
BASILIQUE DE SACRÉ-CŒUR 17
CATHÉDRALE DE NOTRE-DAME DE PARIS 18
CENTRE GEORGES POMPIDOU 19
CHAMPS-ÉLYSÉES 20
HÔTEL DES INVALIDES 20
JARDIN DES TUILERIES 21
PALAIS DU LOUVRE 22
MUSÉE D’ORSAY 23
CONCLUSION 24
5 BASIC BUDGETING 101 25
TRANSPORTATION 25
ACCOMMODATION 28
MEALS 30
CONCLUSION 31
6 BEYOND THE BASICS 32
ATTRACTIONS 32
ENTERTAINMENT 33
SHOPPING/SOUVENIRS 33
HIDDEN COSTS 34
CONCLUSION 35
7 CONCLUSION – AT LONG LAST, PARIS 36

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INTRODUCTION: DESTINATION – THE CITY OF LIGHTS

“Paris,” wrote author Henry James (1843-1916), “is the greatest temple every built to material joys and the lust of the eyes.” People arrive in Paris from all around the world. They come here for many reasons. The city is not merely a repository of museums. It is more than a pretty postcard city. It offers its visitors more than fine food and world-famous dining.

Paris is historic. There is the Champs-Élysées, the Louvre, the Tour Eiffel, the Sorbonne and the Jardin des Tuileries. There are museums and various architectural remnants of the royal and revolutionary past. The city is a cultural display inside and outside its many buildings and memorial structures.

Paris is a busy city with a vibrant life – day and night. There are the tourist hot spots of the Moulin Rouge and the Folies-Bergère. There are jazz clubs like the celebrated Caveau de la Huchette, dance clubs, bars, pubs and wine bars, busy shopping malls and cultural concerts. The Opéra Comique and the Opéra Garnier provide ballet and opera in historic structures. Churches and street corners alike can provide you with lively entertainment.

The city is elegant, it is lusty and it is a city of great depths. Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850) commented:
“Paris is a veritable ocean. Throw in a plumb line and you will never know the depth of it.”

Indeed, it would take months to explore all of Paris – enjoyable months, but a lengthy time none-the-less. Most people do not have this timeframe. They have a couple of days, a week or even 2 weeks.