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Broken monuments at Cimetière du Père Lachaise in Paris
Paris Breaks – Musée de Montmartre January 10, 2010
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Paris Breaks – Musée de Montmartre
In the popular Montmartre area of Paris there is a little museum. It’s a museum of cultural history located in Montmartre in the 18th arrondissement at 12, rue Cortot
Open daily except Monday.
The museum of Montmartre contains a collection of paintings, photographs, posters, and manuscripts documenting Montmartre’s history. It also features temporary exhibits on artists that have lived in Montmartre, and contains a cultural center that presents lectures and concerts. All in all, a fascinating diversion for Montmartre Paris breaks.
Paris Breaks – Café des 2 Moulins January 9, 2010
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A point of interest for film buffs on Paris breaks, this is the cafe where Amélie worked as a waitress. The Café des Deux Moulins. The musty atmosphere, with its 1950s decor, mustard-colored ceiling, and lace curtains, has been preserved — even the wall lamps and unisex toilet.
The menu remains much the same:
* escalopes of veal in a cream sauce,
* beef filets,
* calf’s liver,
* green frisée salad with bacon bits and warm goat cheese,
* pigs’ brains with lentils.
The Café des 2 Moulins (French for “Two Windmills”) is a café in the Montmartre area of Paris, located at the junction of Rue Lepic and Rue Cauchois. It takes its name from the two nearby historical “windmills”, Moulin Rouge and Moulin de la Galette.
Paris – Hôtel George V January 7, 2010
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The George V is one of the finest hotels in Paris but probably beyond the reources of most tourists on short Paris breaks.
Paris – Eglise Saint Eustache November 21, 2009
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Paris – Eglise Saint Eustache
L’église Saint-Eustache is a church in the 1st arrondissement of Paris, built between 1532 and 1632.
Situated at the entrance to Paris’ ancient markets (Les Halles) and the beginning of rue Montorgueil, the Église de Saint-Eustache is a Parisian gothic gem. The church’s reputation was strong enough of the time for it to be chosen as the location for a young Louis XIV to receive communion. Mozart also chose the sanctuary as the location for his mother’s funeral. Among those baptised here as children were Richelieu, Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson, future Madame de Pompadour and Molière, who was also married here two decades later. The last rites for Anne of Austria, Turenne and Mirabeau were pronounced within its walls. Marie de Gournay is buried there.
Paris Breaks to the Beach October 19, 2009
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For the 8th time, Paris breaks to the beach became possible along the Seine river and along the Canal de l’Ourq in La Villette during the summer 2009 with the operation ‘Paris-Plage’, in Paris, France, on August 05, 2009
Paris Breaks from London 2010 October 3, 2009
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Let’s face it, the pound is never going to be worth nearly two euros ever again so we might as stop waiting for the impossible and start thinking about Paris breaks again. It’s not even as if the currency difference is the main cost, it’s the higher rate of inflation in the eurozone that we have to get used to, what with almost deflationary pressures in the UK.
So in 2010 I think a lot of people from London and the UK will start to realise that they aren’t really getting any better value for money by staying in rainy Britain, spending a fortune on uncomfortable rail journeys intercity when they could be travelling to Paris in style onboard the Eurostar in only 2 hours and 15 minutes.
To my mind, there’s nothing left to weigh up. Paris is always wonderful to visit, no matter what the time of year. What would you do in York in February? Or Devon in November?
The secret with short continental trips like Paris breaks is in finding the accommodation that matches your budget. To do that, you sometimes have to go off the main tourist track but not very far. Avoid the big package hotels and try to find a little pension in a side street, just round teh back from the main centres. That’s where the students and french travellers find digs often enough, and visitors to Paris can too. You just need to walk in and ask if they have a room. If necessary draw a picture.
Eating out can be done a lot more prudently than you might think too. Order the menu prix fixe in an old fashioned french style restaurant or go to a couscous house and just have the couscous merguez or poulet. That will set you up for the rest of the day.
Paris City Breaks Video June 22, 2009
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A short five minute marketing video about Paris City Breaks which nevertheless gives a quick introduction to the main Paris attractions and logistics for Paris breaks.
Paris Breaks with Seine Trip January 30, 2009
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Almost compulsory activity for a Paris Break is to take a trip down the Seine on one of the many river trip boats.
Musée de l’Institut du Monde Arabe November 25, 2008
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Past the latin quarter near the bank of the seine it;s the institute of the arab world in Paris near the jardin des Plantes. Worth visiting on Paris breaks by batobus
Broken in Paris October 5, 2008
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