PARIS ILE DE FRANCE

The Ile-de-France region, located in the center north of France, has

8 departments. Its capital is Paris.

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It presents an exceptional environment conducive to calm and tranquility.

In a natural setting, made up of charming green settings and steeped in history and culture, the region offers mild or strong sensations with a good number of sports activities and relaxation programs.

Emblematic figures of this art of living, its castles testify to its brilliant royal heritage. A beautiful walk at the gates of Paris…

 

 

THE CAPITAL PARIS

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Over the centuries, Paris is, by its beauty, its prestige and its cultural influence, the capital with 20 arrondissements reflecting a French "art of living", where culture is combined with all the charms of a city of a thousand faces! …

 

AMONG THE ESSENTIAL PARISIAN SITES

• The Eiffel Tower (7th district)

• The Musée d'Orsay (7th district)

• The Pantheon (5th arr.)

• Notre Dame de Paris (4th district)

• The Bastille (11th district)

• The Louvre (1st district)

• La Concorde (1st district)

• The Opera (9th arr.)

• The Arc de Triomphe (8th district)

• The Sacred Heart (18th arr.)

• Parc de la Villette (19th arrondissement) …

• Saint Germain des Pres (6th district)

• The Latin Quarter (6th arr.)

• The Marais (4th district)

• The Bastille (11th district)

• The Eiffel Tower (7th district)

• Montmartre (18th district)

 

BEAUTIFUL PANORAMIC VIEWS FROM…

• The Eiffel Tower (the highest point of view in the city /  up to 67 kmaround)

• The Montparnasse Tower (the fastest lift in Europe)

• The Butte Montmartre

• La Grande Arche de la Defense

• The pantheon

• The Towers of Notre Dame

• The Arc de Triomphe

• Spring terraces

• The terraces of the Samaritaine

• The Georges Pompidou Center in Beaubourg

• The terrace of the Arab World Institute…

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PARISIAN ACTIVITIES & CURIOSITIES

• Jogging and mountain biking in the Bois de Boulogne or the Bois de Vincennes

• Water sports at the Aquaboulevard in Paris

• Tour of Paris by horse-drawn carriage

• Classic car ride

• Visit of the Catacombs

• Stroll through the typical districts of Paris: Le Marais, the Latin Quarter, Montmartre, Belleville, the Buttes Chaumont...

• Skateboarding demonstration on the Trocadéro esplanade 05-5cde-3194-bb3b-136bad5cf58d_

• Thalassotherapy in the many Parisian spa centers  

• Visit of the Montmartre vineyards and tasting

• Horse racing at Parisian racecourses: Vincennes, Auteuil, Longchamp…

• Discover Paris on board the open-top buses or on board the boats on the Seine

• Introduction to astronomy at the Paris Observatory

• Introduction to scuba diving

• Golf

• Shopping

 

THE MOST FAMOUS CULTURAL PLACES IN PARIS

• Louvre Museum – 1st arr. – (the largest museum in Paris)

• Grévin Museum (9th arr.)

• Arab World Institute (5th arr.)

• Quai Branly Museum (7th district)

• Museum of Man (16th arrondissement)    

• Grand Palais – 8th arr. (built for the 1900 exhibition)

• Palais de Tokyo – 16th arr. (contemporary art)

• Center Pompidou – 4th arr. (National Museum of Modern Art)

• Orsay Museum – 7th arr. (western world art creation)    

• National Library of France – 13th arr. (Francois Mitterrand Library)

• Fairground Arts Museum – 12th arr. (magical living museum)

• Jacquemart André Museum – 8th arr. (very beautiful architecture / very beautiful pieces of the Italian Renaissance)

• City of Science and Industry -19th arr. (located in the Parc de la Villette)

• National Museum of Natural History – 5th arr. (scientific collections of animal, vegetable and mineral environments)

• Cartier Foundation – 14th arr. (contemporary art)

• Museum of Arts and Crafts – 3rd arr. (machines, drawings, technological models)

• Maritime Museum – 16th arr. – (maritime history of France)

• Many art galleries and exhibitions…

 

WALKS IN THE GARDENS

• Luxembourg Garden

• Bagatelle Park

• Buttes Chaumont Park

• Paris flower park

• Parc Monceau

• Montsouris Park

• Gardens of the Royal Palace

• Garden of plants

• Garden of Serres d'Auteuil

• Tuileries Gardens…

 

PARISIAN GASTRONOMY

All French and foreign regional cuisines are represented in the capital... From starred establishments to dinner shows and fast food, it is possible to eat at any time in Paris.

You will also enjoy relaxing on the terraces of the famous Parisian cafés where the streets naturally become permanent shows...

• Charming inns

• Surprising barges   

• Beautiful chic or relaxed bistros & brasseries

• Beautiful typical residences with magnificent woodwork

• Renowned pavilions

• Classified Historic Sites   

• Magnificent taverns

• Provincial and foreign specialty restaurants

• Notoriety Starred Tables…

• Terraces and gardens of Paris on sunny days…

 

SOME PLACES OF SERENITY IN THE CAPITAL

• Cour Carrée du Louvre (1st arr.)

• Hotel du Marais (3rd arr.)

• Parc Monceau (8th district)

• On the Montmartre hill: the Allée des Brouillards, Maquis de Montmartre, Villa Léandre (18th arr.)

• Jardins des Plantes (5th arr.)

• Court of Honor of the Invalides (7th arr.)

• Bois de Vincennes islands (11th and 12th arr.)

• Passage Dauphine (6th district)

• The House of Balzac (16th arr.)

• The Père Lachaise cemetery (20th arr.)…

 

PARIS BY NIGHT

Among the Theaters and Performance Halls   

• Opera Garnier (2nd district)

• Bouffes Parisiens(2nd arr.)

• Café de la Gare (4th arr.)

• Comedie Bastille (11th district)

• Paris Comedy (9th arr.)

• Comedy Champs-Elysées (8th arr.)

• Folies Bergeres (9th district)  

• Gaite Montparnasse (14th arr.)

• Gymnasium (10th arr.)

• Hébertot (17th district)

• Madeleine (8th arr.)

• Marigny (8th arr.)

• Michodière (2nd arr.)

• Mogador (9th district)

• Montparnasse (14 arr.)

• New(9th arr.)

• Ice Palace (10th arr.)

• Royal Palace (1st district)

• Renaissance (10th arr.)

• Splendid (10th arr.)

• Paris Theater (9th arr.)

• Champs-Elysées Theater (8th arr.)

• Variety Theater (2nd arr.)

 

Among the most famous Cabarets

• Crazy Horse

• Lido    

• Latin Paradise

• Moulin Rouge  

 

Some places to have a drink…

• Chez Régine

• Café de la Paix (9th arr.)

• Cafe Marly (1st arr.)

• The Carmen (9th arr.)

• Le Brebant (9th district)

• Harry's New York Bar (2nd district)

• Delaville Cafe

• Sir Churchill (16th arr.)

• At Kassel

• The Magnificent (1st arr.)

 

SHOPPING 

 

Paris offers an impressive list of gift or shopping ideas…

 

Luxury item, in the shops…

• The cross

• Louis Vuitton

• Dior

• Cardin

• Balmain

• Givenchy

• Feraud

• Lanvin

• The rock

• Paco Rabanne

• Nina Ricci   

• Yves Saint Laurent…. 

 

Also shopping...

• Within the 17 passages of Paris

• Along the quays of the Seine

• in the Marais district

• in the Opera district / Grands boulevards 

• In the Champs-Elysées district

• In the Louvre district

• At the Galleries Lafayette

• Spring Haussmann

• At the Forum des Halles…

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MAIN AGGLOMERATIONS IDF (Excluding Paris)

 

• Versailles (Yvelines)

• Saint Germain en Laye (Yvelines)

• Rambouillet (Yvelines)

• Pontoise (Val d'Oise)

• Enghien-les-Bains (Val d'Oise)

• Marne La Vallée (Seine et Marne)   

• Fontainebleau (Seine et Marne)

• Évry (Essonne)

• Nanterre (Top of the Seine)

• La Defense (Upper Seine)

• Creteil (Val de Marne)

• Bobigny (Seine-Saint-Denis)

 

CURIOSITIES & ESSENTIALS

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ESSONNE

• Evry and its futuristic Evry Cathedral (work by Mario Botta)

• Dourdan, royal city, capital of Hurepoix    

• Etampes, bustling city of kings   

• Essonne vineyard

• Jean-Baptiste Salis collection (75 aircraft from Blériot XI to the last fighter-bomber embarked on an aircraft carrier)

• Institute of Nuclear Physics of Orsay, founded by Frédéric and Irène Joliot-Curie

• Saint-Blaise chapel decorated by Jean Cocteau

• Several museums

• Soisy-sur-Ecole Art Glassworks

• National Conservatory of Perfumed, Medicinal and Aromatic Plants

• Sumptuous castles including: Domaine de Courson, Domaine de Courances, Domaine de St Jean de Beauregard, Château du Marais, Domaine de Chamarande

 

SEINE ET MARNE

• Day in the footsteps of impressionist painters with a visit to the village of Barbizon (where Rousseau, Millet, Monet, Renoir met…)

• Visit of the recent town of Melun-Sénart

• Clemenceau Museum in Moret-sur-Loing

 

VAL D'OISE

• Discovery of Enghien-les-Bains and its surroundings

• Vexin Plateau

• Castles including Auvers-sur-Oise castle, Roche Guyon castle

• Van Gogh's house

• Viosne Valley

• Domain of Villarceau

 

YVELINES

• Discovery of the flagship city: Versailles and its famous castle

• Saint-Germain-en-Laye and its castle (Antiquities museum)

• Stroll in the animal park of Thoiry to meet animals in freedom

• Walk in the "France Miniature" amusement park located in Elancourt (2000 models on a scale of 1/30 heritage, history and culture of France)

• Walk in the Chevreuse Valley

• National Sheepfold in Rambouillet  

• Toy Museum in Poissy

• Walk in the Vaux de Cernay Abbey (Chevreuse Valley)

• Discovery of the many castles such as: Saint Germain en Laye, Maintenon, Esclimont, Breteuil, Monte-Cristo, Dampierre, Maisons-Laffitte…

• Cartier Foundation for Contemporary Art located in Jouy en Josas (exhibition and artists' studios, sculpture park)

• Many museums including: the Rambolitain Museum (4000 pieces of railway history)

 

OTHER SITES IN ILE DE FRANCE

• Visit of the Arche de la Défense (Hauts de Seine)

• Automobile Museum at La Défense

• Visit of the Houses of Chateaubriand and Gambetta (Hauts de Seine)

• Stroll on the Island of the Impressionists in Rueil-Malmaison (Hauts de Seine)

• Walk to Pavillon Baltard in Seine et Marne (former pavilion of Les Halles de Paris in iron, rebuilt on the banks of the Marne)

 

CULINARY SPECIALTIES - IDF

• Beef & lamb from Ile de France

• Rabbit & poultry from Gâtinais, poultry from Houdan

• Meaux mustard

• Peppermint from Milly-la-Forêt

• Fried gudgeon fish in the guinguettes

• Parisian mushrooms and artichokes (harvested in Val d'Oise & Yvelines)

• Cherry of Montmorency

• Plums from Chambourcy

• Faro apples

• Gâtinais honey

• Cheeses: Brie de Meaux, Coulommiers, Boursault

• Pastries: Paris-Brest, barley sugar from Moret, cake made from Gâtinais honey 

• Brie cider, Grand Marnier, Poissy kernel (cognac-based liqueur and apricot kernels)

 

ACTIVITIES

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 ESSONNE

• Introduction to airplane piloting

• Baptism in 4X4

• Karting - Quad

• MTB

• Horse riding

• Orienteering course in the forest of Sénart

• Golf on more than ten courses in the department

 

SEINE ET MARNE

• Eurodisney Theme Park in Marne La Vallée

• Multi-activities in the forest of Fontainebleau (mountain biking, climbing, river crossing, canoeing down the river)

• go-kart

• 4×4 rally near Meaux

• Hot air balloon flight over the forest of Fontainebleau

• First flight

• Golf on a dozen courses in the department

 

VAL D'OISE

• Cergy Pontoise leisure base for a breath of fresh air

• Aircraft Flight School  

 

YVELINES

• Golf on more than fifteen courses in the department

• Mountain biking near Thoiry

• Karting

• Driving sports cars (Ferrari, Porsche, etc.)

 

 

REGIONAL PRODUCTS

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• Charcuterie & cheeses

• Local products from Seine-et-Marne or Essonne

• Bottles of local liquors

• Vexin Beers

• Reproduction of an impressionist painting

• Gifts around the themes of the region: Walt-Disney, golf, horse, writers and musicians…)

• Works on the cultural riches of the region (castles, museums, etc.)

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