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For TikisMikis , 10/06/2009 10:34 pm

For some time now not writing anything, and I'm sorry, but the "veranito" rages on morality. So I dusted off the list of items outstanding and I decided to start with the "Bateaux Parisiens."

There is no doubt that Paris is a romantic city, you notice upon arrival. Among the many romantic experiences you can live with your partner in Paris, I recommend a romantic dinner at the " Bateaux Parisiens . "

The Bateaux Parisiens are these little boats that sail down the Seine, showing the most typical of Paris, but from the point of view of river. If you look at the website you'll see that there are different types of cruises on the Seine, all I recommend the dinner cruise .

Night view of the Eiffel Tower from the Seine River Dinner Cruise

The dinner in question is not just economic, but worth it for the environment and the night view of the great monuments that exist in the French capital along the Seine, and can be seen from the boat:

• Grand Palais
• The Orsay Museum
• The Louvre
• Notre Dame
• Trocadero
• La Torre Eiffell

To reach the Bateaux Parisiens, just you have to go to the jetties that are at the foot of the Eiffel Tower. They have some maps to help locate the exact location .

From the Bateaux Parisiens, night view of Notre Dame

Among the menus that given the choice I recommend the "Select", as these next to the glass and the views are much better than in the service "Etoile", and it's worth, since you're giving this freak. As for the quality of the meal is very good, the end of the day is French cuisine in Paris, so I will not leave disappointed.

They have included a new menu "Premier", the value for money know, but that each judge, if he pays.

One issue to consider is the dress to wear as it is not possible to access the restaurant in jeans and sports, just take it into account, not to bring you a nasty surprise.

Miniature version of the Statue of Liberty in Paris

In short, if you want to spend a romantic evening in the city of lights I recommend this cruise.

Note: In Amsterdam there is also a cruise like this, which also was there, but it comes nowhere near the quality of this.

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For TikisMikis , 15/04/2009 8:00 pm

After a few days without activity, the return to this article on the Louvre museum in Paris. I will not say anything that you may know already from the Louvre, but if I am going to explain how it was my visit to this museum.

I must say I was very excited to visit this museum, you know that the museum has a rich history in fact has gone through many transformations. It was originally a medieval fortress and the successive rulers of France were giving him some "style bathrooms" that led it to the last renovation in 1980 approximately, which is how we know it. This remodeling left more visible as a main entrance to the museum, which is the famous glass pyramid Ieoh Ming Pei and opened in 1989.

Main entrance of the Louvre Museum

I admit I was very anxious to see the pyramid, the game of innuendo about the " Holy Grail ", the book" The Da Vinci Code "and visit the sites where the action. But in the end I saw nothing strange in the pyramid, it will be because it is all fiction ....

But come the "grain", the first thing you do when you decide to take a visit to this museum, and in general to any museum in Paris, is thinking about whether or not you should buy the " Paris Museum Pass . " This pass will allow you access to some 60 museums and monuments in Paris, the most significant. It is sold in the museums, the Fnac and in other outlets that you can check the link for "Paris Museum Pass. It exists in versions 1,3,5 consecutive days, and believe me if you purchase the 5 days you will not have time to see everything the list is incredible, even if only going to see this museum is not worth it, you decide.

Paris Museum Pass

The second thing you have to take intoaccount is like arriving at the museum, my advice is to use the subway as the Line 1 has a specific stop at the museum. Getting to the museum by subway, you'll discover an entrance to the museum you do not expect, and also you will avoid the queues at the main entrance of the pyramid.

Once inside the museum, you have to consider how you want to see the museum, and how much time you have. That is, if you are someone who wants to see everything and see all the rooms, with one day so you'll have enough to go back. But if you want to find out which is the museum, understanding and most important visit, I recommend you rent an audio guide, for several reasons. The first is that you can select multiple pathways, and one of them is a guided tour of the museum and his most important works about 45 minutes. During his visit, journey from the medieval foundations of the museum, the Venus de Milo , the Winged Victory , and finally the Gioconda . Although the audio guide indicates that the visit is 45 minutes, we took an hour and a half, quietly and without hurry.

Of all the works in the museum is the best known is "Mona Lisa or La Gioconda" by Leonardo Da Vinci . And it really is incredible, since no room meets so many people, and if a sample:

Visitors of the "Mona Lisa"

Another room worth visiting is the Apollo Gallery, decorated by Le Brun (decorator common in Versailles). In this gallery are the crown jewels of France worth seeing.

The Apollo Gallery

In short if you go to Paris do not miss the Louvre Museum is really worth spending a morning walking through the galleries.

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For TikisMikis , 23/02/2009 9:00 pm

The city of lights, traps and love, I admit. By not having ever visited, I had a sense of idealized Paris that has been overtaken by the feelings I've experienced.

Of all the sensations that gives you Paris, the most striking is confronted with the sight of the Eiffel Tower. I mean really big deal because it is impressive and it seems unreal. Beside the whole city looks like a toy, and at night to stroll along the Champs de Mars becomes more unrealistic if possible.

Eiffel Tower at dusk

Paris is a city that lives in the face of the river, "The Seine" Unlike other cities that clearly living back to their rivers. Most of the monuments and sites are located on both sides of river.

Paris is a monumental city of palaces, museums, neighborhoods and culture. There are many places to visit so we will try to tell our experience. But first we're going with the basics, how to get, how to move, where to stay, and where to eat, to the end of the day are basic needs.

Getting to Paris from Beauvais

To get to Paris by air (which is the most common way to get where parts of far), there are three alternatives in the form of airport: Charles de Gaulle , that of Orly , and Beavuais .

If you land in Beavuais then travel with Ryanair , almost 95% accuracy. Remember that if you travel with this low cost carrier, you have to be very scrupulous with the luggage, pq them are. The rules now apply (except to amend) are: 1 piece of cabin per person, one bag per person to charge a maximum of 15 Kilos, the rest of baggage to pay.

As an anecdote I tell you they are really cheap and punctual, but they make you feel like cattle they carry. The truth is that air transport is changing so much so that it no longer cool to fly with these companies now that are getting larger batteries, but if you're on a budget are a good option.

From Beavuais to Paris by bus is a half hour or so, depends on the traffic at the entrance to Paris. The ticket costs about 26 euros per person round trip. My advice is to saqueis the return ticket, as it has a very high validity in days (you better be sure if you go less than a week or two), and so you avoid wasting time you around. Returning Be careful to be on the bus about 3 hours before flight departure time. Do not confide because the bus leaves at the time and if you lose, it's hard Beavuais reach the airport on time. I read somewhere that some people have missed the bus and had to take a taxi to the airport. Think there an hour and a half away by bus.

Once you arrive in Paris, the bus will leave you beside the congress hall in the square " Porte Maillot ". From there I recommend you take the subway, which you have the same façade of the palace that overlooks the square. Bajeis words, when the bus, you will see the hotel Lafallete, and right glued to this one large building. This is the convention center, access to the subway is next to the entrance. Remember that tickets paris underground are of 2 types in red letters and says "Metro", and yellow letters and says "Metropolitan." I say this because they are so easy to see how london.

Arc de Triomphe

Getting around Paris

My advice is that you shake your meter in Paris, which has an impressive infrastructure, everything is very well signposted, and is very punctual and fast. Some people prefer traipsing the city, but to me it seems somewhat extreme. Please note that the distances are enormous.

Once chosen the metro, I suggest you pilleis a ticket of type " Paris Visite "This pass also gives you discounts on the tickets of some interesting places you have discounts on the plane that will give them to buy the ticket if do not ask.

The ticket " Paris Visite "allows you to walk around the paris metro areas the distributions. My advice is that you pilleis in Zone 1-2 or 1-3. The pass for zones 1-6, is recommended if you're going to go somewhere far away from Paris, not worth it, but it yourselves. To give you an idea, the 1-3 zone pass for five days costs € 28.30 per person, and allows you unlimited access to underground within the area. A single ticket costs € 1.30 make account and see if you compensated. If you want to have an updated reference price page go to paris l meter . Besides this subway ticket may be used for buses and nearby.

Subway safety, I will say that the person who was with me told me that he had always been an incident in the metro. In four days I've been I assure you that I took the subway to move lot of paris, and I have not seen any incident, we have taken in the morning, afternoon, evening (8 Dela afternoon) and to week. Maybe this is because they have increased security in the subway, and sometimes you see groups of 2-3 people on patrol, sometimes even with dogs.

An unexpected surprise, walking along the Champs Elysees

Staying in Paris

While staying in Paris is expensive, you can find accommodation with charming downtown and not "arruinantes" (allow me the expression). We chose the area near the Eiffel Tower, especially next to a street that has a special charm, the street Cler .

There are several hotels around this street: Hotel du Champs de Mars, Hotel Valadon , Hotel Du Cadran. We chose an offer from the Hotel Du Cadran , to 116 euros per night we were in a very nice and completely renovated. A discovery and 2 minutes from the subway entrance.

We agree with that are undertaking reforms in Hotel Du Cadran, particularly in the hotel lobby. We were assured that the works would not bother us, and I must say that was so. It is also true that we got up early and went to bed too late, so most of the time we were outside the hotel. As for the housing regime, we chose only the room, as some hotel there are numerous cafes where they are happy to serve breakfast. One tip, take a look and see the offers in different cafes in the area, in some cases there is difference in price. I recommend the "Cafe Du Mars" for breakfast, because in addition to being right next to the hotel for 4 euros or so, I served an orange juice, cafe con leche, a croissant or toast.

Notre Dame

Dining in Paris

Do not worry if you are very tikis mykiss at lunchtime, the French like to eat, that's obvious so I'll tell the local cuisine is not known worldwide. That is not the subject of this article. If your goal is to eat more or less cheap, you have several possibilities.

Option Bakery - Sandwich. It is usually very common in bakeries sell you snacks ready to go eat on the go. This option is good if you do not want to waste time and is economical. Besides the sandwiches are usually very tasty, they lack the butter, cheese, tomato, and what they want to.

Choice Foods of the world. In Paris people of different cultures live together, so besides the "traditional" American hamburger, you Kebah for all sites, Chinese, Japanese, a little of everything. I was surprised that unlike other cities I've visited London, in Paris on McDonnalds are difficult to see compared to London that you turn the corner and you're three. We notice that France does not win the American fast-food.

Eating in the Latin Quarter

Due to the circumstances of the trip, agreed that we had to stop for lunch in the Latin Quarter of Paris. Being very close to Notre Dame , and full of tourists like you, I recommend you look a little tender, and "paint" the room, because there are many differences between the two sites and others. If you sit down to dinner with drinking and everything will rarely fall below 12 euros per person if you're lucky.

Eat near Galeries Lafayette

Beside the Galeries Lafayette is the boulevard of the Italians, so guess what kind of restaurant you can find. It's amazing the amount of Italian restaurants, at prices of Paris (15-19 euros per person menu). Do the same as in the Latin Quarter, invest a little time to see the prices, there is much difference. Above all the most expensive are those that are ready for tourists, flee from them.

Eat in Montmartre

Unlike the Latin Quarter, and the Galeries Lafayette area in the district of Montmartre, behind the church, and next to the square where the painters, I recommend a restaurant. It's called " Chez Ma Cousin ", and added to the friendliness of its staff joins do that at night cabaret shows, if you heard right. The daily menu goes for about € 10.50 per person, drinks included. Worthwhile.

Montmartre Detail

Dining in the Eiffel Tower area

You will not have trouble finding a good site, if you move away a little of the Eiffel Tower. Building on that we were near the Rue Cler, in this street there are numerous Brasserie. Among the specialties I recommend the oysters, as about 15 € you get a plate full to overflowing at Cafe du Mars. If the same spot where we had breakfast, and take advantage of this nearby.

Sites you should visit

To taste the colors, but here I put my list of favorites:

• Eiffel Tower at night
• Eiffel Tower and admire the view up
• Visit Paris sailing on the Seine
• Arc de Triomphe in the Place Charles de Gaulle
• Notre Dame
• The Louvre Museum
• Centre Pompidou
• Invalides
• Montmartre
• Galeries Lafayette
• Flea Market:
• Latin Quarter

Things you should do

... Before you go to Paris. But that in the next chapter ...