Fodor's has this top 30 list for Paris:
http://www.fodors.com/world/europe/france/paris/fodors_choice.html
They also include top restaurants, hotels, entertainment and shopping places.
Of the top 30 recommended choics, not included in the previous list are:
- Ancien Cloître Quartier (this is the Ile de la Cité, near Notre Dame and St. Chapelle).
- Bois de Boulogne (including the Jardin d'Acclimatation, a fabulous amusement park)
- Canal St-Martin
- Carrefour de Buci (in St-Germain-des-Prés).
- Cour du Commerce St-André (cobblestone street arcade in St-Germain-des-Prés).
- Musée Carnavalet (history of Paris)
- Musée des Arts et Métiers (museum of scientific instruments and inventions)
- Musée National du Moyen-Age (if you want to get medieval)
- Opéra Garnier
- Place des Vosges (the oldest monumental square in Paris, a royal palace—the Palais des Tournelles—once stood here)
- Rue Mouffetard (in the Quartier Latin, this narrow windy cobblestone street is one of Paris's oldest—it was once a Roman road leading south from Lutecia (Roman Paris) to Italy.
Another interesting list is the top 10 attractions for children in Paris, from DK travel guides:
http://traveldk.com/paris/topten/childrens-attractions-13
Not listed in the previous lists are:
- Disneyland Resort Paris
- Parc de la Villette
- Grande Galerie de l’Evolution (in the Natural History Museum, part of the Jardin des Plantes)
- Musée de la Curiosité et de la Magie (museum of magic, located in the cellars of the former home of the Marquis de Sade).
- Parc Astérix
- Grévin wax museum
- Cirque de Paris
- Parc des Buttes Chaumont
DK's overall top 10 pretty much coincides with previous lists:
http://traveldk.com/paris
And here is a more singular and unique "Editor's Choices":
http://traveldk.com/paris/category/editors-choice
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
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