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Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Another top 30 list for Paris

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