Favorite Sites

Destinations in the 1st: Louvre

• Artes Decoratifs Museum

  (Tuesday, 28 June 2011)

  (Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Musée de la Mode et du Textile et Musée de la Publicité)

  The Applied Arts Museum, the Museum of Fashion & Textiles, and the Advertising Museum are collectively known as the Decorative Arts.

   

   

• E. Dehillerin

  (Tuesday, 09 March 2010)

  If your passion is cooking and you wish to invest in some of the world's finest equipment, make a bee-line for E. Dehillerin, the self-described “Expert in kitchen and pastry tools and cookware.”

   

• Forum des Halles: Les Halles Shopping Center

  (Tuesday, 28 June 2011)

  This is the city’s four-level, underground shopping center with 170+ shops, two cinemas, a public swimming pool, with leisure activity space for children's playground, a gymnasium, a billiard room and yoga.

• Jardin des Tuileries

  (Sunday, 21 August 2011)

  (Tuileries Garden)

   

  Centrally located in the first arrondissement between the Louvre and Place de la Concorde on the right bank of the Seine, the Jardin des Tuileries is one of Paris's most visited gardens.

   

• La Conciergerie

  (Tuesday, 28 June 2011)

  It is best known for its role during the bloodiest part of the French Revolution, known as the Reign of Terror (1793-1794). It was the holding place for the accused‑some of who made the cart ride to the guillotine set in modern day Place de la Concorde at one end of the Champs-Elysées‑including Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI. Here you can tour cells and learn about the day-to-day life of a French Revolutionary prisoner.

   

• Musée de Notre Dame de Paris

  (Tuesday, 22 July 2008)

  Founded in 1951 and located a short walk away from the cathedral, visitors can come to this museum to get a better understanding of the sanctuary. Once you’ve taken a tour of the museum, simply cross the street to ascend the towers of Notre Dame.

• Musée de l’Orangerie

  (Tuesday, 22 July 2008)

  (Orangerie Museum)

  Located in the corner of the Tuileries Garden (Jardin des Tuileries), the Orangerie Museum houses paintings by masters such as Cézanne, Renoir, Picasso, Matisse, and Utrillo.

   

• Palais Royal and royal gardens

  (Tuesday, 28 June 2011)

  (Palais Royal et les Jardin du Palais Royal)

   

  Discover the domaine national du Palais Royal, a ‘village in the city’ that faces the Louvre Museum in the heart of Paris. During the 20^th century, famous writers Colette and Cocteau lived blissfully here, enjoying the greenery. Today, with its statues, bushes and trees, the garden has become a favorite meeting place where visitors can relax right in the heart of the capital. The lush, quiet gardens have sculpture to admire, including columns by French conceptual artist Daniel Buren and an abstract water fountain by Pol Bury.

   

• Palais de Justice

  (Tuesday, 28 June 2011)

  The Palais de Justice is a huge complex of buildings that also contains the museum, La Conciergerie, where Marie Antoinette was imprisoned before being guillotined and, tucked within its walls is La Sainte Chapelle, which was the chapel for the royal palace of Saint Louis.

   

• Place Vendome

  (Friday, 04 July 2008)

  The luxurious Hôtel Ritz and its 5-star, equally swanky sister, Hotel Vendôme, are located on the square, and let’s not forget famous jewelers and well-known dress designers. A number of famous people have also lived along Place Vendôme, including Polish composer Frédéric Chopin, his friend and author George Sand, Americans Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald, and designer Coco Chanel, who all resided at the Hôtel Ritz.

   

• St Eustache Church

  (Tuesday, 22 July 2008)

  (Église St. Eustache)

  What a joy it was to stumble upon the St Eustache Church next to Place Cassin. Located just north of Forum Les Halles, this church was completed in 1637 and remains a shining example of Gothic architecture. Its high ceilings and stained glass are impressive. Its pipe organ contains more than 8000 pipes, which surpasses both those of St Sulpice and Notre Dame in size.

• St Germain l’Auxerrois

  (Tuesday, 22 July 2008)

  (Église Saint Germain l'Auxerrois)

  A mixture of Renaissance and Gothic architecture, Église St Germain l’Auxerrois was built as the church for the Palais du Louvre. It houses lovely stained glass windows. In addition, it has only Romanesque bell tower that survived, but its Gothic transformation in the 19th century is what is seen now.

• Ste Chapelle

  (Tuesday, 22 July 2008)

  Situated in the heart of Ile de la Cité and within the walls of the Palais Justice, La Ste Chapelle was consecrated in 1248 by Louis IX to house the relics of the Passion such as the Crown of Thorns and the Image of Edessa. Its walls are exquisite, composed mostly of stained glass windows that stretch towards the ceiling. Lit candles around the chapel with the colorful backdrop make for a wonderful example of Gothic architecture.

• The Louvre Museum

  (Friday, 16 May 2008)

  (Musée du Louvre)
  
  

  Located in the center of Paris, on the Right Bank, the Louvre is the most visited museum in Paris—and with over 650,000 square feet, hosting more than 35,000 pieces of art and historical artifacts—it is the biggest museum in the world.