| You're nearly there - Paris, the fabulous city of lights! | | | | vanished citizens of Paris of long ago. You will be near |
| You can hardly wait to arrive. You've gotten your | | | | some of Paris's most remarkable tourist sites - the |
| flights to France, now you're considering some great | | | | Tuileries garden to Chatelet - site of the Comedie |
| looking offers on hotels in Paris, France. Where you | | | | Francaise, where Moliere once produced his plays - to |
| are staying in the city is always an important | | | | the world renowned Louvre. And the shopping, on the |
| consideration for accommodation for Paris, France | | | | elegant Faubourg Saint Honore, is without peer! |
| even if you are looking at hotels in Paris city centre. | | | | Why You Don't Want To Stay: While during the day in |
| Here's a guide to Paris's First arrondissement so you | | | | the First Arrondissement provides you access to |
| can learn more about whether this part of Paris is | | | | some of Paris's best sights within a few moments' |
| where you want to be! | | | | walk, the business-like nature of the area means that |
| Paris: The First Arrondissement | | | | nightlife, by contrast, is limited within the arrondissement. |
| Paris's 1st arrondissement is filled with the sort of | | | | So unless visitors go to the Les Halles/St. Denis area |
| elegance and grandeur that centuries' worth of tourists | | | | there's not much to do. Les Halles/St. Denis's low brow |
| have imagined when thinking of Paris, the City of | | | | pleasures may appear slightly seedy to those over the |
| Lights. Broad boulevards, haute couture, and well | | | | age of 21 (that said, the section bordering the Les |
| maintained parks overlooking the smoothly flowing | | | | Halles mall is consistently nice - a fine place to stop |
| River Seine are all to be found in this neighborhood, a | | | | after catching a film in Les Halles's enormous cinema, |
| district mainly of office space and tourist sites. Les | | | | which presents many US and English films in their |
| Halles, Paris's weird take on a shopping center, can be | | | | original languages. But avoid going towards Rue St. |
| found here as well. | | | | Denis/Blvd. Sebastopol unless you're consciously |
| What To Expect If You're Staying Here: | | | | seeking that sort of milieu.) What's more, this area can |
| What's Good: Spending time here has many benefits. | | | | get very touristy - especially around the otherwise |
| When you stroll beneath the nineteenth-century arches | | | | lovely Rue de Rivoli. So watch your purse and control |
| of the Rue de Rivoli arcade, you will be following in the | | | | your buying impulse for souvenirs until you're a bit |
| footsteps of generations of dandies and duchesses: | | | | further off the beaten path. |