Paris is the most visited city in the world. Travelers and tourists from all around the globe choose it as their destinations in order to spend their holidays in the city of lights, visiting some of the world’s greatest monuments, get a taste of the French cuisine by the Seine or attend a high fashion weekend. Paris is a place that can offer anything to anyone.
“Only Paris is worthy of Rome; only Rome is worthy of Paris.”
This is what the residents of those two cities believe, so let us see why Paris is the only city in the world worthy of Rome and vice-versa.
Paris, The City of Lights
The most known sights of Paris are of course the Eiffel tower, located at the center of the metropolitan area, counting about 6 million visitors per year; And the Louvre. The Louvre is the most visited art museum in the world and a historic monument counting 35.000 objects, among them the “Mona Lisa” the “Venus de Milo” and many more; making the visit a lifetime experience. Another great monument is the Arc de Triomphe, a monument built in honor of those who died for France in the French Revolution and the Napoleonic wars. Endurance while sightseeing in Paris is required because the “must-see” is going on. The Palace of Versailles, from where King Louis XIV ruled and the area around it, is a place of magnificent beauty.
After all this sightseeing the visitor can spend some time having fun in Europe’s biggest theme park, Disneyland or Parc Asterix. Sightseeing though can continue with visits to Notre Dame De Paris, one of the finest examples of French Gothic architecture, or by visiting some of the many theaters and operas of the metropolis, where legendary artists as Edith Piaf used to appear. The effect of the widespread travel and tourism to Paris is the great number of hotels built in order to accommodate the growing number of visitors, with the most notable of them the Hôtel Ritz Paris and Hôtel de Crillon.
Traveling to Paris
Most travelers reach Paris by air; which has two major airports: Orly International Airport and Roissy Charles de Gaulle airport (CDG).
From Orly airport, passengers can use the RER network (which is an underground metro-like train network that operates as an express train) or the bus routes to travel towards the center, while CDG offers the passenger the same options as well as the TGV (High-speed National Rail Network).
Public transportation in the city is very comfortable. Traveling from one point to another can be done by using train, tram and metro networks as well as the bus network too.
See for yourself why Paris is the number one destination for tourists everywhere
Whatever the visitor wants to do in Paris, Paris is proven that can offer it to him. Fashion, delicate cuisine, grand Architecture, art, fun. Reputation is not created by rumors, is built on facts. And Paris has quite a lot of it.
