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Top Five Day Trips From Paris

25. September 2009

There’s enough to do in Paris to keep a visitor occupied for weeks, but for those who do wish to venture further afield, there are a series of awesome destinations that can easily be checked out in a day trip from the French capital. From cathedrals and palaces to wine tasting and architectural gems, these five pack in an awful lot for the day-tripper.

Cruising the Canals of Paris

26. August 2009

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When your feet are tired from climbing all those stairs in the Eiffel Tower and Notre Dame, try a nice relaxing cruise along two of the most fascinating waterways in Paris, the Canal St Martin and the River Seine. I love a good boat trip, and jumped at the chance to take a Paris canal tour for a few hours of blissful floating through some of my favourite Paris scenery.

Viva la Summer: Paris

6. August 2009

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Haven’t heard of Viva la Summer? This week’s featured destination is Paris (see below for some of our favorite things to do in Paris). As always our first order of business: we’re pleased to honor our Viva la Summer traveler of the week. This week it’s Keith N. from Ireland. He submitted a lovely photo of himself and the family taken on a Paris city tour, Seine River cruise, and Eiffel Tower tour. Really, doesn't this photo make you want to take the whole family on a vacation to Paris?

Paris Attractions: The Quirky Side

22. June 2009

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In Paris, it is often easy to just settle for the clichés; sit in a café, gawk at the Eiffel Tower, join the scrum to view the Mona Lisa and walk hand-in-hand along the banks of the Seine. And that’s just fine. But look a little further, and you can stumble into some of the fabulous oddities that give the French capital a slightly quirkier character.

Paris Chocolate Tour

3. June 2009

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Do the words "chocolate" and "French pastries" get you excited? If so you should keep reading. Otherwise this borderline Paris food porn post will rub you the wrong way. You have been warned. It all started a few days ago, when we noticed an excellent review of our Paris Chocolate & Pastry Tour by Marie Maguire on the Contra Costa Times website.

Paris’ Village: Cook, Eat and Walk in Montmartre

8. May 2009

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Paris’ Village: Cook, Eat and Walk in Montmartre

I just love desserts. But in these credit-crunch times, it's home cooking that’s all the rage. So what’s a girl to do? Go to Paris in the springtime, of course, and learn the ancient art of making desserts. Food in the City of Love. Now what could possibly be better than that?

Travel for the Love of Film, Music, Books

20. April 2009

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Travel for the Love of Film, Music, Books

There are some films that make you just want to be there, even though you know rationally that it was only a movie, not real life (and even if it was real life, by the time the film comes out the original event is long-gone). There is something exciting about standing on a street corner that you have visited in film-inspired dreams. Films immortalise locations even as they mess with local geography; they give us a glimpse into an incredible range of places and possibilities.

Paris Rocks Art & Music

30. January 2009

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My latest trip to Paris showed me a whole new side to the City of Lights, one that takes a little digging but is well rewarded. Three words: Rock. And. Roll. First up is the darker side of rock 'n' roll Paris. I attended the opening of the Charles Peterson photography exhibition: 'Kurt Cobain About a Son', in Galerie Chappe, a converted corner shop in the 18th, precariously perched on rue Andre Barsacq, a street on the steep hill close to Sacré-Coeur.

Lost Art of Mass Transiting, Part 2

9. December 2008

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Berlin: M10 Tram from S Nordbahnhof to S+U Warschauer Strasse. I love this Berlin tram line because, no matter what time of day or night you travel between Prenzlauer Berg and Friedrichshain, it's always running. Get on board at 4am next to Dr Pong, the ping pong club near Eberswalderstrasse, and it feels like you've stepped into a party: the kids are out in punk, goth and clubbing gear, and it's apparently legal to drink beer on the tram. Or if it isn't, no-one stops you.

Walking Gourmet: My Paris Food Tour

14. November 2008

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It was a difficult choice between the Paris gourmet food tour and the pastries and chocolate tours, and in the interest of a wider range, I finally selected the former (although I plan to try the sweet one next time I'm in Paris). I am staying on the left bank, and stroll along Boulevard St Germain to the meeting point for our gourmet walking tour, at the market outside the cheese shop near Metro Maubert Mutualite.