With a rich history and culture precious, with huge variety of geographical settings, wonderful wines and a trend irresistible to romanticism, France is a country in the part of Europe and the diversity of places to be explored in this country is immense. Reserve time for it.

From the Alps to the snow castles of the Loire, the Mont Saint Michel to the fortress city of Carcassone, from Gothic cathedrals to wines, chocolate, and onion sup, France is decidedly delicious and wonderful, and this is nothing new.

If you travel for Europe, by car, and want to go for two weeks or more, don’t rent a car, do a lease, because it works the same and is much cheaper. The cars are leased from zero km, comes from the factory with documentation on their behalf, including insurance, and allowed transit across Europe. Renault offers leasing at value prices, it’s less than 185 days per year in France, and does not pursue any gainful activity during his stay there. You can pick up and return the car in several cities of France, and even elsewhere in Europe. For details contact a good travel agency. We recommend the agency Bon Voyage, which has a team courteous and professional.

If you will not travel by car, a good option for travel in France is traveling by train. You can visit all the places at value prices, as this is one of the cheapest forms of transport. There are trains to all cities many times a day. Traveling by train is also an excellent alternative to go to other countries, and the TGV, French high speed train routes have also for Brussels, Belgium. If you want to give the destinations, schedules and even buy tickets, visit the National Societé Chemins de Fer, SNCF.

If before starting your journey, you have the curiosity to know how are the meals served by airlines, take a look at a fun site airlinemeals.net

If you follow your journey to England, remember that a good choice of transport between London and Paris is the Eurostar, train linking the two countries by undersea tunnel. In about three hours you from the Gare du Nord in Paris to Saint Pancras Station in London. Both stations in city centers. Check the times of trains and fares on Eurostar.

Arrival in Paris:

Airport Roissy-Charles de Gaulle.

Flights from US and most long-distance flights operating in this airport, situated 7 Miles northeast of the center of Paris. Their terminals are called Aérogare 1, Aérogare 2 and Aérogare T9, all very busy. After going through the formalities of immigration and pick up your luggage, you have three options to reach Paris:

Taxi: Option faster and more expensive. Only worth it if you are with great haste.
Roissybus: Lines of buses linking terminals cast to the Place de lOpera in central Paris (arrondisement 9). Depending on their destination in the city, this process can be a great option.
Metro RER. The RER subway is a network that connects several central points of Paris to remote areas of the city, including the airports. The line that serves the airport is the B3, which flows towards north-south. It is the cheapest option for transport to the center. The board is close to terminal of the airport, and the path to the point of embarkation of the RER is done by a bus free of the company RATP. The main stations of the line B3 are at the heart of Paris Gare du Nord, Chatelet-les-Halles and Saint Michel. There you can make connection with the subway lines in urban and continue until their neighborhood of destination.

Urban transport in Paris:

The subway is the best form of transport in the city. Efficient, fast moving and every day of the week, he has 14 lines covering all districts and directions. Upon arriving in guichê pay a Carnet, which comes with 10 tickets and is much cheaper than buying individual tickets. The center of Paris is divided in twenty administrative districts of the city. The most central is the Arrondissement 1, which corresponds to the most noble of the city. The following districts in order to form a kind of spiral map of the city until the arrondisseent 20, located east of the center. Each has its characteristics, life itself and attractions. One of the greatest pleasures of a visit to explore the city is to claim each of its Arrondissements.

The outside the Arrondissements, beyond the ring road known as Boulevard Periphérique, is divided into Banlieues. The ticket in the subway gives you the right to travel through all 14 lines, regardless of area of the city, but gives no right to travel on the RER. To travel in the subway RER is to buy a special ticket, a little more expensive. There are tickets for travel both in conjunction subway as the RER, cheaper to buy the two separately. Save your ticket to exit the subway. While the exit is not necessary to show the ticket at the roulette machines, as in London, are frequent inspections of the police looking for those who try to travel for free, and if by chance you go through one of these inspections will be necessary to show that the trip ticket. Don’t try to show old tickets, because they give the dates of validation.

The site of the Paris subway routes and provides all information needed to transport throughout the city. 

Accommodations in Paris

Paris is one of the most sought cities of the world, and all seem to dream of going there one day, so its hotels not usually very cheap. If you are not in order to spend more than is necessary, then it is better to choose where to stay ahead of arrival. Our suggestion is that you choose to a tourist hotel category.

Good to know, however, that the tourist-class hotels in Paris has a characteristic that does not usually mean much: Their rooms are usually small. Anyone who has traveled and is hosted in any motel in U.S. probably have a surprise with the hotels in Paris ... This however is a detail easy to bear, if you remember the economy that this can give you, because you probably spend most of your time outside.

Both in Paris and in other cities of France, we have always been a network of Ibis hotels, which are not expensive for local patterns can be found in all cities, usually located in the center, or close to main tourist attractions and offers: clean rooms with private bathroom, color TV, and a great breakfast included in the price of daily rate. The IBIS network has about 450 hotels throughout Europe, with over 350 in France. Another alternative accommodation is the network of Mercure hotels, with a simpler service, but with further price into account.

Buying souvenirs:

Rue de Rivoli (Metro Palais Royal), which are dozens of shops selling souvenirs, perfumes that give discount for tourists, shops selling shirts, scarves, watches, posters, pratinhos, and everything else imaginable that someone might want to take as a souvenir.
At the center of the square there are always artists are offering to paint his portrait in time. Several of them are really excellent. The site is surrounded by restaurants and shops selling all kinds of souvenirs of the city.

Friendly Restaurants:

They are in all corners, and it would be impossible to complete, we have not claim to know all. But there is a consensus that in terms of tourism, some of the most enjoyable are in the regions of the Rue Mouffetard (subway Monge) and Place du Tertre (Anvers subway). They are small, friendly, has dishes at a good price for tourists, and usually with very pleasant environment. The restaurants situated in the areas are frequented by tourists, with for example the Rue de Rivoli or Champs-Elysées, tend to be more expensive and crowded. Remember that in Paris the same dishes served in the same restaurants tend to be more expensive than dinner at the lunch. Be sure to ask for a wine to accompany your meal, because they are almost always cheaper than a soda. Most restaurants do not open between 15 and 18 hours, so those who like to eat outside of traditional working hours must pay attention to the clock if you do not want to end up having to kill the hunger somewhere in McDonalds ...

Traditional Attractions:

Tour Eiffel, Arc de Triomphe, Les Invalides, Conciergerie, Place Vendome, Hotel de Ville, Le Voltaire, Place de La Concorde, the Opera de Paris, Palais Royal, Place de la Bastille, Montmartre, Montparnasse. Each of these attractions deserves many, many pages, so we will not try to describe them as it would be impossible. Our only suggestion is; if possible, plan your visit by neighborhoods, so you will have time to visit the best of each part of the city without wasting much time going from one part to another.

Museums (There are dozens in every city, but more are known):

Musée du Louvre (impossible to see everything in one day. Choose the side of your choice and be sure to see the framework of the Mona Lisa. In the subsoil of the museum, recently retired there is a shopping where you can find, among other things, reproductions of major works exposed. In the stretch known as the Carrousel du Louvre there is a great place for food, with several restaurants and snack bars.
Musée de LArmé (one of the largest collections of the military world, with emphasis on the history of the French army).
Musée Rodin (dedicated to the life and work of famous sculptor).
Musée dOrsay (old train station adapted to house the works of Impressionist artists).
Les Martirs of Paris (museum of wax figures depicting historical events and the average age in Paris. A little frightening. Indicated only for those who have strong stomach).
Musée Grévin (more famous wax museum in France - subway Drouot Richelieu).
Grand Palais and Petit Palais (both always have excellent exhibitions).
Palais de Chaillot (where is the Musée de lHomme).

Churches (relation of the most important):

Notre Dame de Paris (global architectural masterpiece. Visit Treasuries and the towers).
Basilique du Sacre-Coeur (on top of the hill of Montmartre, one of the best views of the city).
Eglise Saint-German-End (the oldest in Paris).
Eglise de la Madeleine (in the Greek temple).
Sainte Chapelle (Lindíssima. was built on two floors. The one above was for the king and his court praying. The low for the other).
Basilique de Saint Denis (where are buried the kings of France, on a magnificent architectural monuments. Metro St. Denis Basilique).
Panthéon (later transformed into Mausoleum for the French patriots. Visit the crypt, where are buried Vitor Hugo and Jean Moulin, leader of the French resistance in the 2nd war)

Other tours:

Parks (ideal for an afternoon of Sunday, a chance to mix with the inhabitants of the city in their moments of leisure. If youre with children rent one of the traditional barquinhos candle for children released in lakes, and pushing the margin staying with varinhas Wooden). The citys main parks are:

Jardin de Tuileries, Jardin de Luxembourg, Jardin de Plantes, Parc des Buttes Chaumont, Parc de Monceau.

Catacombes. Uum terrifying ride by underground corridors. Altogether are 300 km of corridors. Here are the bones removed from various cemeteries in the city - subway Danfert Rochereau.

Arche de La Defense. Building modernoso in the cube with 30 storeys in height. Take one of the panoramic elevators to go to coverage.

Centre Pompidou / Beaubourg. Cultural Center of revolutionary architecture.

Latin Quarter. Area intellectual and bohemian. Here is the famous Sorbonne faculty. In the region there are lot of great bookshops selling publications to a very good price.

La Villette. It houses various attractions, such as Cité des Sciences et de lIndustrie, Mediathèque, Planetarium, and many restaurants, bars and shops.

Chateau de Vincennes. Historic Castle, a subway Château de Vincennes.

Chateau de Versailles. Palace where history is worth passing on, RER subway line C5.

Disneyland Paris. Similar to existing parks in Florida, only slightly lower, RER subway line A4.

Boat Tours of the river Seine.

There are several companies doing tours of about one hour, some with dinner included. A good option to see the city while resting the legs. The main companies are:

Bateaux Parisien Bateaux Mouche Vedettes de Paris.

One last reminder: Remember that those taken in France are slightly different from Brazil. Equipment taken in Brazil, as of hair dryers, electric shavers or battery chargers, camcorders can not fit in taken. If this happens to you pass a supermarket or shop for electricity and buy an adaptor for taken. La Samaritaine (see above) has a huge sector of electricity. And do not forget to confirm the voltage of your equipment before switching it into the outlet.