Paris

Pros: Affordable lodgings and meals in the heart of Paris
Cons: If you need "American-style" bargain hotel rooms, Henri IV isn't for you

On your visit to Paris, do you want to sleep within steps of the Pont-Neuf, practically in the shadow of Notre-Dame, nestled between the Left and Right Banks of the Seine on the Ile de la Cite?

Sure, you say, and as soon as I make a couple of...

Pros: The city of lights has more than 100 museums on everything and anything
Cons: The lines for the tourist attractions!

Paris is one of my favorite cities in the world. There is so much to see and usually we all have so little time.
I'll skip the usual stuff that most people know on what to see and all that.Here are some tips which might be useful to you (like how...

Pros: Fun time for all age groups
Cons: Pricey

Nighttime excitement in Paris often ends up in the Moulin Rouge or the Lido on some escorted bus tour. You are guaranteed to spend too much money to see some scantily clad women doing something that resembles a cancan.

If that's what you...

Pros: Reasonably clean modern city with tons of history!
Cons: Can be expensive!

Paris is a favorite European destination for many Americans. Paris being the main destination in France, is the gateway for most travelers coming by airplane. As a gateway city, Paris ends up with tons of visitors who spend time within that city alone....

Pros: relaxing, delicious
Cons: I couldn't try everything

Have you ever noticed that if you have a lunch that is light enough that you don’t need an afternoon nap, that by about 3:30 or 4:00, you are absolutely starving? This is a problem for me and it is a particular problem when I am travelling and walking...

Pros: Everything about the city
Cons: none - except it is a little expensive

Paris is one of the loveliest, interesting, fascinating cities I have ever visited. I have only had the pleasure of visiting once but intend to return sometime with my husband. Paris is a very safe city. I never felt uncomfortable, even walking around...

Pros: Wonderful food, clean, incredible architecture, easy to get around (Metro)
Cons: Being squished together like sardines and herded like cattle

****************************** ****** CONTENTS: 1) The French are not rude! 2) Eiffel Tower 3) Rodin Museum 4) Pompidou Center 5) Food in Paris 6) Paris Cemeteries 7) Underground Catacombs 8) Paris Metro ...

Pros: as long things are packaged - canned , bottled, etc it's legal
Cons: this stuff is heavy

When you think of Paris, you think of food, don’t you? I know that I do. Since I went to Paris in November and since I have several foodie friends and since I like giving Christmas gifts that are bags or baskets stuffed full of fun little things it...

Pros: A mervellous city
Cons: no

(The Louvre, cf. previous review, part II)...it will save time and precious steps. Although there are several entrances, the glass pyramid designed by the architect I.M. Pei is the most popular. If one arrives by métro, one will disembark at an upscale...

Pros: Impossible to miss sites
Cons: Dirty sidewalks, cabbies with attitudes, aggressive peddlers and panhandlers, awful traffic

Certainly a trip to Europe without a stop in Paris would be considered incomplete. Unfortunately our trip was scheduled for this November, just two months after September 11th. Our trip was of 14 countries in 38 days, with the longest period (5 days)...

Pros: excellent food, prompt service
Cons: it isn't a bargain

In case you are worried about me, let me take this time to assure you that I did pause (frequently) on my journeys in Paris and have a little something to eat. (It would be such a shame if I were to waste away!)

One place that I would like to...

Pros: Beauty,art,food,romance,history
Cons: none

Like many other people, I am sure, I had spent many an afternoon dreaming about someday going to Paris. I grew up loving any song I heard in French, loving French food and wine, and adoring French art and architecture. Pictures of the Eiffel Tower...

Pros: clean, safe, great location
Cons: at the end of the day I would have liked fewer stairs

On my recent trip to Paris I wanted a hotel room that was clean, safe, conveniently located and reasonably priced. I found all those things at the Hotel Londres St. Honore at 13 Rue St. Roch (located through the excellent website...

Pros: Just being there makes me feel like part of something bigger.
Cons: Its quite expensive, yet is worth every cent.

I have no idea where to begin. There is so much to say about the most beautiful city on earth, I am absolutely certain I will omit something crucial. I will try to touch upon all the highlights of my most recent visit.

There are, of course,...

Pros: beautiful decor, great food, marvelous service
Cons: it is going to be a while before I get back there

Although I am not going to give you a blow by blow account of every place I ate while I was in Paris, there are just some places that need to be mentioned. La Fermette Marbeuf is one of them. I had a long and lovely lunch here on Saturday afternoon but...