Paris: travel articles - Page 4

The bustling streets of Paris, once the scene of a colourful invasion of electric scooters, are now seeing these two-wheeled machines take early retirement. Since 1 September, they...

Perhaps you take your train every morning without knowing that beneath your feet lies a historic monument to the Second World War. A symbol of the Resistance, the bunker hidden beneath...

We only see the surface of things. That goes for an ancient city like Paris, of course, but it's even truer of its basements, whose existence we often don't even know exist. While...

In the 17th century, Louis XIV was already enjoying the 1,600 jets of water in the grounds of the Château de Versailles, fed by the Seine thanks to 257 hydraulic pumps. In 1666, he...

Lutetia Parisiorum, which was to become Paris, was developed by the Romans two millennia ago. Driven out by Asterix and his Gaulish friends, who were there long before them, they nevertheless...

Just imagine... You're on a weekend in the capital and, after a busy day touring the sights of Paris, you return to your hotel room to be greeted by a superb view of the Eiffel Tower......

Open-air cinemas are all the rage this summer! And this year, for the first time, Les Vedettes de Paris, the emblematic barge company on the Seine, is offering screenings of legendary...

Paris attracts tourists from all over the world, making it one of the most visited cities in the world. It has to be said that the French art of living and the city's architecture...