Enjoying at Paris

Eiffel Tower
One of the most recognizable buildings in the world and the most prominent symbol of Paris and France.

Built between 1887 and 1889, the Iron Lady was built as the entrance to the Exposition Universelle, a World fair marking the centenary of the French Revolution. At 324 metres high, it was at the time the tallest building in the world until 1930 when the Chrysler Building in New York was completed. Amazingly, it was originally intended to be a temporary structure for the duration of the exposition.

Today it is the single most visited fee-paying monument in the world, with its 3 separate viewing levels (the first two reachable either by foot or lift) with the lower levels also providing restaurants.

Open: mid June - end of August, 9am-12.45am (last admission Midnight): remainder of the year, 9.30am-11.45pm (last admission, 11pm). Stair option is the same, June-August but closes at 6pm the rest of the year.

Entrance fees: €13.10; €11.50 (12-24 year olds); €9.00 (4-11 y.o) – Top Level
€8.10/€6.50/€4.00 – Up to 2nd Level: €4.50/€3.50/€3.50 – Stairs. Some believe this to be near the execution site of early Christians at the hands of the Romans - including the first bishop of Paris, Saint Denis, who trotted north with his decapitated head and is buried under the basilica that bears his name. 

Disney Land 
Disneyland Park is divided into 5 sections:Main Street U.S.A, Frontierland, Adventure land, Fantasyland and Discoveryland . You will take a free map at the entrance so you can choose what games you want to see/play so don't be afraid because the park is big.

Get into the queues for the rides because many people go there for them. There is a fast card that you dont have to wait and get inside faster than the other people. I was there in October so there wasn’t any need to do that.

There are also some expensive restaurants and thats why many people bring their own food/drinks and have a picnik there (its not allowed but everyone does it)

If you stay for two days the second one you can visit Walt Disney Studios, the other park that is next to Disneyland park. We visited this on our second visit and I can say that we liked the games more there especially the rock n roll coaster, the crush’s coaster and the terror tower but there are some boring events too like Armageddon or the animagique (the kids may love it though)

Another thing the kids will love is that they will meet, take picture with and talk to Donald, Mickey, the snow white, Buzz (pic 4) and so many others! Kids’ smile is precious so you will forget for a while that you payed 54 euros to see one theme park or 68 euros if you decided to see both parks. If you have Paris Visite card you can see both parks for the price of one (54 euros)

Statue of liberty

Allée des Cygnes is a 600 m long artificial island on the Seine River, between Bir Hakeim bridge and Grenelle bridge between 15th and 16th arrondissements (districts). There are only pedestrians and bikers on this island, and the car traffic is very far, under the tree covered alley, you almost don’t hear it! Many families from the area take their kids there and it is really quiet: people sitting on benches and reading or just looking at the boats passing by, anglers, lovers. . . And from there you can have some interesting views on some famous Parisian monuments and a close look at two Parisian bridges.

On the Grenelle bridge end you can have this interesting view to Bir Hakeim bridge (Ah! Bir Hakeim is just a well in the Libyan Desert where the French troops resisted two weeks to Rommel’s Afrika Korps in 1942, giving time to Montgomery’s troops to gather in El Alamein, and the rest of the story is well known. . . ) but before reaching it you can have a look on the shores for some other Parisian monuments, like the ring-shaped “Maison de Radio France”  home to the French National broadcasting corporation, hosting a big concert hall. At the south western end you finally reach the landmark of the Allée des Cygnes (Swans, alley, but there are no swans): la Statue de la Liberté. The statue here is a copy of the Statue of Liberty of New York (offered by the French to the USA), created by Bartholdi; the American community of Paris offered this smaller statue to Paris in 1889 (centenary of the French revolution), but the statue has been turned in 1937, as it was showing its back to the west (America), and now faces west. The Liberty of New York is of course the original, but the first model of this statue, which Bartholdi created (so the first, in design point of view) is in Paris, in a place few know