Europe and the Mediterranean

Paris

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Directions

BY AIR

  • Paris Airport - Charles de Gaulle
  • Paris Airport - Orly
  • Paris Airport - Beauvais

BY LAND

  • By motorway, two ring roads bypass the city; the maximum speed is 80km/h
  • Train (SNCF); Paris has seven train stations in the centre; train TGV: http://www.sncf.com ; http://www.idtgv.com/ 
  • Paris is the second largest river port in Europe (Port de l’Arsenal, on the Seine)
  • To move around Paris: suburban train (RER), metro, bus, bicycle

Currency

euro

Where to sleep

Tourist office

25 Rue des Pyramides (near the Jardin des Tuileries and the Louvre); metro: Pyramides (line 7 and 14); RER: Auber (line A); tel. (+33) 08 92 68 30 00

To visit

Sights

  • City Island (îlle de la Cité), on the Seine (Workd Heritage Site by UNESCO)
  • Latin Quarter (Quartier Latin), a former university  district, along the Seine

Medieval monuments:

Museums

Also…

Do not forget

  • The Paris Museum Pass  allows you to visit museums at an affordable price
  • In Paris you can take guided tours with an interpreter, with a downloadable e-guide on your mobile phone and on a balloon
  • Paris facilitates and regulates the visit for the disable
  • Paris is a welcoming city; to prove it you just need to smile and use the terms «bonjour», «s’il vous plaît» and «merci»

More information

 
 

Ramon Llull quotations

 
«He who has a lot of friends has great wealth»
 

Messages about Ramon Llull

 
Ramon Llull was born in Mallorca three years after the Christian Conquest of the Island by the Catalan king Jaime I in 1229.
 

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