Paris is a much loved European destination for many Americans. ParisApartamento barato Paris being the main destination in France, is the gateway for most travellers coming by airplane. As a gateway city, Paris ends up with tons of guests who spend time within that city unaccompanied. Not only is it a great tourist destination, it serves the purpose of being one of the main cities in France and Europe for big business. Many French companies have major offices in Paris. It is this mix of business and free time that help make Paris a multi-ethnic city.
Paris can be reached with no trouble from many cities around the USA. Most of the US carriers who serve Europe as well as Air France offer many non-stop flights to the Paris area airports. From Houston, you have a choice of two flights, four if you count the code shared flights between Air France and Continental. (Continental and Air France each operate a single flight with flight numbers from both airlines.) LAX on the west coast as well as numerous east coast cities serve as US gateway cities. If you are in London, it is likely to hop on the “Chunnel” and take a high tempo train between the two cities.
My Experiences
To my shock, on my last visit I found the folks in Paris far friendlier than I remember them from my visit 16 years ago. English seems to be spoken more now than when I was there last. It could have been the holiday season bringing joy around the world, or just a change in attitude towards those horrible American tourists who pour money into their economy.
During our stay, I was very glad to be treated so well by the desk agents in our hotel, and the wait staff at the restaurants we decided to visit. Our hotel was a small boutique hotel selected by my wife’s co-worker who was with her on the journey to Istanbul. She and her now husband visit Paris often, in fact she even has kin there, so she chose the hotel for its quaint setting and the nearby park. Unneeded to stay the staff treated us very well, and spoke perfect English. The desk agent even made sure that when we headed back to the airport that she came out and spoke in French Apartamentos Paristo the driver of our taxi to make sure he knew exactly where we were going.
We stayed and dined primarily in the Latin quarter. In this area, we found several small cafes that served up great French food. One sunset we went down a street full of family run restaurants where menus were displayed in the windows. As we looked at menus we were approached by the servers and owners all offering to serve us a great snack, either from the menu or they will make up a meal of our choosing. My wife was expecting so we did not drink any of the French wine while there. We did enjoy some great food from the menu. (Sadly I ended up coming down with the flu by the end of the weekend, which made for a long flight home.)
During one of our full days spent in the city was filled up with a city tour. We found one of the open top, double decker buses used by tour companies. I believe we ended up on the red bus as it seems like there were yellow busses, from another tour company doing the same tour. The entire circuit takes about two hours if you do not hop off and back on. We decided that hopping off at a duo of the sites was appeal it. In fact, we chose our stops earlier than the tour got going. That permitted us to plan out our day. (Weather was very cold and sad so walking was not too much fun.)
We stopped at the Louvre, the Eiffel Tower, and in close proximity to a industry centre where perfume shops were all over. If you have allergies those shops can be tough on your body. The tour guide on the Red bus was great. She explained the meaning of what we saw as we drove all-around the city. We cruised down several main streets. We cruised along the side of the waterway which has numerous beautiful sites along its banks. The tour guide pointed out the numerous architectural styles we encountered on our tour OH-Holidays. All around the Red Bus was a great way to use a day.
