It hurts to admit it, but my only visit to France has been an accident. A flight delay gave me a night (and a very early morning in Paris), and sneaking a visit to the Eiffel Tower on my way to the airport was all I could squeeze in.Don’t get me wrong, I’d love to [...]
Tomorrow, 27 January, is International Holocaust Remembrance Day – the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz concentration camp by the Soviet troops in 1945. This anniversary had been variously observed by different groups and nationalities for some time, but it was only in November 2005 that the United Nations General Assembly passed Resolution 60/7 designated [...]
There are always many reasons to visit Paris, at any time of the year. Besides being well known for all that great food and culture Paris is also a shopper’s paradise, and even more so during January. Photograph by Jack from Paris January 2011 is the fifth year that the city hosts “Soldes by Paris“. [...]
I stayed at the Seven Hotel Paris for one night in November 2010, on a complimentary basis, during my easyJet 15 Hour Blogger Challenge. The hotel is located in the 5th arrondissement, close to the Latin Quarter. It’s a design boutique hotel. I must say my first impression was that it felt like an upmarket [...]
There really is so much to see and do in Paris, something to suit everyone’s tastes and interests. So well featured is this European city on the Europe a la Carte blog that Karen recently produced a post summarizing the Best of Paris Travel Tips as recommended in a number of posts on this blog [...]
If you are in the French capital for a short time and can’t make it to the Palace of Versailles, one of the best things to do in Paris to get your opulence fix is a visit to the Napoleon apartments at the Louvre. Located in the museum’s Richelieu wing, these rooms continue to hold [...]
On 22 December 2010, easyJet announced that I was voted Top Traveller in the easyJet 15 hour Blogger Challenge. A big thank you to everyone who voted for the video of my challenge in Paris in the Facebook poll. Introduction As part of easyjet’s 15th birthday celebrations, four travel bloggers took part in the “easyJet [...]
There are a lot of hotels within a short walk from Gare du Nord station, the Paris Eurostar terminal. However few of the Paris Gard du Nord hotels rate very highly amongst previous guests. Being central Paris, there is nothing really fitting a “budget” category, and curiously there are no highly-rated luxury hotels in the [...]
My travel tip of the week is one of Europe’s most visited stops in one of Europe’s most visited cities – The Shakespeare & Company bookstore in Paris. This one was on the very top of my must-visit Paris attractions. I’d seen photos and read about it, now I wanted to get my own “Shakespeare [...]
Paris is a truly amazing European city. I’ve collated tips of the best things to do in Paris, written by members of the blogging team to compile the Europe a la Carte Paris guide. If you think that you’ll visit several Paris sightseeing attractions, you should look into buying a Paris Pass which includes admission [...]
