Place to visit

You might never see everything what Paris has to show, so put a list of priorities spots where you would like to visit. Look at the map then decide where to go or you may miss a lot of the city itself.
Th Notre Dame Cathedrale, build from 1163-1330, beside the Seine river is still the centre and heart of Paris and France as well, since all the distances in France are measured from this point.
Climb the cathedrale's tower to get the panorama of the city, which you could also do in Eiffel
Tower using an elevator.
Paris is home to art and artist of all generations, where you may find all kinds of museums.
Of course, you may not miss Musee du Louvre, where you'll see the finest world collection like
Monalisa, Winged Victory, the Venus de Milo, and Whistler's mother.


Once in your life time you would better take a walk down the magnificent l'Boulevard d'Champs
Elysee until Arch de Triomphe, where Paris is the only spot in the world which can be detected
from the space, because of its glittering and sparkling light.
Try to taste one of many cafes along the avenue while watching pedestrians and passersby. Watch the famous cabaret show in Moulin Rouge.


To some of you who's the baby boomers generation you won't miss the last resting place of
Jim Morrison, together with Chopin, Moliere, Oscar Wilde, and Edith Piaf.
Take a tour using boat along the Seine river, would be a fantastic tour at night, where you can
see Paris at night from the Seine. It starts from pont d'Alma.

General Information

Paris has of the finest subway systems in the world, buses use the same tickets as the metro. Paris has six train stations as the gate to enter the city, Gare du Nord if you arrive from the northern part of France and England, gare de l'Est when you enter from the east side and eastern France countries, while gare du Lyon as the entrance gate from southern of France, like Riviera, Italy,Switzerland, and Greece, gare d'Austerlitz when you come from southwestern of France i.e.Spain and Portugal , gare St Lazare as entry gate from Normandy, and gare de Montparnasse from Versailles, Brittany and Chautres.
During summer, empty rooms are unlikely to happen, for you who travel alone as a backpacker
try foyers, where breakfast and linen are included and shower free. But if you travel with someone or group better stay in hotel, where rooms disappear very quickly after check out time, so arrive early. Some of cheap French restaurant hide on corners of the city, visit at Latin Quarter that represent a range of food from different cultures i.e. Italian, Greek, Vietnamese, and North Africa crammed together in a small street.

Voila Paris !

Paris, the capital of world fashions, has actually been the capital of the world, since people are getting bored of New York which is too fussy and both London and Rome which're too crowdy
and dusty as well.
Since the millenium, all monuments in Paris were gold plated, everything is glittering at night, which make this capital city more romantic that attracts people all over the world to come and visit , and even reside and stay here, whether he is an author, a painter, an artist, politicians
( in exile ), musicians, whatever you name it. You also might see a lot of immigrants come from
different countries,i.e.Eastern Europe, North Africa, Middle Eastern countries, Latin American,
and Asian nations and more.


Paris remains a center of fashion, music, arts, theater which continue to flourish from the classical to the modern, avant garde, and beyond.
The center Pompidou consists of French contemporary arts, while the Louvre museum are among the finest museums in the world.
Try to scroll down to the broad and magnificent le boulevard des Champs-Elysees, where
you can enjoy the glittering night in a bourgeouis style boutiques, restaurants, coffe shops,
take a break and stop by in a sidewalk cafe and enjoy French ice cream .
Try to mix with local people andspeak a little French, like Merci for Thanks, Salut for Goodbye
and BonVoyage for Have a nice trip, that will make you more comfortable in exploring Paris.


Visit the Eiffel Tower the landmark of Paris, where you can find a lot of painters who offer to draw your selfportrait to visitors. If you do not really want to make a self portrait, do not try to ask a dumb question to them, unless they will get mad if you just walk away.
Try to avoid one who offer to see a beautiful dancer at the cabaret show or you will get trapped
to pay drinks to a dozen hostesses and other charges that might emptied your pocket.
For some of you who want to see a place where Lady Di was killed by a car accident' you might
visit Pont d'Alma, do not forget also to visit a legendary bridge a gift from Tsar of Russia Alexander the Third to Louis XIV the Sun King of France Monarch, called Pont d'Alexander d'Troisieme , where a lot of celebrities of the world take an opportunity to make a picture on the famous bridge.
Voila Paris, enjoy it very much and bon voyage !

Countryside

A visit to surrounding countryside close to Amsterdam will be a good treat for you who want to escape from busy city. Take either bus or train , all of them are easy to access in only less than an hour to visit either one of them, so you still can stay in your hostel/pension at night in Amsterdam.
Take a look Alkmaar, the remaining 'cheese city' , or Harlem which is only 20' away by train from Amsterdam, where you can find the three centuries old brick houses, where you'll feel you're not in this 21st century. Grote Mark and Grote Kerk are good places to explore , also the Frans Hals museum.
Leiden, is famous of its Holland oldest and most prestigious university. The Ryksmuseum voor Volkenkunde contains of world famous collection from East Indie, primarily from Indonesia. While
the Ryksmuseum van Oudheden has a complete collection from Egypt's temple of Taffeh, which was taken and rescued from sinking caused by the Aswan Dam in 1979.
The Hague or known as Den Haag is the seat of the Government of Holland, prices are higher here, buildings are more modern, streets are broader, and the city's feel is less Dutch.
Scheveningen, a famous beach and nightlife will give you relief from the noisy city.
Delft is well known of its blue&white porcelain, while Utrech, when the weather is allright in summer evening a lot of musicians perform together with vendors sell various food along the streets until late night.
Don't miss the Keukenhof, the Holland's flowers region where tremendous international flower auction is hold here year around, but in April-May would bw the best time to be here.
Have a good time folks !

Museums

Amsterdam has over 40 museums , but the largest is Ryksmuseum which has the most important
and impressive collections of Dutch arts in the world. You might see the world famous painting like '
'Night Watch' and 'Self Portrait' by Rembrand , or other world class art works of Frans Hals, Ruisdael, van der Neer, Cuyp, Both, and Verneer.
Van Gogh museum also worth to see which display a well arranged collection of all masterpieces of van Gogh's works . Beside that, you may also visit the Anne Frank House, and Madame Tussaud wax museum, that could enrich your great experience in exploring Amsterdam.

"Night Life'
Please, take a very careful precaution when you enter the Red District at Oude Kerk , where you can find a lot of bars, sex shops, and prostitutes who filled the windows all the way you go. Women should never go exploring alone. A lot of discos are available at Leidseplein.