Six unmissable summer festivals in Paris
La Défense Jazz Festival → 29/06 to 06/07 If you haven’t had your festival quota this year, the 2014 schedule in your favourite capital will fix that! The La Défense Jazz Festival hosts artists from around the world and invites you to shake your hips over lunchtime (12 pm to 2 pm) to jazz, blues, soul, funk, electro, hip hop and rock! Join Paris once again on the La Défense Esplanade for a top-quality artistic line-up from Sunday 29 June to Sunday 6 July. Organised by the Hauts-de-Seine General Council, the festival invites you to enjoy some lunchtime music and […]
2 exhibitions worth seeing
Once upon a time on the Orient Express ! Time to take a trip into the past and get on board the Orient Express. The legendary luxury train will be stopping over on the esplanade of the Arab World Institute until 31 August 2014. Its decor, worthy of a Hollywood film set, will plunge you into the sumptuous atmosphere of yesteryear as you are surrounded by works of art and archive documents left behind by great figures from history: writers, diplomats, archaeologists, adventurers, actors, and more. Discover every nook and cranny of the train, wagon after wagon, in this Orient […]
InterNations – The World’s Largest Expat Network
Paris is a city that has something for everyone, but sometimes it’s hard to know where to start looking. If you’re an expat living in Paris or even just passing through on business or pleasure, participating in the city’s InterNations Events and Activities is an easy way to meet new people and discover all that Paris has to offer. InterNations (www.internations.org) is the largest expatriate network worldwide. It was created to help members meet other high-profile expatriates from around the world living in their city and connect with them, both online and offline through Events and Activities. InterNations also offers […]
The 5 must-see monuments in Paris
Over 27 million tourists visit Paris every year. The French capital is the most visited city in Europe, ahead of Venice and London. There is so much to do that it is not always easy to decide where to go. To help you, here is a selection of five monuments you must see during your first trip to Paris. The Eiffel Tower This is the city’s main tourist attraction. This 324-metre high steel tower is located in the 7th district. Built by Gustave Eiffel (from 1887 to 1889) for the World’s Fair of 1889, it still attracts millions of visitors […]
A “Tour de France” Coach Trip in 12 Days
From Mont Saint Michel to Côte d’Azur A big loop across France aboard a luxury coach, this is the exclusive new trip that ParisCityVision is offering. This extensive journey gives a prominent place to the Western and Southern parts of the country. When you think of the “Tour de France” bike race, images of sweating competitors assaulting the great Alpine and Pyrenean passes come to mind. The landscapes’ beauty is combined with extreme effort. ParisCityVision is offering the same stunning scenery of 4 main French regions, yet without the effort, aboard a luxury coach. Departing from Paris, this 12 day […]
How to visit Paris without looking like a tourist
You are soon going to visit Paris but you don’t want to look like a tourist. To rectify this, we are firstly going to analyse the behaviour of Parisians. What does it mean to be a “Parisian”? To be a Parisian means so much but so little at the same time. Firstly, a Parisian would be born in Paris, but clearly very few people enter into this category. So, then a Parisian would be someone who lives in Paris, but although this is perhaps a necessary condition, it is not sufficient in itself because beyond the fact of living in […]
