The two small islands in the Seine draw rabbles of visitors, particularly on sunny weekends. The larger of the islands is also the one with the greater pretensions. Île de la Cité represents the historical beginnings of Paris and the geographical heart of the whole of .... Click Here for More From philosophers to students, intellectuals to bohemians and tourists, together St Germain and the Latin Quarter, the 6th and 5th arrondissements respectively, represent the beating heart of the Left Bank. The main arteries are boulevard St Germain, which arcs .... Click Here for More The 7th arrondissement exudes extravagance from every pore. Expect 19th-century elegance and grandeur rather than the quaint, narrow backstreets and hidden curiosities for which the Left Bank quartiers further east are known. There is an overwhelming sense of scale that lends the area an atmosph .... Click Here for More When the artists, composers and poets drifted away from Montmartre between the turn of the century and the Second World War, it was to Montparnasse that they came. This quartier quickly became the centre of new culture. Americans in particular are remembered for carving their niche here on the L .... Click Here for More Trendy boutiques, hip hang-outs, historic squares, aristocratic- mansions-turned-museums, the Rive Droite is fashionable and, in parts, smart. In the eyes of Parisians it has its low points too – the eyesore Forum des Halles and brazenly drunken rue de Lapp .... Click Here for More Welcome to aristocratic Paris, the Paris that originally took shape under the direction of the French monarchy. This remains an area of opulent palaces, tree-lined boulevards, and imposing squares – only the monarchy has gone. The Louvre and Palais Royal ar .... Click Here for More The 8th arrondissement, the Champs-Elysées, has been something of an international byword for glamorous living since the 19th century, when the bourgeoisie started building here. A short detour to the Musée Jacquemart-André or the Musée Nissim de Camondo will feed the imagina .... Click Here for More Montmartre is as far north as visitors are likely to go in Paris. There’s a villagey feel to the cobbled streets and leafy stairways that scale La Butte (the hill) up to the Sacré Coeur. Traditionally a decadent, disreputable area favoured by bohemian, .... Click Here for More Neighbouring Belleville and Ménilmontant are excellent examples of staunch working-class quartiers making the irreversible leap onto the hip-and-happening track. Previously, northeastern Paris had been known for little more than having a comprehensive mix of communities, most noticeably Ara .... Click Here for More La Grande Arche, Parvis de la Défense, 72400, T 01 49 07 27 57, www.grandearche.com Mon-Sun 1000-2000 (until 1900 in winter). €7, concessions €5.50. M La Défense. La Défense is the Parisian .... Click Here for More
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