Take a Paris holiday to float down Seine on a river boat, relax in bohemian Saint Germain bars and admire magnificent art collections. Rest in Jardin du Luxembourg's manicured gardens to escape the crowds on your holiday in Paris. Or add a daytrip to your Paris holiday with a visit to Monet's waterlilly-dotted gardens in Giverny.
If this is your first Paris holiday, head for the filigree Eiffel Tower, gothic Notre-Dame Cathedral and the Louvre's inscrutable Mona Lisa. Or, if you know Paris well, visit Cité de l'Architecture et du Patrimoine for breathtaking examples of French architecture in the museum rich Chaillot quarter, and the medieval Conciergerie to see Marie Antoinette's prison cell. Mix sightseeing with shopping on a holiday in Paris at Boulevard Haussmann, home to the romantic Musée Jacquemart-André's private art collection and Galeries Lafayette and Printemps department stores.
Sample unhurried café culture on your Paris holiday from a Saint Germain or Latin Quarter terrace. Or dine on a riverboat drifting down the Seine. Affordable restaurants cluster around trendy Place du Marché Saint-Honoré and brasserie-dotted Bourse. Feast your eyes on seafood platters in Montparnasse's Belle Epoque bistros. Head for Châtelet for late-night dining on your holiday in Paris.
Wander Montmartre after dark along rue des Abbesses to people watch. Or dance your on holiday in Paris away in the trendy Oberkampf or Bastille districts and Champs-Elysées' clubbing temples. Uncover the underground scene around Ménilmontant, or tap your toes to New Orleans jazz in clubs along Châtelet's rue des Lombards for an unforgettable Paris holiday.
The Château of Versailles captures 17th-century grandeur with its Hall of Mirrors and fountain-strewn gardens. Travel northwest on your Paris holiday to Giverny to see Impressionist painter Claude Monet's garden. For a fun-filled family holiday in Paris, shake hands with Mickey at Disneyland Paris or bash some Romans with Asterix the Gaul at Parc Asterix.
