Delicious varieties of food!

The French cuisine includes a wide variety of dishes. Has a great variety of cheeses and wines are the hallmarks of France in terms of gastronomy.

Famous French dishes:
* Blanquette de veau, or veal stew
* Coq au Vin (hen cooked in red wine)
* Cheeses

Famous dishes more exotic:
The dishes considered common in France than in other countries can be considered exotic:

* Cuisses of grenouilles (Frog Legs)
* Escargot (Snails)
* Caviar (sturgeon roe from non-fertilized, salted, preferably non-pasteurized (fresh) and no other type of additive, coloring or preservative)

Desserts:

* Crème brûlée the same as milk-cream in Portugal and Crema Catalana, Spain.
Breton Crêpes * Specialty: thin pancakes
* Chocolate Mousse Chocolate with whipped cream and clear breath
* Patisserie Confectionery
* Mille-feuilles Thousand Leaves

A pleasant climate partially !

Paris has an oceanic climate of transition: the oceanic influence is preponderant influence on the mainland and results in relatively cool summers (18 ° C on average) and mild winters (6 ° C on average). There are frequent rains at all seasons and a time difficult to predict, but the continental influence causes the rains are much weaker than the coast, regardless of temperatures, is at the heart of winter or the most grueling summer. Urban development causes a high temperature and a low number of overcast days.

The magnificent culture !

Paris has a privileged place within the artistic and cultural world in recent centuries. Born in the city art movements as Expressionism, Surrealism and Fauvism and important figures in art and thought as Descartes, Voltaire, Victor Hugo, Emile Zola, Alexandre Dumas (son), Edgar Degas, Claude Monet, Jean-Paul Sartre, Jean Renoir, Louis Malle, Henri Cartier Bresson, Simone de Beauvoir, Edith Piaf.

Also hosted numerous foreign artists such as Luis Buñuel, Leonardo da Vinci, Vincent van Gogh, Pablo Picasso and writers like Ernest Hemingway, Gabriel García Márquez, Mario Vargas Llosa, Samuel Beckett, Julio Cortazar, Francis Scott Fitzgerald, Joyce, Oscar Wilde and other .

Tourism in Paris

"Tourism" in the modern sense of the word did not reach a large number until the railroad came in the course of the 1840s. One of the first attractions was, since 1855, a series of expositions, occasions that served the building of numerous new monuments in Paris, of which the most famous is the Eiffel Tower, erected for the exhibition in 1889. These monuments, added embellishments brought to the capital during the Second Empire, largely contributed to the attraction of the city in which she has become.

The main tourist attractions are:

* The Eiffel Tower - built in 1889, was initially planned to stand at just 20 years, is currently considered the main symbol of the city.
* The Champs-Elysees, a famous avenue and often full of tourists, which means the Champs Elysees. One of the widest avenues in the world, and one of the most famous.
* The Arc de Triomphe - built by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1806 in honor of the French victories, and those who died on the battlefield.
* The Louvre Museum - home to the famous Mona Lisa
* The Cathedral of Notre-Dame - the famous Gothic cathedral located in downtown
* The Pantheon - an ancient church, famous for the remains of several famous French.
* The Orsay Museum - Museum brings together an important collection of Impressionist and was once a train station. With its deactivation, was almost demolished, but for the protests was transformed into a museum.
* The Palace of Versailles - located in the city of Versailles, the largest tourist attraction in the world. Built by Louis XIV to house all the court, described the power, glory and wealth of the Sun King (Louis XIV)
* Disneyland Resort Paris - Disney tourist complex conglomerate containing various entertainment options including multithematic two parks, Disneyland and Walt Disney Studios. Located in Marne-la-Vallée (Paris suburb) is the most visited attraction in Europe, attracting 12.4 million visitors in 2004 alone.
* L'Hôtel de Ville - City Hall of Paris. Besides having a distinctive French architecture, exudes luxury and wealth in every detail.
* The Moulin Rouge - Former cabaret used for the amusement of French in relation to the French who worked there. Today used as a tourist spot.

The best city in the world !

Paris is the capital and most populous city in France. The city is located in one of the meanders of the Seine in central Paris Basin, between the confluent of the Marne and the Seine upstream, and the Oise and the Seine river.

The position of Paris at a crossroads between land and river trade routes in the heart of a rich agricultural region to become one of France's major cities throughout the tenth century, benefited from royal palaces, wealthy abbeys and a cathedral. Throughout the twelfth century, Paris became one of the first European outbreaks of education and art. In setting up the real power in the city, its economic and political importance has continued to grow. At the beginning of the fourteenth century, Paris was the most important city in the whole Western world.

Home to many monuments, for its considerable political and economic role, Paris is also an important city in world history. Symbol of French culture, the city attracts nearly thirty million visitors a year, and occupied a dominant place in the world of fashion and luxury.