But those who decide to travel independently may be put off by not knowing French and the fear of getting lost in a big city. In such a case, you can order a private tour. Such an excursion will be much more informative, since a Russian-speaking guide in Paris will introduce you to exactly those sights that are most interesting to you.
The mandatory program of any tourist includes a visit to the Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame Cathedral, the Champs-Élysées, Montmartre, the Louvre, the Sacré-Cœur Basilica, and the Arc de Triomphe. But you can choose for yourself what you would like to see first. History lovers will probably want to visit the Hôtel des Invalides, where Napoleon's ashes rest, or the Père Lachaise Cemetery, where many famous people are buried and which is one of the largest museums of funerary sculpture.
Art and Impressionism lovers will be delighted by a visit to the Musée d'Orsay. It houses a huge collection of paintings by world-famous Impressionists and Post-Impressionists: Picasso, Monet, Renoir, and many others. The museum is located in a former railway station and is also a venue for concerts, performances, and festivals.
For those who still have a student spirit due to youth or state of mind, you should definitely visit the Latin Quarter, hang out in the square by the fountain in front of the Sorbonne University, wander through the streets with book and music shops, student cafes and bars.
If you have enough time and money, you can go to the suburbs of Paris. Children, as well as adults, will definitely enjoy Disneyland. And for educational purposes, you can go and see Versailles, the Russian cemetery of Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois. An excursion to the Loire castles is unforgettable in terms of impressions. These are hundreds of ancient castles located along the banks of the Loire River. The walls of each of them could tell a lot, if they could... About how they withstood enemy sieges, about the lives and deaths of great people, about fateful events that changed the course of history.
There are so many wonderful sights in the French capital and its surroundings that it is practically impossible to tell about all of them in one publication. It is best to get together and go to Paris at least for a weekend and see everything with your own eyes.
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