Car Rental Paris - Exploring Paris
A surprisingly strange but popular attraction is the Père Lachaise Cemetery, southeast of the Pompidou Centre, resting place of Chopin, Oscar Wilde, Balzac, Proust, Delacroix, Modigliani, Piaf and even Jim Morrison.
The Catacombes, created in the late 18th century as a series of tunnels to cope with the city’s overflowing cemeteries, is a more fascinating attraction.
The Bois de Boulogne, on the western edge of the city, is a park endowed with forested areas, meandering paths and belle époque mansions.
The relatively small region surrounding Paris - known as the Île de France - was where the kingdom of France began its 12th century expansion. Today it's a popular day-trip destination for Parisians and visitors alike. Among the region's many attractions are woodlands ideal for hiking, skyscraper filled districts endowed with sleekly functional architecture, elegant historic towns and Versailles, the country’s former political capital and seat of the royal court.
The Château de Versailles is the grandest and most famous palace in France. Apart from grand halls, bedchambers, gardens, ponds and elaborate fountains, there's a remarkable 75m Hall of Mirrors.
A popular, relatively new attraction for the whole family is EuroDisney, a huge amusement park modelled on the American attraction, within an hour’s drive from anywhere in Paris.
