(Re) discover Paris

• Cultural highlights
• Shopping, relaxation and wellness
• Getting around in Paris
• Enjoy the French Gastronomy!

Take advantage of your visit to EMBALLAGE 2010 to (re-)discover Paris and its treasures.
For more information, go to:
www.nouveau-paris-ile-de-france.fr
www.parisinfo.com

Cultural highlights

Paris and its 6,500 years of history, 173 museums, 31 monuments and 3 opera houses...
All practical information (addresses, phone numbers, hours, prices) on famous cultural places, museums and monuments is available:

for national museums at : www.rmn.fr
Louvre, Orsay, Picasso, Rodin, the National Galleries of the Grand Palais...
Admission is free on the first Sunday every month.

for Paris municipal museums at : www.paris.fr - Section: Tourism
The Musée d'Art Moderne (museum of modern art), Carnavalet, the Musée de la Mode (fashion museum), the Catacombs...
Admission is free for all visitors, except for temporary exhibitions and except for the Catacombs, the crypt of Notre Dame, the Sewer Museum, and the Galliera Museum.

Shopping, relaxation and wellness

You can find everything in Paris, the fashion and shopping capital of the world:

Famous department stores and their Art Nouveau glass roofs:
Galeries Lafayette : www.galerieslafayette.com
Printemps : www.printemps.com
Le Bon Marché : www.lebonmarche.fr
BHV : www.bhv.fr

Shopping malls and arcades which offer everything under the same roof: fashion, beauty, decoration, wellness, sport, culture...
Bercy Village -Paris 12e
Carrousel du Louvre - Rue de Rivoli - Paris 1e
Forum des Halles - Paris 1e
Passage du Havre - Paris 9e...

and of course the 17,000 Paris shops and boutiques...

Getting around in Paris

By metro:
All Paris underground lines operate on all Saturday nights and all Friday nights until 2:15 am.
To see the metro map : http://www.ratp.info/orienter/cv/carteparis.php

By bus:
Don't hesitate to take buses, this is one of the best way to discover the capital. There is a great number of bus services, and many bus routes go through the centre of the city, along the banks of the Seine, through the historical quarters...
To see the bus map : http://www.ratp.info/orienter/cv/cartebus.php

By taxi:
Over 15,000 taxis are available.
A single centralized phone number to call all taxi ranks/stands : +33 1 45 30 30 30
Major taxi companies in Paris :
TAXIS G7 : www.taxisg7.fr
ALPHA TAXIS : www.alphataxis.fr
TAXIS BLEUS : www.taxis-bleus.fr

By boat:
Batobus is a river-boat shuttle service offering (non commented) boat trips on the Seine with eight stops: Tour Eiffel, Champs-Elysées, Orsay Museum, Louvre, Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Notre-Dame, Hôtel de Ville, Jardin des Plantes. The service runs from end of March until beginning of January: from 10 am until 7 pm in March, April and October; until 9 pm in May, June, July, August and September; from 10:30 am to 4:30 pm in November, December and January. Boats come every 15 - 25 minutes.
To view the Batobus site : www.batobus.com

By bike:
Paris offers 200 km of bike-only lanes, plus 70 km of bus lanes which can be used by cyclists.
www.velib.paris.fr

Enjoy the French gastronomy!

You are looking for a typical Parisian dish or restaurant with a pleasant atmosphere?: Lafourchette.com is a specialised portal which enables you to make all kinds of searches, consult availibility in real time, benefit from discounts and make online bookings.

For more info: www.thefork.com