Eurocheapo to the rescue again:
http://www.eurocheapo.com/blog/paris-sight...ea-markets.htmlHere's a list of all the things you can see on this bus in Paris:
Keep your eyes peeled for: 1.
Institut Pasteur — Got milk? here’s why!
2.
Gare Montparnasse — Jumping off place for Chartres, and points west and south-west.
3.
Tour Montparnasse — Tallest building in France.
4.
Musée de la Poste — Way more than just a stamp collection.
5.
Rue de Rennes — Left bank shopping mecca.
6.
Félix Potin building, 140 rue de Rennes. Art Nouveau masterpiece, now home to a Zara.
7.
L’Eglise Saint-Germain des-Prés — Oldest church in central Paris.
8.
Sennelier art supply, 3 Quai Voltaire — Where Picasso & friends got their paint.
9.
Pont du Carrousel — Statues representing Industry, Abundance, Paris, and the Seine.
10.
Pont des Arts – First cast-iron bridge in the city, for pedestrians only.
11.
Musée du Louvre – ’nuff said.
12.
Pyramide du Louvre — I.M. Pei’s pointy glass peak.
13.
Arc-de-Triomphe du Carrousel – The “Mini-Me” of the big Arc de Triomphe.
14.
Rue de Rivoli — Colonnade made for promenading à la mode.
15.
Comédie-Française — Home to thespians from Molière to Sarah Bernhardt.
16.
Rue de la Paix — Priciest address in the French version of Monopoly!
17.
Palais Garnier, a.k.a. the “Opéra de Paris’ — Haunt of the Phantom; it sits atop an underground lake.
18.
Boulevard Haussmann — Starring grands magasins like Printemps and Galeries-Lafayette decked out in Belle Époque.
19.
Gare St-Lazare — Train-station-muse of both Monet and Manet!
20.
Place de Clichy — “The Times Square of Paris”.
21.
Brasserie Wepler – One of writer Henry Miller’s favorite hangouts.
22. L’Hippodrome — With an indoor horse track it was the largest theater in Europe, now a Castorama hardware store.
23.
Cimetière Montmartre — Deathplace of Dalida and Degas.
Paris tip: Take bus 95 for a cheap city tour
Sep 28 2009, 03:57 PM
