ﾃ四e-de-France Inns - Reviews and Rates

Sainte Chapelle in Paris, built in 13. century by Louis IX the divine king.Two sanctuaries, one on top of the other.The lower chapel with lovely statue of the Virgin Mary, and 13th century fresco depicting the Annunciation. This is the oldest wall painting in Paris. By the narrow stairs to the upper part. The unbelievable monumental decorated r...

The sky is a lovely deep purple moving onto mauve undertones as I leave the hotel this morning heading towards Reims (pronounced "Ronce"), the champagne region about 2 hours drive away from Paris. I am sitting on a double deck coach with mainly American and Australian tourists. The country side is lovely as the sun begins to rise and the fields ...

The first stop on my Contiki tour was Paris. Shortly after arriving, we realized just what the brochure had meant when it said 'budget'. We loaded our things into our cabins (at this point I felt stupid for having complained about the hotel in London being old) and went down to the cook tent for a champagne toast and some escargot. After our fi...

arc de triumph. Bateaux Mouche. Eurodisney. Louvre and Monalisa. Versailles. Printemps. Senior bugs fly back home, leaving 4 bugs rushing to germany, austria, italy, nice and back to Paris.

We awoke before 8am to get everything packed and ready for our departure later in the day... but first, we had a race to crash.... All of us were tired, The night before we went to the buddha bar, Chez Felix and a few other places before crashing it around 4am, so we were spent, but we had a race to watch! Dr. Ryan from Yale tagged along with Mi...

Here I am on my 4th day in Paris, and what a whirlwind it has been! The city is absolutely beautiful (once I got over the initial culture shock everything went fine!). The metro system really threw me when I got off the train, the lines didn't seem to make any sense, and the guy I asked for help at the info desk didn't speak much English. So he ...