Mercure Paris Tour Eiffel

... to the hotel in Paris, our tour guide for the pre-tour took us to the Eiffel Tower (La tour Eiffel) and a riverboat tour on the river running through Paris (I'm not sure what the name is).  The Eiffel tower and almost all other sights are very easy ...

... a few minutes. Went for dinner in the Latin Quarter and then got lost on the way back to the hotel! Hung out under the Eiffel Tower for a little while on our second morning. Caught the "bato-bus" to the Notre Dame. Visited Saint-Chapelle (beautiful!!). ...

... airport, collect our luggage and get through immigration with no problems. We head to our motor coach and load up for a tour of some of the sights of Paris before being able to check-in to our hotel which is not available until after 4pm. This is a huge ...

... with, and boarded the elevators to the middle platform.  I enjoyed fantastic panoramic views of the city. Next we took a guided tour of Paris.  Our tour guide boarded the bus and explained the buildings and history as we drove to see all ...

... with, and boarded the elevators to the middle platform.  I enjoyed fantastic panoramic views of the city. Next we took a guided tour of Paris.  Our tour guide boarded the bus and explained the buildings and history as we drove to see all ...

... a run down on France/Paris for like an hour, so before we knew it..it was 3.45pm and we were at the Mercure hotel in Defense 5 business district. Our allocated hotel room sucked. On a smoking floor so stale cigarette smell was permiated everywhere and ...

... figurines of the tower for 5 euros. I bought 2 and have one sitting in my room at home. There was also little gold and silver Eiffel Tower keyrings for 1 euro. I bought 6 of them to give my friends back at home. Our lift got stuck going up the tower (LOL) ...

... who wanted to go in at that moment.  Very complicating!         When we reached the Eiffel Tower, we understood why there were so few people along the other parts of the Seine.  Most of them had ...

... In the afternoon we did the option of going to the palace of Versailles with was mind blowing, if you go to Paris PLEASE for all the is holy do this tour! We then went to the hill of Montmartre to see the Sacre Cour church which we really enjoyed. Later ...

... de 2ºC e mínima de -3º... Coisarada!!! Hoje a tarde saímos para caminhar, nosso hotel fica no pé da Torre Eiffel, estão a primeira visita foi no ponto turístico mais visitado da cidade... Decidimos não subir, pois o céu estava com muitas ...

... on the bus with Patrick, our local dishevelled Parisian guide who couldn't really tell me how long it took to build the Eiffel tower (it's 2 years, 2 months and 5 days according to the info boards)..but he was amusing enough and knowlegable enough about ...

... didn't buy tickets to walk around in them (it was rainy and cold).  When we left the Palace, we saw a few men with Eiffel Tower souvenirs.  There were about 10 of them, and we knew that they were gypsys.  To our delight the police showed ...

... was a touristy day which was spent on and off the double-decker tour bus. We saw Notre-Dame, Saint-Michel, Champs-Élysées,Eiffel Tour, Bastille Opera, National Library of France, and many more.  While we did not make it to all 50 stops in one ...

... to our hotel just a short walk down the road near Opera Garnier.   I have to give special mention to our hotel, the Mercure Hotel Ronchery, as despite being the most expensive hotel of the trip, it was also by far the worst one we had stayed in. ...

... followed the others to the Arc de Triomphe where we took pictures.  When the rest of the tour group went on their excursion to the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre, Anna, Steph and I walked along the Champs Elysees until we came to ...

... , checked into our hotel, which can I just say, I had the BEST shower in over a year - no need to wear your thongs in the mercure!!! Eiffel Tower the first night, so nice to go up the top at night as I had done it in the day last time. The next day ...

... ..no way could I have done that....The French are crazy on the road.  Anyway finally arrived at our destination, The Mercure Hotel in Arras....very nice..here for two nights.  Toured a couple of Australian Memorials and found the name of Waynes ...