More than five million visitors descend on France’s grandest palace annually to see the 700 rooms, 67 staircases, 6,300 paintings and the dazzling and astounding Hall of Mirrors.
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There are over 200 museums in Paris. Everyone knows the Louvre and the Musée d'Orsay, but you could come to Paris dozens of times and still see something new on each trip.
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Spend the day wandering past monuments, downs tree-shaded boulevards, over romantic bridges and watch the world go by from wicker chair-lined café terraces.
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Throngs of beautiful young bobos (bourgeois bohemians) share the stage with a spectral cast of revellers from the city’s post-revolutionary past in Paris’ northeast quarter.
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France’s fashion-conscious capital is continually evolving, from hip bars to green spaces. But it will still seduce you every moment of the year — some things never change.
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