The Eiffel Tower is illuminated by more than 350 projectors, during the evening it shines with over 22,000 lights and 900 lights in celebration. The “Tour Eiffel” is the symbol of Paris, named by the name of its designer, engineer Gustave Eiffel. Anyone who has ever been to Paris has surely seen it and there is no book about history, geography or tourism that doesn’t have a picture of the “dame de fer” (the iron lady), as the French call her.

Inaugurated on March 31st for the 1889 Universal Exposition, which celebrated the centenary of the French Revolution, the tower is a milestone in contemporary architecture; it was an early example of wrought iron construction carried out on a grand scale. It is located on the left bank of the It is 312.27 metres high and is the monument that is the most visited in the world, with seven million visitors each year. Paris from the tower appears microscopic, in the evening glow of light like little fireflies, its sure to catch your gaze.

The Eiffel Tower is equipped with stairs and lifts and on the first floor there is a restaurant. At the top, there is a fantastic view of Paris, along with a meteorological station, a radio station and a television repeater. It was also the study of Gustave Eiffel for a while, too. There are 1665 steps for the visitors who love to walk and two transparent lifts on the second floor where there are also many souvenir shops.

In 1909 it was on the brink of being demolished following the protests of the ‘aristocratic Elité that did not consider the tower representative for the elegant city of Paris. But this was avoided thanks to the possibility that it could be used as an exceptional platform for the new radio technology. Even today many French people do not show their approval of it, considering this monument not very aesthetic.

The tower was lit with thousands of twinkling lights to greet the year 2000. It was so beautiful and elegant that the Electric Company, despite the excessive consumption of energy decided to leave the lights illuminating the iron lady on a permanent basis.

From the 14th January it is open from 9:30 am to 23:45 pm, from June to September from 9:00 am to 0:45. If you go up in the lift it costs €4.80 for the first floor, the second floor costs €7.80 and the top floor costs €12.00. If you do decide to use the stairs you will pay just €4.00 for both floors.

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The Pompidou Centre is the most important modern and contemporary art centre in Paris. It was setup thanks to Georges Pompidou’s initiative, who wanted to create in Paris a cultural institution dedicated completely to modern and contemporary art. This centre is in the heart of the French capital and has a very special architectural structure of 20th century design of which was designed by the Italian architect Renzo Piano and by Richard Rogers.

The Pompidou Centre opened in 1977 and was closed in 1997 for 3 years for rehabilitation was reopened to the public in the year 2000. It is one of the most important museums in the world which possesses the first modern and contemporary art collection in Europe, a large library with more than 2000 places for working, cinema and entertainment halls and an institute for Investigation among other things. The opening times of the centre are flexible and it closes on 1st May and every Tuesday. For the temporary exhibitions it is opened from 11:00 a.m. to 21:00 p.m.

From the 8th April to 10th August 2009 a retrospective of the works by one of the most interesting artistic personalities of the XX century will be staged: Wassily Kandinsky. A hundred of his works will be on show to the general public, in particular his paintings of the “The impression and Improvisations”collections. It tries to focus our attention on the works of a painter who was born in Moscow and died as a French citizen in Navilly-sur Seine in 1944.

The Paris exhibition has the aim of underlining the lasts works of Kandinsky discovered in Russia. This presentation will show us all the constant innovations that Kandinsky lived through, starting from the watercolours of the Russian manuscripts of the period between 1914 and 1917, the portfolio of Baihaus for his sixtieth anniversary in 1926 and other important elements.

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Are you already a fan of the French movie “Amelie” and of its delicious Parisian retro style? Do you remember when she meets her soon-to-be fiancé on a spooky ghost train?
Come and discover this romantic and nostalgic atmosphere at the incredible “Foire du Trone” fair in Paris, where the movie was shot!

The famous Parisian fair was created in 957, when King Lothaire created and institutionalized the first fairs in France. This was then more a kind of traditional market where merchants and farmers came together from Paris and the nearby cities to trade their grain, and where Parisian family came to enjoy the attractions of the time.

During its thousand-year history the fair has changed many times its name, function and location, and even survived the French Revolution to become the largest fair of the French calendar and the biggest fun fair in Europe!

Nowadays it opens its doors every year from April to May, this year from April 4th to June 1st, and provides a giant amusement park visited by a million people every year.
Despite its enormous popularity it has retained its ancient French charm and you will see acrobats, fire-eaters and jugglers in the alleys and streets: you will have the feeling of being in the middle of a fantastic retro film!

After having taken place during centuries in the heart of Paris at the Porte Saint-Antoine, the fair is held since 1965 in the Pelouse of Reuilly in the Bois de Vincennes, in the twelfth arrondissement, not far from the centre.

It is served by metro stations Porte Dorée, Porte de Charenton and Liberté.

It opens Monday to Thursday from 14:00 to midnight and weekends from noon to midnight.

On April 3rd, do not miss the opening night from 18:30 to 23:30, all the takings in the attractions will be given to a charity.
Come and enjoy the games of skills and strength, let yourself be tempted by the French “apple of love”, an apple covered in delicious red candy, and other wonderful marshmallows displayed in fantastic machines (another small pleasure of Amelie, remember!)

During those sixty days have fun in the gigantic Ferris wheel, on the many roller coasters and haunted houses and in more than 350 attractions!

Don’t wait any longer and book now your apartments in Paris, go and discover one of the oldest events taking place in the French capital!