Strasbourg Part 2.

Strasbourg Part 2.

Traveling in France, in every city you will find some zest. Strasbourg is no exception. The city itself is located in the place where he once held the Maginot Line. In the early 20 th century war minister André Maginot decided to create a system of French defensive structures to strengthen the border. Facilities consisted of seventy bunkers, 510 casemates, 500 infantry and artillery units, observation posts and bunkers.

In Strasbourg, you'll find many museums:

Le Palais Rohan (Museum of Decorative Art, Archaeology and Art)
Address: 2 place du Château
Monday - Friday (except Tuesday) 12.00 - 18.00
Saturday and Sunday 10.00 - 18.00

Le Musée de l'Oeuvre Notre-Dame
Address: 2 place du Château
Tuesday - Friday 12.00 - 18.00
Saturday and Sunday 10.00 - 18.00

Museum of Alsace
Address: 23-25 quai Saint Nicolas
Monday - Friday (except Tuesday) 12.00 - 18.00
Sunday and Saturday and 10.00 - 18.00

Museum of Modern Art
Address: 1 place Jean-Hans Arp
Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday 12.00 - 19.00
Thursday 12.00 - 21.00
Saturday and Sunday 10.00 - 18.00

Zoological Museum
Address: 29 boulevard de la Victoire
Monday - Friday (except Tuesday) 12.00 - 18.00
Saturday and Sunday 10.00 - 18.00
The price of tickets to a museum:
Full ticket - 5 €
Discount tickets (group more than 25 people) - 2,50 €
Free (persons under 18 years)

Planetarium
Address: Rue de l'Observatoire
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 9.00 - 12.00 and 14.00 - 17.00
Wednesday and Sunday 14.00 - 18.00
Ticket price to the museum:
Full ticket - 7,50 €
Child ticket - 4,20 €

Museum of "The Secret of chocolate"
Address: rue du Pont du Péage
Tuesday - Saturday 9.00 - 19.00
Sunday (and holidays) 14.00 - 19.00
Ticket price to the museum:
Full ticket - 6 €
Children's tickets (from 5 to 15 years) - 4 €
Less than 5 years - free

In Strasbourg, you can stroll along the alleys parks and gardens, which in sufficient quantity. Here are the most popular places for walking:

Botanical garden
Address: 28 rue Goethe
Admission is free (except if the garden will be held special events)

Citadel Park
The park is located on the territory of ten hectares among the remains of an ancient fortress.

Park Orangery
The park is located opposite the Palace of Europe.

Strasbourg Part 1.

Strasbourg Part 1.

Strasbourg - French city, situated on the border with Germany. Feature of the city is its architecture. Throughout its history, the city passed into the ownership of France then Germany then. What brought the city a unique architectural feature. Strasbourg became a symbol of reconciliation between the two states.

Directions:

1) By plane
- In Strasbourg you can fly an airplane company Ryanair. You arrive at the airport Karlsruhe-Baden is located 40 kilometers from the city.
- You can also use the services of Easyjet. Planes fly in the company's Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg Airport.
- Strasbourg International Airport, located 10 kilometers from the city, 25 minutes away by bus. From this airport you can fly anywhere in the world, along with Air France.

2) By train
In Strasbourg is the second largest train station in France. From the station you can go anywhere in France, as well as in Germany, Switzerland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Belgium and other European countries.
Since 2007, Strasbourg is connected to Paris, a high-speed railway. Now you can travel by TGV (high speed trains). Travel time was reduced almost by half. Now to get to Paris you will need a little more than two hours.

3) By car
- West direction Benelux, Paris. Take the A4 motorway. About 4 hours take the road to Paris.
- South Lyon area, Switzerland. Take the motorway A35. About 5 hours will take the road to Lyons.
- North and east Germany. Take the motorway A5.

4) On the bus
At Strasbourg, there is no bus station, but through the city goes through many transit bus routes. For example, to get to Strasbourg, you can use the services of bus companies Euroline.

Attractions Strasbourg:

The city has many tourist and historical sites worth visiting. Strasbourg can be studied in different ways. On foot, taking a bicycle or a car, boat or take on a special tourist train. You can do everything yourself, or to contact the travel agency, where hire a guide.

The main attractions are:

Strasbourg Cathedral (Cathedrale de Notre Dame) - the main feature of the cathedral is the fact that its construction was attended by France and Germany. Each country has added to it something special and unique. The Cathedral was built over 300 years and at the end of construction it was the tallest building in Europe.

Wine Cellar city hospital - if you are a connoisseur of wine, you want to penetrate the atmosphere of Alsatian wine, you should visit this place. Here you can taste many varieties of regional wines.

Petite France - Strasbourg area located on the main island of the city, where the river splits into numerous channels. The area is built up stone-wooden houses, there you will find many restaurants, hotels and souvenir shops.

Covered bridge - the towers and pedestrian bridges, which are at the end of Little France. Covered bridges are one of most famous sights of Strasbourg. My name they got from the last of the covered wooden bridge, which connects the three towers.

German District - an area at the center of the city, built in the German neo-classical architecture. With a small park in the center.

Paris and its 10 survey sites

Paris and its 10 survey sites

Everyone who arrives in Paris wants to see his bird's-eye view to see all its beauty. Today I will discuss the ten places, with a magnificent view of the eternal city. In some well-known places, I'll just about such places, which usually do not tell, so we go.

1) The Eiffel Tower - to go upstairs, you need to buy a ticket. The tower consists of three floors, the tickets are sold on the second and third floor. On the second floor can be accessed using the lift and walk up the steps. On the third floor only to rise on the elevator with a change on the second floor. When buying tickets, pay attention to what turns you stand, so you do not waste time on another queue. There are options for recovery in the second floor of the elevator or on foot, and the upgrade option on the third floor.

Tip: sometimes in the evening stopped selling tickets on the third floor. However, rising on the second floor, you can buy tickets on the rise from the second floor to the third.

My friends are not able to enjoy Paris by night twice, until I told them about this opportunity.

Getting there: M6 Trocadero; RER C Champ de Mars Tour Eiffel;
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2) Tour Montparnasse - to go upstairs, you need to buy a ticket. Tour Montparnasse can admire the Eiffel Tower from a great height. It is the tallest building in the whole of France, therefore, is undoubtedly one of the best viewing platforms in Paris.

How to reach: M4, 6, 12, 13 Montparnasse Bienvenue

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3) Arc de Triomphe - to go upstairs, you need to buy a ticket. Recovery feature to the arch is what you need to walk. Elevator is, but it is used only in special cases. So get ready to rise in advance. Inside the arches on the way to the viewing platform is also a museum where you can take a break when climbing stairs, buy souvenirs or just look at the exhibits.

Getting there: M1, 2, 6, RER A Charle de Gaulle Etoile

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4) The Pantheon - to enter the building to buy a ticket. Many tourists visit the Pantheon, but few of them know that a couple of times a day everyone who bought a ticket, pass on the upper floors of the pantheon. On top of the pantheon called 360 degree panorama of Paris. Therefore, before going on an excursion indicate when access will be opened up.

Getting there: RER B Luxembourg

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5) The Pompidou Center - to enter the building to buy a ticket. On the upper floors of the building there is access to the platform, which offers a magnificent 180 degree review of Paris. Tip: To avoid paying an entrance fee, you should visit cent in one of the holidays, when the entrance to the museums is free.

Getting there: M1, 11 Hotel de Ville

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6) Notre Dame de Paris - to go upstairs, you need to buy a ticket. Rise up is on the left side of the entrance. I was not lucky enough to go upstairs, once I arrived after closing, and the second restoration took place, and the rise to the top was closed. Therefore, details, or give advice, when once again I will go to France.

How to reach: M4 Cite

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7) The Basilica of Sacre Coeur. The observation deck located in front of the basilica. Due to the fact that the basilica is located on a high hill, called a great review. You can sit quietly on the stairs and admire the surrounding scenery.

Tip: Be very careful when going to the basilica. For you will approach people and offer to play, do not stop and move on. In my acquaintance in this place stole a purse.

Getting there: M2 Anvers

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8) Gallery Lafayette. A lot of people to shop in this shopping center, but few know that it can climb to the roof and admire the surroundings, such as the national opera.

Getting there: M7, 8, 9, Galeries Lafayette

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9) Grande Arche - to go upstairs, you need to buy a ticket. Top overlooking the Eyvelevuyu Tower and the Arc de Triomphe, as well as the entire district La Défense. Rise up is a glass elevator, from which you can admire the surrounding landscape. The upper floor is a museum and shop.

Getting there: M1, RER A La Defense

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10) Platform in a park in Montreuil. The last area is already outside of Paris, but I liked the landscape, with which it opens on the city. I got covershenno chance on this place, at a time when rain. Clouds over Paris have already passed and there shone a bright sun, and I stood under an umbrella and admired.

Getting there: M9 Marie de Montreuil then Bus 122 Saint Just

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Travel in Paris with RER

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Travel in Paris with RER

Travel in Paris with RER

Today, I decided to talk about high-speed metro in Paris. In Paris, there are two types of metro. The first type is the usual subway called Metropolitain, a network which covers the city and some suburbs. The second type is called the metro RER (regional express network station). RER covers the entire Paris region (Ile-de-France). About him today, I want to tell me more.

Let's start with the fact that Paris and its region is divided into zones. Is a kind of ring around Paris. In total there are 7 zones, Paris itself includes the first and second zones, the remaining zones surround it. The division into zones made to order to charge travel to the region. Price depends on travel from far and where you plan to go. The more zones you will cross the more expensive it will cost you to travel.

Buy a single ticket is not profitable and very expensive. If you come for a week or longer then it is most advantageous to buy a ticket. Travel tickets can be bought for a week or month and year. The longer the travel the greater the savings. Travel is divided into zones as their actions. Detailed prices can be found on the site RATP section Titres et tarifs.

Important To take advantage of travel you need to bring a photograph. Otherwise, the travel will be considered invalid and you may be fined. Control RER lines is continuing.

The network consists of five RER lines. Each line has its own distinctive color. The lines are called A, B, C, D and E. Each line has a few lines, all lines are numbered, so you can see such names C8, B4. Where the letter is addressed to the line and the figure is the direction where you will. To make it even more interesting to ride on the RER train, each has its own name it is formed from a few letters, usually from four. I tend to not pay attention to them, but they also mean something, most likely a station where the train stops, but I may be wrong.

To the first time to choose the right train and go where you want to go there, it is worth every effort. First you can go to the site of RATP and there to see train timetable. This will help you but you must be careful, sometimes for technical reasons, the schedule can be shifted. Therefore, the second always look at the monitors on which the written schedule of trains going from the place where you stand. Choosing the right path from which you uedite, you will help pointers, many of them important to watch carefully.

When you have somewhere to eat important to know the direction of the train (its terminus), plus on the big screens to watch so that your station was on fire in front of a light which shows that the train would stop at your station. Otherwise, guessing the direction you were surprised traveled without stopping your station:)

Useful information: on the line are located in airports, on the tench is a European Disneyland, on the line with you will be able to get to Versailles.

If you travel then before you open all the directions, do not afraid to make mistakes, if you somehow are not sure where to go or the train gets you to smile and ask for help. French wonderful and open people, they will explain where to go and show what to do. The main thing is not shy and you'll be pleasantly surprised.

Bon voyage.

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Paris and its 10 survey sites.

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