DK Travel : Paris

From Notre-Dame to the Eiffel Tower, Paris holds some of the world's most famous sights and these highlights should be top of the list for any first-time visitor. With the exception of the overtly modern Pompidou Centre, they have been landmarks of this elegant and romantic capital for centuries and remain awe-inspiring sights, no matter how often you visit the city.

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Chez Madame Arthur

The entertainment at this club is provided by drag artists and transsexuals, and you won’t need much French to understand some of the acts.
Chez Paul

This old bistro has a fairly simple menu but it is always delicious. Book ahead.
Chez Paul

Not the best place for vegetarians, with pot au feu , tongue and other meaty delights, but there is also fish.
Chez Ribe

A local Brasserie right by the Eiffel Tower with excellent food & service! Our waiter was very friendly-- probably the most friendly waiter we met on our whole trip to France. My husband & I enjoyed the most amazing Bordeaux wine along with our meal. Every course was delightful, but the creme brulee was especially divine. Go eat there-- we stumbled upon it because it was near to our hotel!
Chez Teil

Specializing in products from the Auvergne, mostly foodstuffs such as Auvergne sausages.
Christian Constant

Christian Constant is arguably the best chocolatier in Paris and spends much of his time globetrotting in search of ever-more exotic flavours.
Christian Dior

The grey and white decor, with silk bows on chairs, makes a chic backdrop for fashions from lingerie to evening wear.
Cimetière de Montmartre

The main graveyard for the district lies beneath a busy road in an old gypsum quarry, though it’s more restful than first appears when you actually get below street level. The illustrious tombs, many with ornately sculpted monuments, packed tightly into this intimate space reflect the artistic bent of the former residents, who include composers Hector Berlioz and Jacques Offenbach, writers Stendhal and Alexandre Dumas, German poet Heinrich Heine, Russian dancer Nijinsky and the film director François Truffaut.
Cimetière de Passy

This small cemetery covers only 1 ha (2.5 acres), yet many famous people have been laid to rest here with the Eiffel Tower as their eternal view (see Graves in Cimetière de Passy). It is worth a visit just to admire the striking sculptures on the tombs.
Cimetière du Père Lachaise

This is the most visited cemetery in the world, largely due to rock fans who come from around the world to see the grave of the legendary singer Jim Morrison of The Doors. There are about one million other graves here, in some 70,000 different tombs, including those of Chopin, Oscar Wilde, Balzac, Edith Piaf, Colette, Molière and Delacroix (see Oscar Wilde, Père Lachaise Cemetery). There are maps posted around the cemetery to enable you to find these notable resting places, or a more detailed plan can be bought at the kiosks around the grounds.

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