Paris starts a campaign to improve its reputation and better cater to the needs of tourists
20 Jun 2013 - 10:16
Paris in one of the world’s most visited cities in the world with 29 million tourists in 2012.
But Paris is also famous for its rudeness. This week the city decided to launch a campaign to improve its reputation and better cater to the needs of tourists.
This campaign called “Do you speak Touriste?” is made of a website and and handbook containing greetings in eight languages including German, Chinese and Portuguese and advice on the spending habits and cultural codes of different nationalities.
Some 30,000 copies of this handbook is being distributed to taxi drivers, waiters, hotel managers and sales people in tourist areas..
Paris airports on strike: 50% of flights cancelled
10 Jun 2013 - 19:43
Paris airports on strike today.
Wednesday 12 June 2013: 75% of flights are cancelled and more than one hour delay for other flights
Around 50% of flights in and out of Paris Orly, Roissy Charles de Gaulle and Beauvais airports are expected to be cancelled wednesday as a strike by French air-traffic controllers continues for the last day of the strike.
Latest - wednesday 1pm:
Strike will end wednesday night - no more strike next thursday.
Over 75% flight cancelled. Following the strike of the air-traffic controllers, 1.800 flights are cancelled this wednesday on 7.650 flights envisaged in France announces the Head office of the civil aviation.
Unions of air-traffic controllers have called for this strike in protest at european plans to renew flight organization and work. For the controllers the Single European Sky (SES) project will affect public safety and their working conditions.
Best is to contact your airline for more information:
6 french restaurants in the World's 50 Best Restaurants
30 Apr 2013 - 11:07
With six restaurants in the top 50, France is the country best represented (same score than the United States) but is absent from the Top 10.
The first French restaurant of the list, , "L'Arpège" in Paris, arrives only in 16th position, follow-up of “Le Chateaubriand” (18th), “L'Astrance” (23), "L'Atelier Saint Germain de Joël Robuchon" (24) -who loses 12 places- and “ Le Mirazur” in Menton - south of France -(28).
“Septime” in Paris makes its appearance for the first time in the classification in 49th position. With “its not very expensive menus”, it proves “that the high prices are not an obligation when it is about the classification of the 50 Best Restaurants of the World”, are pleased the organizers.
Alain Ducasse receive the “Lifetime Achievement Award”.
This classification is the result of a vote of more than 900 chiefs, culinary critics and gastronomes in the world.
9 days to visit the Salon de l'Agriculture 2013
21 Feb 2013 - 10:38
Paris International Agricultural Show 2013
The "Salon de l’Agriculture 2013" opens its door this week-end for 9 days from Saturday 23 February to Sunday 3 March 2013 at the Porte de Versailles in Paris.
This agricultural show celebrates this year its 50th anniversary!
France’s largest agricultural event is part fair, part trade show, part blue-ribbon tournament. A dizzyingly diverse array of activities will be on offer, from a sheep-herding competition to performances of traditional music and dance to gardening workshops.
France’s finest livestock will be on display: over 3,500 animals, including rare cow breeds like the Bordelaise and Bearnaise, as well as stands featuring produce and farming machinery. Food lovers will be able to sample (and buy) products from this year’s winners of the historic Concours Général Agricole, an annual competition of France’s signature food and drink products....
Opening hours
Daily from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., except Friday 1 March from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. (admission closes at 10:30 p.m.)
Individual rates
Full price: €13
Children aged 6-12: €6
Children under 6: free
Students: €6
Where:
Paris International Agricultural Show
Paris Porte de Versailles
1, place de la Porte de Versailles
75015 Paris
FRANCE
Michelin guide 2013 : 7 new one star tables in Paris
18 Feb 2013 - 12:41
7 restaurants in Paris have been awarded by the Michelin guide 2013
One new star 2013 for:
Anne-Sophie Pic at "La dame de Pic" (1er),
Antonin Bonnet at "Sergent recruteur" (4e),
Éric Desbordes at "114 Faubourg" (8e)
La brasserie du Bristol where l'Épicure d'Éric Frechon has once again 3 stars
Sylvain Sendra at "Itinéraires" (5e)
Frédéric Duca at "L'Instant d'or" (8e)
Laurent André at "La cuisine du Royal Montceau" (8e),
Hervé Rodriguez at "MaSa" à Boulogne-Billancourt
Don't forget to visit our page where to eat in Paris with reviews of the latest restaurants like the" restaurant that everyone talks about"..
Taxi strike in Paris
10 Jan 2013 - 10:28
Paris’s airports and and city centre is clogged by taxis today as drivers in Paris and around France stage a one-day strike.
Ten unions representing 55 000 drivers in France are taking part in the day of convoys and blockades. Disruption is likely around airports and on the main roads into cities.
They were no more taxi in Paris's Airports by 10am this morning... Anyone travelling by plane should allow plenty of time to reach the terminal.
There are also protests elsewhere in France, including Marseille, Lyon, Nantes, Dijon, Bordeaux, Toulouse and Montpellier.
The 2013 winter sales in Paris
2 Jan 2013 - 12:27
The 2013 winter sales in Paris will start January 9 to end February 12, 2013.
A great occasion to visit Paris and shop…
Get ready with our Paris shopping guide
Le Grand Palais des Glaces
12 Dec 2012 - 16:29
Everyday, from December 13h, 2012 until January 6th, 2013, the Grand Palais of Paris hosts the largest fleeting ice rink ever created in France : 1.800 m² of ice… For children by daytime and adults by night time!
©Le Grand Palais des Glaces
Important, cut-line pass and other tickets won’t be accepted for nights at the Grand Palais des Glaces ! Only evening tickets bought at the entrance.
Opening schedule of the ice rink:
From Monday to Sunday, 10.00am till 9.00pm*
Evenings:
Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, nights from 8.00pm till 2.00am. We have dinner, we skate under the sun lounge lights show, rythmed by the DJ On Ice sound.
Single rates (including skates rental):
Adults : 12€
Children (till 12 years) : 6€
Evenings / nights : 20€ (tickets are not sold online).
Access:
Underground : lines 1, 9, 13 (stations Franklin-D.-Roosevelt and Champs-Élysées Clemenceau)
RER : line C (station Invalides)
Buses : lines 28, 42, 52, 72, 73, 80, 83 et 93
Car Park: Rond-point des Champs-Elysées, place de la Concorde, rue François-1er, Alma Georges-V, Champs-Elysées Lincoln, Matignon.
Unique price of 20€ per person, including skate rental for evening tickets:
Thursday 13 December: closed
Friday 14 December: from 19h30 till 02h
Saturday 15 December: from 20h30 till 02h
Tuesday 18 December: from 19h30 till 02h
Thursday 20 December: pas de nocturne
Friday 21 December: from 19h30 till 02h
Saturday 22 December: from 20h30 till 02h
Thursday 27 December: from 19h30 till 02h
Friday 28 December: from 19h30 till 02h
Saturday 29 December: from 20h30 till 02h
Thursday 03 January: from 19h30 till 02h
Friday 04 January: from 19h30 till 02h
Saturday 05 January: from 20h30 till 02h
Paris Photo 15-18 November 2012
14 Nov 2012 - 13:07
Paris Photo // 15-18 November 2012
151 exhibitors for this 2012 Paris Photo at The Grand Palais in Paris.
With a really good idea this year: The exhibition seen by David Lynch 'Vu par David Lynch" .
The Fair entrusts the film maker with the task of choosing from among the works exhibited by the gallery owners. The resulting journey of that selection will be identified in the Fair and a book will be published by Steidl .
An original way for the public to contemplate the works whilst at the same time discovering David Lynch's aesthetic universe.
Location:
Grand Palais
Avenue Winston Churchill
75008 Paris
Dates & times :
Thursday 15 Nov. - Sunday 18 Nov. From noon till 8pm.
Opening:
14 Nov. 2012 (by invitation only)
Rates :
Full price : 28 € TTC
Reduced fare (student) : 14 € TTC
Catalog 2012 : 25€ TTC
"Mutations" Book : 25€ TTC
Package entry + catalogue : 45 € TTC
Free for kids under 12 years old and for Personal Care Attendant (upon presentation of proof).
Fiac 2012 from Thursday October 18th to Sunday 21st, 2012
18 Oct 2012 - 09:03
Fiac 2012
From Thursday October 18th to Sunday 21st, 2012 : noon - 8 pm
Friday, October 19th, late closing : noon - 10pm
FIAC 2012 will bring together around 180 galleries from 24 countries at the Grand Palais. France will be represented by 61 galleries (or 34% of the exhibitors), followed by the United-States (30 galleries), Germany (24 galleries), Italy (12 galleries), Belgium (14 galleries), the United Kingdom (9 galleries), and Switzerland (6 galleries). Galleries from Denmark, Poland, Romania and the United Arab Emirates will be present for the first time.
41 galleries are participating for the first time or are returning to FIAC in 2012.
Fiac at the Grand Palais
Avenue Winston Churchill, 75008 Paris
Underground: lines 1 & 13 Champs-Élysées Clemenceau
Bus: lines 28, 32, 42, 72, 73, 80, 83, 93
Parking: Rond Point Champs Élysées
Vélib: avenue Franklin Roosevelt & avenue Dutuit
Rates:
Full-fare ticket, 35 €
Reduced (under 26), 20 €
Children under 12, free entry
Daily pass + FIAC catalogue, 60 €
Catalogue, 35 €
Info at Fiac.com
Kamel Mennour, Jennifer Flay, Bertrand Delanoë (mayor of Paris).
Galerie Gaudel de Stampa @ FIAC 2012 - Paris
25 Best Restaurants in France by the Daily Meals
16 Oct 2012 - 11:23
The Daily Meal presents today the most exemplary epicurean endeavors in France and Monaco
The Daily Meal’s list of the 25 Best Restaurants in France and Monaco was carefully curated through a two-month-long nomination process; we consulted the Michelin Guide and other trusted sources and gathered recommendations from The Daily Meal’s editors, who have traveled and dined extensively around the world.
On top of this ranking:
N°3 Alain Passard at L’Arpège,
N°2 Alain Ducasse at the Plaza Athénée Hotel
and N°1 is Guy Savoy.
What do you think?
Fiac is back!
16 Oct 2012 - 10:45
Fiac 2012
From Thursday October 18th to Sunday 21st, 2012 : noon - 8 pm
Friday, October 19th, late closing : noon - 10pm
FIAC 2012 will bring together around 180 galleries from 24 countries at the Grand Palais. France will be represented by 61 galleries (or 34% of the exhibitors), followed by the United-States (30 galleries), Germany (24 galleries), Italy (12 galleries), Belgium (14 galleries), the United Kingdom (9 galleries), and Switzerland (6 galleries). Galleries from Denmark, Poland, Romania and the United Arab Emirates will be present for the first time.
41 galleries are participating for the first time or are returning to FIAC in 2012.
Fiac at the Grand Palais
Avenue Winston Churchill, 75008 Paris
Underground: lines 1 & 13 Champs-Élysées Clemenceau
Bus: lines 28, 32, 42, 72, 73, 80, 83, 93
Parking: Rond Point Champs Élysées
Vélib: avenue Franklin Roosevelt & avenue Dutuit
Rates:
Full-fare ticket, 35 €
Reduced (under 26), 20 €
Children under 12, free entry
Daily pass + FIAC catalogue, 60 €
Catalogue, 35 €
Info at Fiac.com
FIAC 2012 presents an off-site exhibition in an emblematic and historic Parisian venue, the Jardin des Plantes and the Museum national d'Histoire naturelle.
It's free.. and already open...
Mark Dion - The Tropical Collectors (Bates, Spruce and Wallace)
Loris Cecchini - Sinapsis paradigms and Micrologies, 2012
Thaddaeus Ropac new space in Pantin
14 Oct 2012 - 11:08
Thaddaeus Ropac is openning a new space in Pantin next to Paris.
You could be part of it this afternoon. More info on this website.
This new 'gallerie' is located in the northeast of Paris, an early 20th century ironware factory, it allows the display of large-scale works alongside a programme of related events.
From 14 oct 2012 to 27 january 2013
Exhibitions of Anselm Kiefer, die ungeborenen (The Unborn) & Joseph Beuys, iphigenie - in the multimedia space
Nuit Blanche 2012
2 Oct 2012 - 11:57
This year the Nuit Blanche 2012 in Paris si going to be a promenade from East to West.
On saturday October 6th 2012 the city of Paris will offer you a completely new route: a meandering line that crosses Paris from West to East, from Chaillot hill to Ivry-sur-Seine.
Laurent Le Bon, director of Metz Pompidou Center is for this time the director of this new edition.
His proposal is an invitation to explore the architecture of the city in all its contemporary complexity, and an opportunity for the public to enjoy, for the first time, belvederes, vantage points over the city that are usually not accessible but allow to take a glimpse at unfamiliar views of Paris and the Seine...
Practical information
When does Nuit Blanche take place?
The night between Saturday 6 October and Sunday 7 October.
From 7pm until 7am in the morning.
Access to all works and events is free. No reservation necessary.
Discover the complete programme for Nuit Blanche 2012 (in French - pdf).
Information points
Three information points are distributed along the path, in order to guide visitors towards the artistic projects on the programme.
- Champs-Elysées Clémenceau
On the central reservation, at the crossroads of Avenue Winston Churchill and Avenue des Champs-Élysées
Metro stop: Champs-Élysées – Clemenceau (lines 1 and 13)
Open Saturday from 4pm until 6am
- The square of Hôtel de Ville
Metro stop: Hôtel de Ville (lines 1, 7 and 11)
Open Saturday from 4pm until 6am
- Institut du Monde Arabe
On the central reservation, at the foot of the Institut du Monde Arabe
Quai Saint-Bernard
Metro stop: Jussieu (lines 7 and 10) / Metro stop: Sully-Morland (line 7)
Open Saturday from 4pm until 6am
Note: Nuit Blanche has become a national and international event. You will find events in several towns near Paris with the “TRAM network”. Please note: dates and times for these events are not necessarily the same as the dates and times in Paris.
Nuit Blanche on your mobile
A free mobile application will be available in two versions (iPhone and Android). It will offer a catalogue of works and all practical information.
Nuit Blanche on Twitter
On Twitter, you can share your impressions and any practical information by using the Hashtag #nb12
June 21 is the day of "La fête de la Musique" in Paris!
21 Jun 2012 - 10:03
June 21 marks the summer solstice in the northern hemisphere, in Paris and France it is also the day of the "Fête de la Musique" a night full of street musical events. And a great way to discover paris by night..
The Fête de la Musique is a popular fête, open to any participant (amateur or professional musicians) who wants to perform in it. This Music day allows the expression of all styles of music in a cheerful atmosphere. It aims at a large audience, working to popularise musical practice for young and not so young people from all social backgrounds...
Check out the weather in Paris tonight.. Seems that it's going to stop rainning around 8pm..
The kaleidoscope installation of Daniel Buren - Monumenta 2012
10 May 2012 - 10:35
This time Daniel Buren’s work in situ is made of hundreds of horizontal circles, each touching the next, some larger, some smaller, some a little higher, some lower, fill the space.
Daniel Buren @ Monumenta 2012 - Paris
Each sculpture is stretched with a membrane of translucent plastic film blue, yellow, orange or green. These are supported by black and white vertical posts, so many that they become a forest, half-drowned in colour and shadow.
Daniel Buren is the fifth artist to take part in Paris's Monumenta project with his kaleidoscope installation.
MONUMENTA 2012 – Daniel Buren
Installation opens to the public from 10th May to 21st June 2012
Standard admission: 5.00 euros
Address
Nave of the Grand Palais – North entrance
Avenue G. Eisenhower 75008 Paris
Opening times
Daily except Tuesday
From 10:00-19:00, Mondays and Wednesdays
From 10:00-24:00, Thursdays to Sundays
Admissions close 45 minutes before exhibition closing.
Access with tickets 30 minutes before exhibition closing.
Access
Metro: lines 1, 9, 13 / Station: Franklin Roosevelt, Champs-Elysées-Clemenceau
Bus: lines 28, 32, 42, 72, 73, 80, 83, 93
5 Paris restaurants in Top 20 World's Best Restaurants 2012
1 May 2012 - 10:25
The 2012 S. Pellegrino and Acqua Panna World's 50 Best Restaurants, produced by Britain's Restaurant Magazine, were unveiled yesterday after a panel of more than 800 chefs, restaurateurs, journalists and food experts.
N°1 is still Noma restaurant in Copenhague, Denmark
Parisian restaurant are also rewarded:
N°1 French and Parisian is L'Atelier of Joël Robuchon who arrived N°12 of this year World's Best
Le Chateaubriand is N°15
L'Arpège is N°16
Pierre Gagnaire N°17
L'Astrance N°18.
After 10 months of work the Palais de Tokyo opens tonight with a new space of 22.000m ².
12 Apr 2012 - 11:45
From Thursday April 12 to 20:00 at Friday April 13 at midnight, the Palais de Tokyo exceptionally half-opens its front doors its opening final on April 20 with “La Triennale”.
Not to miss!!!
40% flights cancelled at Paris Orly airport today
3 Apr 2012 - 09:38
Latest news:
- about 240 flights, that is 40% of the flights cancelled today at Paris Orly airport (3 April 2012)
- Delays from 1 to 2 hours at Bordeaux, Nice and Lyon airports.
- Pau, Rouen and Angoulême airports were closed this afternoon
- No delays at Roissy Charles-de-Gaulle airport
The travellers on departure or arrival of Orly airport on Tuesday3 April 2012, will have to get information about their flight before going to the airport. The Head office of the civil aviation (DGAC) announced this week end that she asked the airline companies to remove 20% of the flights for these two days, because of a call to the strike of three trade unions of air-traffic controllers.
“The disturbances are to be envisaged on the whole territory” and in particular in the regional airports as from Sunday evening, a spokesperson also prevented.
Strike is due to a reform of the organization of work.
DGAC affirms however that the airport of Roissy /Charles-de-Gaulle will not be touched.
Paris's Airports:
Charles de Gaulle, Orly live flight info : http://www.aeroportsdeparis.fr
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Orly and few french airports on strike today..
2 Apr 2012 - 09:48
Latest news:
18 flights already cancelled today (monday) at Lyon Saint-Exupéry airport..
20% of the flights will be cancelled at Paris Orly airport for 2 days ( 2 and 3 April 2012)
The travellers on departure or arrival of Orly airport on Monday and Tuesday 2 and 3 April 2012, will have to get information about their flight before going to the airport. The Head office of the civil aviation (DGAC) announced this week end that she asked the airline companies to remove 20% of the flights for these two days, because of a call to the strike of three trade unions of air-traffic controllers.
“The disturbances are to be envisaged on the whole territory” and in particular in the regional airports as from Sunday evening, a spokesperson also prevented.
Strike is due to a reform of the organization of work.
DGAC affirms however that the airport of Roissy-Charles-of-Gaulle will not be touched.
Paris's Airports:
Charles de Gaulle, Orly live flight info : http://www.aeroportsdeparis.fr
More about Charles de Gaulle airport
More about Orly airport
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