Allons à Paris!!
French Phrases for Transportation and Getting Around
Where is the train station? Où est la gare?
Excuse me, I am looking for the ticket office.
Pardon, je cherche le guichet.I would like a one way / round trip ticket
to Lyon. Je voudrais un aller simple / aller retour
à Lyon.
Charles de Gaulle Airport
Orly Airport
The Paris metro was first dug out at the turn of the 20th century.
It opened July 19, 1900
Billets - ticketsCarnet – a book of tickets
Metro
Paris: 20 districts known as arrondissements
Paris
• Paris is located on the Seine River in north-central France.
• Paris was first settled in the 3rd cent. BC by the Parisii tribe.
• Today, Paris is one of the most famous cities in the world.
Paris arrondissements
• The Louvre is located in the 1st arrondissement
• The Eiffel Tower is in the 7th • The Arc de Triomphe in the
8th
La Tour Eiffel
• Designed by engineer Gustave Eiffel
• 1,000 feet tall• Was tallest structure in
the world until 1931• Was a temporary
structure built for the Universal Exhibition of 1889
View from Eiffel TowerThroughout the years, the
Eiffel Tower has been a place for dare devils to attempt stunts like parachuting, scaling, pilots have tried to fly through the girders, etc.
Now there are antennas on the top to transmit TV, radio, and meteorological info
Le Louvre
• The Louvre Museum was formerly the palace of the kings of France it is now one of the greatest museums in the world.
• Over 800 years old, the Louvre palace is located in the 1st arrondissement along the Seine River.
Louvre
Louvre at night
Louvre
Winged VictoryLeonardo DeVinci’s Mona Lisa(located in the Denon wing of the Louvre)
LouvreJacques0Louis David’s The Oath of the Horatii
Theodore Gericaul’s The Raft of the Medusa
Centre Pompidoumodern art museum
Centre Pompidou
Centre Pompidou
• Located in the 4th arrondissement in Paris
• Largest modern art museum in Europe
Centre PompidouStravinsky Fountain
• 16 brightly painted sculptures that spray water
• Outside the Pompidou Center
Musée d’Orsay – used to be a train station
Houses the world’s largest impressionist exhibits
Impressionism•Showed artist’s impression of a subject•Visual brushstrokes•Artists played with color and light
Monet
Vincent Van Gogh
Notre Dame
• One of the greatest gothic cathedrals in the world, Notre Dame de Paris is located on the Ile de la Cité in the Seine River.
Notre Dame de ParisNotice the flying buttresses!
Gargoyles of Notre Dame
Notre Dame from the SEINE River
Télécarte
TGV – train de grande vitessespeed train that goes all over France
TGV TGV 1st class:
Other trains
Métro - to get around ParisRER - goes outside of Paris to
places like Versailles or EuroDisney