Paris

Paris is the capital city of France, as well as the capital of the Île-de-France région, whose territory encompasses Paris and its suburbs. The city of Paris proper is also a département, called Paris département (French: département de Paris). It is a wonderful city for aimless wandering of which features a wide variety of style and décor and boasts a wide assortment of entertainment to satisfy even the most benign of tastes.

Suburban Locales of Interest

• Business districts
• La Défense - major office, cinema and shopping complex, west of Paris
• Monuments
• Grande Arche de la Défense - built in alignment with the Louvre, place du Concorde and Arc de Triomphe
• Chateaux
• Palace of Versailles - the former royal palace of Louis XIV and later kings, in the town of Versailles to the southeast of Paris.
• Vaux-le-Vicomte, near Melun, a smaller palace on which Versailles was modeled.
• Saint Denis Basilica - ancient Gothic Cathedral and burial site for many French monarchs, located north of the city.
• Civil Constructions
• Arcueil Aqueduct - Completed in 1874 from the Monstouris reservoirs, its channels water from sources 156km to the south of Paris.
• Recreation parks and areas
• Parc Astérix
• Disneyland Resort Paris