With all eyes on the French capital this summer for the Olympics, there’s never been a better time to visit.
Pinned by the Eiffel Tower, threaded by the Seine and punctuated by grand gardens that are multiplying as part of the city’s bid to become one of Europe’s greenest, Paris is among the world’s most impressive destinations. Here are 17 ways to discover the City of Lights this summer.Battery-powered cars have become an increasingly popular sight in Paris over the last decade – all part of the city’s plan to outlaw all but e-vehicles by 2030.
By 2014, it was restored and reopened its doors as a hotel. Those same artists that had instilled beauty into its earlier neglect were invited back, this time to add the finishing touches to the lobby — where a graffiti-splashed Rolls-Royce now sits — and wall murals. Standout pieces include Demeurre 1, a bold, blackened bronze gathering of totemic structures created by Etienne Martin in the 1950s, and La Grande Fenetre, by Cuban artist Augustin Cardenas. The latter creates a gleaming white marble waterfront ‘window’ through which to watch the open-roof bateaux mouche tourist boats chug by.
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