ART: Paris Champs Elysées

The Champs-Elysées, means for the French "La plus belle avenue du monde". It starts from the Place de la Concorde and runs up to the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. This is where some of the most significant events of the year are held: New Year’s Eve gathering, 14th July military parade and the arrival of the Tour de France cycling race. The Champs-Elysées is at the center of Parisian life and the walk from the Champs-Elysées Clemenceau to the Etoile Charles de Gaulle metro stations are a perfect introduction to the city. Here you can find people from all over the world in shops, theaters and in restaurants.

The Champs-Elysées are 2 Km long and 80 meters wide. At the top of Champs-Elysées is The Arc de Triomphe, which was completed in 1836. This arc is a memorial of the soldiers killed in World War I and there is one permanently burning flame in the memory of those killed in the war. Here you’ll find the Tricolor hoisted at the arc. In French they call it “Les Champ” and it’s the most fashionable and luxurious area in Paris.

The season of Christmas starting from December and up to January with numerous illuminations is one of the most coveted times on the Champs Elysées.

The Champs-Elysées is the home of some of the very best cinemas, car showrooms, cafes, restaurants and beauty salons. If you’re missing your films then UGC and Gaumont, the two biggest French film distributors, screen a vide range of international films along The Champs-Elysées.

The Champs-Elysées also houses Citroën, Mercedes and Peugeot showrooms. Cafes and restaurants like Planet Hollywood, Häagen-Dazs ice-creams , the gigantic Pizza Pino ,the Copenhague Nordic restaurant ,the Brasserie Lowenbrau with its Bavarian orchestra ,the Chez Clément ,Batifol and Bistro de la Gare are some of the international cafes and restaurants available on the Champs.

ART: Paris Museums

French capital Paris houses some of the greatest museums and galleries. Below you’ll find some of our favourites.

ARTS ET METIERS, Musee des (history of science and technology)
Over 80,000 items are placed at this museum pertaining to the history of science. There is a huge collection of items from Renaissance Italy, China, Japan and US. This museum is an interesting place to visit for the children also.
Address: 60 rue Réaumur, Métro : Arts et Métiers
Opening hours: Monday to Sunday 10.00 to 18.00
Telephone.: +33 (0)1 53 01 82 00

BALZAC, Maison de (life and work in the home of Honoré de Balzac)
This is the place where Balzac lived and worked passionately on his masterpiece la Comédie humaine. Balzac hides himself here from blood-hungry money Landers from 1840-1847 and to cheat them he adopted a false name: M. De Breugnol.
Address: 47, rue Raynouard
Opening hours: 10 a.m.-5.40 p.m. 
Closed: Monday, bank holidays
Phone: +33 (0) 42 24 56 38

CAMONDO, Musee Nissim de (home, art and objects of banker Nissim de Camondo)
This is a three story mansion mostly houses the 18th-century French furniture. Rococo items, some of them belonging to the famous names of that era, like Madame de Pompadour and Marie Antoinette, are housed in the rooms. In the grand salon a beautiful portrait of a woman by Vigee-Leburn is placed.
Address: 63 rue de Monceau, 8e Arrondissement
Opening hours: Wed-Sun 10am-5:30pm
Phone : +33 (0) 53-89-06-40

CARNAVALET, Musee (history of the City of Paris)
On display at this marvelous museum are the grandeur, the esteem, the innovation, the brilliance, the blood, sweat, and tears of Parisian history from prehistory to the 20th century. This museum is having more than 140 rooms, and houses a huge range of objects of archeology, painting, sculpture and furniture.
Address: 23, rue de Sévignee, 3rd Arrondissement.
Opening hours: 10h - 17h40; Closed Mondays and public holidays
Phone : +33 (0) 42 72 41 13

PICASSO, Musee National (work of painter Pablo Picasso in a hotel particular)
The museum repeats the truth that Picasso was part of each notable art work during his lifetime. The two floors of the museum contain the numerous work of Picasso.
Address: Hotel Sale, 5, rue de Thorigny.
Opening hours 9.45 a.m. - 5 p.m. Closed Tuesday's and New Years Day
Phone : +33 (0) 42 71 25 21

DELACROIX, Musee Eugene (home and studio of painter Eugene Delacroix)
Delacroix was the home and studio of the great French painter Eugene Delacroix, where he spent his last years (1857-1863). The museum has been arranged very smartly. One can find there the biblical sights and pastels of inland scenery.
Address: 6, rue de Furstenberg.
Opening hours: Winter: 9.30 a.m.-5.30 p.m. - Summer 9.30 a.m.-6 p.m. Clsoed Tuesday’s and New Years Day
Phone : +33 (0) 43 54 04 87

JACQUEMART-ANDRE, Musee (spectacular home and art collection of famous couple)
The couple Jacquemart-Andrés spent a lot of money on the wealth that decorate the museum today. Passing through the marble hall and meticulously arranged courtyard, one can imagine the things ahead. Paintings of the famous French painters of the 17th and 18th centuries, like Boucher, Chardin, Drouais, Fragonard, and Greuze adorn the salons. The salon de thé is absolutely the marvel.
Address: 158 Bd Haussmann, metro Miromesnil
Opening hours: Everyday 10h-18h
Phone : +33 (0) 45 62 11 59