Afternoon drive into the heart of Paris in the 1st and 2nd districts (arrondissements), passing the most well known landmarks and attractions. Starting at the Eiffel Tower, passing the Place de la Concorde, Place Vendome, Palais Garnier, Louvre Museum, Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris, and ending at the Panthéon. The drive starts along the Seine River with a stunning view of France's most famous landmark! Hope you enjoy it!
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1st Arrondissement of Paris
The Louvre museum, home to the "Mona Lisa," is the heart of this lively district that features Hausmann-era boulevards and parks such as the Tuileries and the 17th-century Palais Royal. Fashionistas troop to the designer boutiques and luxury jewelers along chic Rue Saint Honoré and Place Vendôme. Les Halles shopping district has international fashion chains along Rue de Rivoli and in a vast underground mall. ~ Google
2nd Arrondissement of Paris
In the eclectic 2nd arrondissement, textile wholesalers in the Sentier area give way to hip stores around the Rue Montorgueil street market. Quirky boutiques line old-world covered walkways like Galerie Vivienne, while foodies troop to Passage des Panoramas and the ramen eateries in the city's main Japanese quarter along Rue Sainte-Anne. The gilded Opéra Comique theater showcases operettas.~ Google
Paris is the capital and most populous city of France. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of the world's major centers of finance, diplomacy, commerce, fashion, gastronomy, science, and arts. The Paris Region had a GDP of €709 billion ($808 billion) in 2017. In 2021 Paris was the city with the second-highest cost of living in the world, tied with Singapore, and after Tel Aviv.
Tourism recovered in the Paris region in 2021, increasing to 22.6 million visitors, thirty percent more than in 2020, but still well below 2019 levels. The number of visitors from the United States increased by 237 percent over 2020.
Tourism in Paris is a major income source. Paris received 12.6 million visitors in 2020, measured by hotel stays, a drop of 73 percent from 2019. The number of foreign visitors declined by 80.7 percent. Museums re-opened in 2021, with limitations on the number of visitors at a time and a requirement that visitors wear masks.
In 2018, 17.95 million international, overnighting tourists visited the city, mainly for sightseeing and shopping (and estimated to be well over double if including domestic overnighting visitors). Top sights include Notre Dame (12 million visitors in 2017), Disneyland Paris (11), Sacre Cœur (10), the Versailles Palace (7.7), the Louvre Museum (6.9), the Eiffel Tower (5.9), Centre Pompidou (3.33), and the Musée d'Orsay (3 million). The largest numbers of foreign tourists who come to the Paris region are British, American, German, Italian, Chinese, and Canadian.
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