Y TRIP TO PARIS
DAY TRIP
3.30AM 62 bus to Glasgow
4.45 bus to Prestwick
6.15 Prestwick to Beauvais Airport Free flight with Ryanair.
9.30 local time Coach shuttle from Beavais into Ponte Maillot
10.30 Arc de Triomphe / Champs-Elysees
11.00 metro to louvre
11.30 Notre- Dame
12.00 Hotel de ville area
12.30 Auld Alliance pub a few pints of Caledoian ale.
14.00 cross Seine to Latin Quarter
15.00 Metro to Montmarte
15.30 Stairs to Sacre-coer
16.00 Metro to Eiffel Tower
17.00 metro back to Arc de Triomphe
17.30 stairs to the top of the Arc
19.30 bus back to Beauvais flight delayed
00.10 back in Prestwick
00.30 bus leaves for Glasgow
01.30 back in Glasgow
01.45 66 home CLYDEBANK KNACKERED
The Arc of Triumph
Raised over command of Napoleon Ier, the Arch of Triumph dominates the Avenue of the Champs-ElysÈes. Its construction began in 1806 and ended in 1836, 15 years after the Napoleon's death.
It is possible to reach the roof of the monument. The perspective of The Louvre - Concorde Square - Grand Arch of Defense is superb. It's one of the most beautifull panorama of Paris.
The site on which the monument stands is called the Place de líŠtoile, because of the multicolored star built into the pavement of the roundabout.
The arch is 50 meters high, 45 meters wide, and 22 meters thick and is decorated with low relieves which evoke the battles of the French first Republic and Empire periods (1789-1815). Under the arch, the Unknown Soldier Tomb can be found (a soldier of the First World War).
The Eiffel Tower
The Eiffel Tower became a figure so much a symbol of Paris which it is quite difficult to see one without thinking of the other. It is certainly the most known monument in the world, in any case more photographed.
Its construction begins on January 23, 1887 with the engineer Gustave Eiffel. The assembly of the 15 000 metal parts finished in Mars 1889 and symbolized the World's Fair which took place in the Champs de Mars.
Dedicated to the demolition and often criticized, the Eiffel Tower was little by little incorporated in the Parisian landscape at the point to become inseparable about it. With its 310 meters top and 7 000 tons, it was the world's tallest building until 1930.