Currency: Euro
Language: French


Almost all public gardens, museums, town hall and libraries offer free wifi.

Inside every metro entrance is a detailed map of the area in which you are. Another trick: you will find detailed maps too on every public toilets.

Parisian metro is indeed pretty old, but works very well ! Know that wherever you are in the city, you are never far from a metro station (there is a station every 500m in Paris). Schedules : 5.30 a.m to 1.15a.m on weekday.

Tourist info at the main railway station: Gare du Nord 18, rue de Dunkerque 75010 PARIS Open every day from 8a.m to 6p.m

CIMETIÈRE DU PÈRE-LACHAISE
16 Rue du Repos 75020 Paris 
Getting there: Metro : Philippe Auguste (L 2 )ENTRANCES ON RUE DES RONDEAUX, BD. DE MÉNILMONTANT, AND RUE DE LA RÉUNION
Open: 8 am – 6pm 
Entry: Free
Jim Morrison's grave (with its own guard to keep Doors fans under control) (Division 6, closer to the entrance at rue Menilmontant.) Also Edith Piaf, Honoré de Balzac, Oscar Wilde, Maria Callas, Frédéric Chopin etc.You can have a free map of the cemetery at the entrance of the cemetery. Online interactive map http://www.pere-lachaise.com/perelachaise.php?lang=en

Catacombs of Paris
1 Avenue du Colonel Henri Rol-Tanguy, 75014
Opened: 10 am – 8pm (last admission at 7pm)
Distance covered: 2 km.
Duration of the tour: 45 minutes.
Fee: 5 Eur
Underground Paris with 6-7 million people buried there starting from 18th century. Skulls and tunnels. The Catacombs represent the interface between the history of Paris and the Earth's geological evolution. Forty-five million years ago, Paris and the surrounding area were covered by a tropical sea. Dozens of metres of sediment accumulated on the sea bed, forming over lime the limestone deposits visible in the Catacombs today. Geologists worldwide call this period in the history of the world the Lutetian period, alter Lutetia, the Gallo-Roman name for Paris. The Catacombs, which form a veritable labyrinth beneath the very heart of Paris, were created in the galleries of the former quarries whose stone was used to build the capital. Situated twenty metres below ground, the ossuary contains the remains of approximately six million Parisians, transferred there gradually between the late eighteenth and mid-nineteenth centuries as graveyards were being closed because of the risk they posed to public health. The first of these was the cimetière des Innocents graveyard in 1786 in what is now the district of Les Halle. In the long maze of dark galleries and narrow passages, visitors can see a tableau of death with bones arranged in a macabre display of high Romantic taste. The alexandrine verse "Arrête, c'est ici l'empire de la mort" [Halt, this is the realm of Death ] above the entrance to the ossuary is just one of an extensive series of maxims, poems and other sacred and profane passages giving pause for thought during the tour. This unusual site movingly brings the history of the Parisian people back to life and takes visitors on a timeless journey.

ARÈNES DE LUTÈCE (LUTETIA AMPHITHEATER)
47 RUE MONGE or or Rue de Navarre, Paris, 75005 in LATIN QUARTER
Open: 9 am to dusk
Entrance: Free
This Roman amphitheater, designed as a theater and circus, was almost completely destroyed by barbarians in AD 280. The site was rediscovered in 1869, and you can still see part of the stage and tiered seating. Along with the remains of the baths at Cluny, the arena constitutes rare evidence of the powerful Roman city of Lutetia that flourished on the Rive Gauche in the 3rd century. It's a favorite spot for picnicking, pickup soccer, or boules.

PALAIS-ROYAL
Palais-Royal, Paris, 75001
The quietest, most romantic Parisian garden is enclosed within the former home of Cardinal Richelieu (1585–1642). It's an ideal spot to while away an afternoon, cuddling with your sweetheart on a bench under the trees, soaking up the sunshine beside the fountain, or browsing the 400-year-old arcades that are now home to boutiques ranging from quirky (picture Anna Joliet's music boxes) to chic (think designs by Stella McCartney and Marc Jacobs). One of the city's oldest restaurants is here, the haute-cuisine Le Grand Véfour, where brass plaques recall regulars like Napoléon and Victor Hugo. Built in 1629, the palais became royal when Richelieu bequeathed it to Louis XIII. Other famous residents include Jean Cocteau and Colette, who wrote of her pleasurable "country" view of the province à Paris. Today, the garden often plays host to giant-size temporary art installations sponsored by another tenant, the Ministry of Culture. The courtyard off Place Colette is outfitted with an unusual collection of short black-and-white columns created in 1986 by artist Daniel Buren.

Notre Dame de Paris
Getting there: From Gare du Nord, take the metro to St. Michael Notre-Dame (it’s the blue line – line 2).
Entry: free
Open: till 6.45 pm
*tolling of the Notre-Dame bells – on the hour, every hour.

After visiting cathedral in the evening, all the area is great for a stroll
1) Head across the Pont Notre-Dame and meander along the Seine. Walk towards the Quai Des Tuileries and the Musée du Louvre (if decided to visit museum, buy a museum pass at the tourist info center and skip long waiting lines at the entrance). It’s a fair way – about 20 minutes or so, but the Seine at night, with its lights and laughter bouncing off the water, makes the journey absolutely worthwhile.
2) Make your way across the Pont Royal and down the Quai Voltaire towards the Pont Neuf. Just opposite this bridge, you’ll find a handful of St-Germain-des-Prés’s bars, bustling with locals and tourists alike.

Arc de Triomphe (1806)
Place Charles de Gaulle, 75008 Paris
Open 10 am – 11pm
The Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile (to commemorate Napoleon’s victories) is one of the most famous monuments in Paris. It stands in the center of the Place Charles de Gaulle, at the western end of the Champs-Élysées.

Eiffel Tower (1887)
Champ de Mars, 5 Avenue Anatole France, 75007 Paris
301 m high classic landmark of France

Moulin Rouge Cabaret Windmill (1889)
82 Boulevard de Clichy