The best places to visit

Travelers descend on Paris, the City of Light, from all over the world. As one of the world’s great cities, this is only natural. However, travelers who want to be truly enlightened will head out of Paris for a day to see some of France’s other famous attractions. Everything from cathedrals to theme parks to battlefields can easily be reached from the French capital. Here are some of the best day trips from Paris : Claude Monet was the founder of the French Impressionism school of painters, especially as it pertained to nature. So there’s no better way to understand this movement than to visit Monet’s Gardens at Giverny. The noted artist made the village his home after a train ride through the area. He began growing thousands of plants in various styles, and soon began painting them. Soon other artists were attracted to the village. Just 76 km (47 miles) from Paris, the extensive gardens are open to the public from April 1 to November 1. See trip reviews & prices. One of the m...

Paris is abundant in little gated squares, parks and tree-lined avenues, so you rarely get the feeling of being trapped in an urban jungle. Even so, even in a city with as much greenery as Paris, sometimes you seek wide-open spaces and luckily Paris has a mighty fine selection of these too. From the famous Tuileries gardens to the lesser-known Albert Kahn museum, each of these gardens is breathtakingly beautiful and unique to the next. Jardin du Luxembourg Located in the 6th arrondissement, the Jardin du Luxembourg is one of the prettiest gardens boasting the beautiful building of the Sénat, an orangery and the Medici fountain. The gardens come to life in spring when Frenchmen start their days early with a traditional game of boules and children drive the model sailboats in the water feature. Tuileries No garden is more typically Parisian with its backdrop of renaissance architecture or more ideally situated. Every season breathes new life into the gardens; summer brings with it ...

Paris is a haven for patisseries and undeniably home to the best in the world. Don’t be afraid to indulge, after all eating your way through the city of lights is a big part of experiencing it and chances are you’ll be walking off all of those calories anyway. My advice to you would be to embrace the sweet life, if only for a short while and use this guide containing only the best pastry shops in Paris, to do so. Ladurée A trip to Ladurée is often the first priority for many visitors to Paris and who can blame them? It’s certainly the first thing in my head as I jump off the plane. Ladurée still remains the prettiest of all of Paris’ patisseries. Head to the store along Rue Bonaparte and grab a box full of pastel-coloured macarons to share along the banks of the Seine. Or alternatively find a spot of the terrace along the Champs-Elysées and order a Réligieuse and a Saint-Honoré swallowed down by the Marie-Antoinette tea. 21 Rue Bonaparte, 75006 Paris | Métro Saint Germain des Près ...

  Now, don’t get me wrong, I haven’t suddenly gone all soppy. I love travelling solo. I’ve travelled solo in Peru, Brazil, Australia, New Zealand and a bunch of other places. I like being able to go wherever I want, whenever I want, without worrying about anybody else. I especially love how many people I meet when I’m solo travelling.  However, I’m still a girl/woman/ lady (questionable) and I sometimes arrive at places and think “damn, this is romantic”. And THOSE kinds of places are the places that I wish I’d had a date (no that’s not anti- feminist). These, in my opinion, are some of the most romantic places in Europe. I’ve been to them all this year and each place has made me feel like it would be worth revisiting on a not so solo trip. THE MOST ROMANTIC PLACES IN EUROPE Dona Ana – Lagos, Portugal I only found this STUNNING (not literally) view point on my last day in Lagos, Portugal after spending ...