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The Louvre Museum, Versailles Château, Orsay Museum, Saint-Denis Basilica and the Fontainebleau Château are all just a small part of what makes Paris Ile-de-France the most beautiful museum in the world. Between cultural visits and entertainment possibilities, there are ample opportunities to take advantage of your stay and discover the very best in festive entertainment and leisure activity : shows, Parisian reviews, operas, not to mention shopping, sports and more.
Sightseeing
Paris Ile-de-France throws open the doors to its rich heritage: castles, museums, monuments, unusual sites, artist's homes, gardens and natural parks.
Nightlife
Everything that Paris Ile-de-France has to offer abounds in spectacle and enchantment: evenings on terraces beneath sweet summer skies, reviews bathed in glitter and glitz, operas and the hottest discos around.
Shopping
Paris is a major world capital and a crossroads for the latest trends. Shopping in the capital is not a question of luxury but of temptation, which will that taunt you at every street corner you see !
Dont Miss
16e Festival Paris quartier d'été
Over the past twelve years the Paris Quartier d'été Arts Festival has forged an identity as a lively, eclectic, cosmopolitan festival. The events take place at a number of open-air venues around Paris including parks and squares and covers a variety of disciplines including world music, dance and theater. On the program this year: circus, dance, music and theater all over the city.
from 14 July to 15 August 2005
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The Eagles of the ramparts
Prepare to be dazzled with this astounding show of falconry with birds of prey, horses, wolves and even camels. Take a step into the world of the feudal lords, the Kazakh and Tuareg eagle handlers, to discover the charm of these birds and their amazing feats in the air. You will be captivated by the eagles, buzzards, vultures, falcons and of course the mysterious nocturnal birds. After the show, visit the bird house and the wolf enclosure.
from 26 March to 2 November 2005
Grandes eaux nocturnes at Versailles—nighttime fountain displays
This summer, Versailles reveals another magnificent facet—at night. A stroll through the gardens of the Château of Versailles allows you to enjoy the spectacle of illuminated fountains and, by taking one of the garden’s side lanes, make the acquaintance of one of the great historical personalities who made a mark on Versailles history. Finally, end the night by watching a fireworks display set to music by the Versailles center of baroque music. A chance to experience Versailles in all its splendor.
Movie shoots in Paris Ile-de-France
On-location in Ile-de-France
Ile-de-France is a giant movie set, a life-size studio that is constantly playing host to multiple film productions. Some locations are in continual demand and play a key role in the screenplay, while others serve more as a backdrop for the movie. From the Louvre museum, playground for the action in Belphegor, Phantom of the Louvre to the counter where drinks are served up at the Café des Deux Moulins, former workplace of the heroine in Amelie, the capital city abounds in anecdotes of film shoots and corners that have attracted the camera’s “gaze”. But the honor does not belong to Paris alone.
La Reine Margot in the Château de Vincennes, Danton and, very recently, Marie-Antoinette in Versailles, D’Artagnan’s Daughter (also known as The Revenge of the Musketeers) at Maisons Laffitte, Ridicule and Marquise at Vaux le Vicomte, and soon part of The Da Vinci Code at Condécourt…When Ile-de-France is onscreen, it not only plays host to stars, it’s a star itself. Cities, villages, parks and gardens are captured and projected onto screens, both small and large.
Still resonating in the French collective memory are “Glaude” (De Funès) and “Le Bombé” (Carmet) who lived in Brie-Comte-Robert at the time of La Soupe aux Choux.
Historic and crowd-attracting sites are obvious choices for film shoots but more prosaic public places also make an appearance. For instance, in The Bride Wore Black, the burial of Fergus (Denner), one of the suspected killers of Julie’s (J. Moreau) husband, takes place at the Gonnards Cemetery in Versailles. The hospital scenes in Fear Over the City (also known as The Night Caller) were not shot at Trinité but at the Antoine Béclère hospital in Clamart . In 1984, the arrival of the president of the French republic in Le Bon Plaisir was filmed at Roissy-Charles de Gaulle airport. Personal residences are also sometimes used by the production for film locations. The mill of Dannemois, property of Claude François, was the setting for the famous jogging scene featuring Bernard Frédéric and his “claudettes” in Podium.
Period castles, buildings loaded with historical significance, public spaces…onscreen or off, such sites have the capacity to inspire the imagination.
Stroll along the Ourcq canal
In collaboration with the “Contraste” and “Au fil de l’eau” associations, the local tourism authority of Seine-Saint-Denis is organizing activities for the general public this summer along the Ourcq canal. Various nautical activities are on the program such as orientation trips in a dinghy or discovery trips in the Catalante, a navigation boat.
From July 2 to end of August. Registration with tourism office required
These articles were taken from www.pidf.com
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