Overall

Massively over-rated and over-priced. On the former, for example you sit on a boat tour extolling that Paris is the capital of arts, food, the world etc etc and that the Seine is one of UNESCO's world heritage sites ... just as that phrase comes out, you cruise by a massive cement works on the bankside and accompanying rubbish. As for the price, two small coffees and two croissants and you are looking at £9. Plus it just seems to lack vibrancy and bustle that a major European city should have. Even the better stuff like Versailles feels run down, plus the unfortunate path of revolutionary history means you are never sure exactly what you are looking at, the majority of the furniture has been scalped from other residences. Good points include the museums, the Latin Quarter/the 6eme and the metro but all in all, can think of better cities to go to, SanFran, Cape Town, Rome, NY, Berlin, Sydney ...

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Great for: History/Culture

Last Visit: July 2005

1 August 2005 | A Yahoo! User

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