Sightseeing Highlights
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Don’t Miss!
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Definitely Worth Seeing
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Worth Seeing
For creation of this information we wish to thank and credit Tish Robinson, Owner, The Wonders of France, and co-chair of Canemania2008/The Sixth International Cane Collectors Conference. Please also note that Tish is available to help with any of your sightseeing questions: tishrobinson@comcast.net.
1st Arrondissement (central to Canemania 2008 events)
Louvre Museum ***
www.louvre.fr
Ste-Chapelle ***
www.relaisdulouvre.com
Museum of Decorative Arts **
www.lesartsdecoratifs.fr
Palais Royal Gardens **
click here
Tuileries Gardens **
www.parisdigest.com/takingarest/parcdestuileries.htm
Orangerie Museum **
www.musee-orangerie.fr
Jeu de Paume Museum *
www.jeudepaume.org
Church of St-Eustache *
click here
Pont Neuf *
Pont des Arts
(pedestrian bridge) *
Place Vendome *
click here
Picasso Museum *
www.musee-picasso.fr
4th Arrondissement
Notre Dame Cathedral ***
www.notredamedeparis.fr
Pompidou Center
(Museum of Modern Art) ***
www.centrepompidou.fr
Place Igor Stravinsky ***
(adjacent to the Pompidou Center)
click here
Marais District *
www.parislemarais.com
Place des Vosges **
click here
Ile St-Louis *
click here
Carnavalet Museum
(The History of Paris) **
www.carnavalet.paris.fr
Museum of the Middle Ages
(Cluny Museum) **
www.musee-moyenage.fr
Luxembourg Palace
and Gardens **
click here
Luxembourg Museum **
www.museeduluxembourg.fr
7th Arrondissement
Eiffel Tower ***
www.tour-eiffel.fr
Musee d’Orsay ***
www.musee-orsay.fr
Rodin Museum and Gardens **
www.rodinmuseum.org
Invalides/Napoleon’s Tomb **
click here
8th Arrondissement
Arc de Triomphe **
click here
Place de la Concorde **
click here
Place Madeleine *
click here
Grand Palais *
www.museums-of-paris.com
Opera Garnier **
www.operadeparis.fr
20th Arrondissement
Pere LaChaise Cemetery **
www.pere-lachaise.com
Chateau and Gardens of Versailles ***
www.chateauversailles.fr
Sevres Ceramic Museum *
www.amisdesevres.com
Monet’s House and Gardens ***
www.giverny.org
We realize that our conference coincides with the High Holy Day of Yom Kippur, which starts at Sundown on Wednesday the 8th, and ends on sundown the 9th. You may consider arriving early in Paris and attending services there on this important day.
Please visit “The Jewish Tourist in Paris” website – aharon.club.fr – where you will find all the addresses of the temples, kosher restaurants and more.
The biggest temple in Paris is:
la Victoire 44
rue de la Victoire
75009 Paris
phone: 33 1 40 82 26 26