140 000 people work and 30 000 people live in
La Défense, Europe's largest business center with its 80 hectares of skyscrapers a few
kilometers West of Paris.
With headquarters of companies such as SFR, IBM,
Société Générale, Total, Axa, La Défense is a French and European economic
powerhorse.
A pedestrian district
with underground car traffic, La Défense offers splendid architecture including the
CNIT
exhibition center and the Grande Arche.
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La Défense skyscapers |
La Défense CNIT exhibition center
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Add to it a huge and nice shopping center, Les Quatre Temps, the
Dome
Imax hemispheric movie theater, many hotels and restaurants, all within walking
distance of the RER A La Défense/Grande Arche metro station. La Défense is Paris'
district most similar to what we thought the third millenium would be.
Well worth spending
a couple of hours of your time or even stay there while you are in Paris
for business or tourism (fast transport to many Paris areas with metro line 1 and RER A and
trains to Saint-Lazare station).
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