Paris Digest
Paris city guide since 1997
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Printable tourist map with top Paris sights.
As driving and parking are quite difficult in the city, the metro is the most heavily used means of transportation. The metro is safe and clean. Locate metro lines and metro stations on the map. Find your itinerary in town. Check our Paris metro map
Download printable Paris bus network map.
The city is divided into 20 arrondissements, its administrative subdivisions with each a separate city hall and a zip code. As example, the zip code of the 1st arrondissement is 75001. Locate most city top sights on the Paris Arrondissement map.
There is a wide choice of hotels and apartments in town with very different quality and value for money. Most hotels are small and charming boutique hotels. Locate our favorite hotels in town and our favorite districts for hotels on Paris hotel map.
There is a huge number of restaurant in the city, both French and foreign. In general, the tourist districts offer poor value for money. But, there are exceptions. Locate our favorite restaurants in town on Paris restaurant map.
From the huge shopping malls to the small specialized shops, there are shopping venues matching your taste. Locate the best shopping venues in the city on Paris shopping map: fashion streets, department stores, shopping malls, flea market.
It is quite practical to have and use a printed pdf map when in town. Check and print in town the free printable Paris map pdf with the main streets of the city, the metro stations, the train stations and the top tourist signts.
Locate the top monuments on Paris monument map. It includes the Eiffel Tower, Notre-Dame, the Louvre, the Sacré-Coeur, the Arc de Triomphe, La Conciergerie, the Sainte Chapelle, the Fondation Louis Vuitton, Palais de Chaillot.
The city is world famous for its top museums of art: Musée d'Orsay, Louvre, Centre Pompidou, Musée d'Art Moderne, Musée Picasso, Musée Marmottan. Locate and view the top museums on Paris museum map.
Locate the top gardens and parks on Paris garden map: Luxembourg Gardens, Les Tuileries, Parc de la VIllette, Buttes-Chaumont, Parc Monceau, Bois de Boulogne, Bois de Vincennes.
Locate and view the top sights on Paris sightseeing map: on one map, monuments, museums, parks and gardens.
Locate top tourist sights on Paris tourist map. It includes monuments, museums, gardens, shopping venues, restaurants
The Champs-Elysées are both one of the most beautiful avenues in the world and a fantastic shopping district with Avenue Montaigne and rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré near-by. Explore the Champs-Elysées with Champs-Elysées map.
Discover the fabulous Seine river banks and its many famous sights, islands and bridges on Seine river map: Eiffel Tower, Palais de Chaillot, Musée d'Orsay, Louvre Museum, Notre-Dame, Pont Neuf, Ile Saint-Louis, Ile de la Cité.
Montmartre is at the same time a village like hilly district and one of the most touristic districts in town. Discover Montmartre and its top sigths including Sacré-Coeur, Place du Tertre, Moulin de la Galette and Moulin Rouge on Montmartre map.
The Seine River splits the city into the left bank to the south and the right bank to the north. The left bank is one of the favorite districts of Parisians. Discover Luxembourg Gardens, the Pantheon, Saint-Germain des Pres on the map of Paris left bank.
Disneyland is the top sight of the city and of Europe. Locate and view Disneyland top attractions on Disneyland map.
There are beautiful historical maps of the City of Lights. Check the 1380 Paris map and the 1500 city map. You can also download the really fabulous 1550 city map with many sights and monuments still visible today. Their environment was totally different. As an example, Notre Dame emerged from a network of narrow streets very close to the cathedral and quite different from the open space of today.
With 200 000 inhabitants in the 14th century, Paris, then the capital of France, was the most populous city of Europe. By comparison, London in 1300 had 80 000 inhabitants.
Until 1358, the French Kings had their Palace in La Conciergerie on Ile de la Cité. They then moved to the Louvre, a fortress at the time. Faithfull Parisians had already built Notre-Dame Cathedral, Sainte-Chapelle, Saint-Germain-des-Près, Saint-Denis. The Sorbonne was established since 1253 as a famous european university.
Continent: Europe | Country: France | Region: Ile de France | Coordinates: 48:51:17N 2:20:12E | Altitude: 34 meters
Time Zone: Central European Time (CET)
The city is 9 miles East to West, 6 miles North to South, giving it an area of 33.5 square miles, 86.7 square kilometers. The city is 34 meters above sea level. The Seine river flows through the city from South West to South East. The North bank is the Right Bank, la Rive Droite. The South bank is the Left Bank, la Rive Gauche.
