KUPASONLINE.COM — Paris is the most popular tourist destination in the world, with 30 million foreign visitors per year. What should you do and see while you’re in this romantic city?
Paris is said to be the most romantic city in the whole world, there are a number of landmarks with various attractions, famous institutions, and also popular parks, attracting people like a big magnet. Here are 10 places you must visit when traveling to Paris.
Eiffel Tower
An iron tower built on the Champ de Mars on the banks of the river Seine. This tower has indirectly become a global icon of this country, as well as being one of the famous structures in the world. Built in 1889, with a structure height of 325m and an antenna length of 24 meters, if compared to a conventional building, it is the same as an 81-floor building.
Designed by Gustaf Eiffe, a French engineer and architect and a specialist in metal structures. So do not be surprised if the tower as a whole is made of iron, weighing 7,300 tons.
The first and second levels are accessible by stairs and elevator. A ticket booth in the south tower sells tickets to the steps that start there. On the first platform the stairs continue up from the east tower and the third level summit is only accessible by lift.
