Paris is globally known as the city of light, is the most elegant city in the world, as a metopolis of culture and trade , and its the centre of education, entertainment, media, fashion, science and the arts all give its status as one of the world’s most renowned capitals . Visitors pick out this city for tourism and holidays . Before travelling anywhere , decide on where to travel and where to stay in the city . If you know why you choose Paris to travel in the summertime and know where to stay in Paris, I believe that you will love Paris to go in the summertime .

Traveling to Paris is great in the summer for vacations . Since Paris is a place that is comfortable, happy , relaxed and for its warm atmosphere in summer time, best time for festivals and huge open-air events. In my opinion, there’s no city similar to this one for eminent shopping, whether it’s for clothes & fashion, home furnishings, antiques or fine art. An important question for every travel is where to stay.  When considering planning a journey to Paris that, consider where to stay in Paris?

For staying in Paris, it has multiple exciting and relaxed hotel nights to present you space into this city of enjoyment. There are top rated to discount hotels where you can stay in Paris which are categorized based on facilities extended to the visitors . There are Luxury hotels like 4-star hotels in Paris where travelers can stay. Remember that hotels like the Hotel Les Jardins du Marais and Hotel Napoleon etc are among some of the 4 star hotels in Paris . A fantastic thing is that these hotels are placed near the attractive tourist sights of the city of Paris.

In addition, there are some motels where you can stay in Paris, whichoffer the great modern amenities that one could not disregard . There are well equipped rooms with all modern compensation like satellite TV, air-conditioning   , separate bathroom etc. Swimming pool, Baby sitting, Spa, Fitness Centre, meeting hall are also built-in with these motels, where you can stay in Paris.

Paris has many attractions and pleasures to enjoy, many things to do like Boat Tours, Walking Tours, celebrating Bastille Day in Paris etc. Paris city is of variable moods and wonderful tourist attractions that means every time you travel at Paris city you could come over a whole new range of thrill and incident. You have the Eiffel Tower, one of the Seven Wonders of the World. The Louvre is one of the biggest and most renowned museums, with many works of art on display .

Paris boasts many other tourist attractions and sight seeing like Notre Dame Cathedral, walking over the bridge from the Louvre to the Musée d’Orsay, Boat Tour of the Seine River, Centre Georges Pompidou and the “Beaubourg” Neighborhood, Sacre Coeur and Montmartre, Arc de Triomphe and the Champs-Elysées, the Sorbonne University and Latin Quarter and so on.

Le Crazy Horse

Where is it?

The Paris Crazy Horse is at 12, Avenue George V (off the Champs Elysees).

The nearest Metro Stations are Alma Marceau (line 9) and Metro George V (line 1).  Bus lines 43, 63, 72, 80, and 92 include the Alma Marceau stop.

Potted History

Crazy Horse is a relatively ‘new’ Paris cabaret.  It was opened in 1951 by Alain Bernardin, a former antique dealer and painter who viewed striptease as an art form.  He ran it until sadly, he shot himself, at the age of 78, in 1994.  His daughter and two sons continue to run the business.  The full name of the cabaret is “Le Crazy Horse de Paris”.  There is also “Crazy Horse Paris” in the MGM Grand at Las Vegas.  “Le Crazy Horse de Singapore” was opened in 2005 but closed two years later because of poor business.

Bernardin’s style was to build an intimacy between the dancer and spectator.  His vision was hindered by the size of his venue but in 1989, he expanded the place, solved many technical issues and achieved his dream.  The Crazy Horse shows are much more than nudity.  The dancers create incredible visual effects through the choreography, integration with the music and beautifully subtle lighting.  Bernardin realised his aim of the nude female figure as modern art – “L’art du nu”.   In keeping with Bernardin’s magical visions, the Crazy Horse has also hosted magicians, mime artists and jugglers.

Famous People who have performed there

• Dita Von Teese
• Arielle Dombasle
• Pamela Anderson

What can you see there now?

Forever Crazy - a unique show performed by a glamorous cast of dazzling dancers, including the new act, “Upside Down”, created especially for Crazy Horse by internationally renowned choreographer Philippe Decouflé.

Philippe Decouflé

• Choreographer, dancer, mime artist and theatre director
• Trained at the Marceau Mime School
• Choreographed music video for ‘New Order’ which won Best Music Video in the 1988 BRIT awards
• His advert for Polaroid won a Silver Lion at the 1989 Venice Film Festival
• He choreographed the opening and closing ceremonies of the 1992 Winter Olympics, watched by a worldwide audience of over two billion
• He also choreographed the 50^th Anniversary Cannes Film Festival in 1997 and a parade for the 2007 Rugby World Cup 

How can I see a show at Le Crazy Horse de Paris?
You can book HEREto see the options available including dinner and the show or even a cruise, dinner and the show.

Times: Sunday To Friday: 8:15 pm & 10:45 pm and Saturday: 7:00 pm, 9:30 pm & 11:45 pm

I find that Expedia makes it easy to plan your holiday and you will find excellent deals when you are ready to enjoy the sight and sounds of  Paris France .

If you are heading to the exciting, romantic, historic capital of France then you must fit in a visit to a cabaret show.  Paris is world famous for them and nothing encapsulates the many aspects of this glorious city better.

The most famous is probably the Moulin Rouge – especially since the recent film starring Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor.

Le Moulin Rouge.

Where is it?

In keeping with its’ history and ‘blowsy’ reputation, Le Moulin Rouge is on Boulevard de Clichy, in the ‘red light’ district of Pigalle but is also close to Montmartre.  It has a red windmill on its’ roof, as Moulin Rouge means ‘red windmill’.  The nearest Metro station is ‘Blanche’.

Potted History

Le Moulin Rouge was built in 1889 by Joseph Oller.  It was one of the first cabaret venues in the world and became famous because of the ‘can can’ dance. This was originally a respectable dance but was then used, with increasing vulgarity, by courtesans at Le Moulin Rouge to attract and seduce male clients.  This gave the venue its’ seamy reputation, which attracted the attention of the painter Toulouse Lautrec.  He immortalized a lot of the history of the place as he captured the atmosphere of turn-of-the-century Paris on canvas and in posters.  A more respectable version of the can can is still performed there today.

Famous People who have performed there

• Mistinguett – famous for her risqué cabaret routines. Real name Jeanne Bourgeois. A flower seller who sang as she sold her flowers, first appeared at Le Moulin Rouge in 1907. She went on to become the highest paid female performer in the world at that time. In 1919, her legs were insured for 500,000 francs. She had a series of torrid affairs and a relationship with Maurice Chevalier, who was much younger than her at the time.

Her signature song was ‘Mon Homme’, recorded in 1916.  The English version ‘My Man’ was popularized by Fanny Brice and made famous by Barbra Streisand in the ‘Funny Girl’ movies.  She died in 1956, aged 80.

• La Goulue – Real name Louise Weber. Known as the Queen of Montmartre. Can Can star of Le Moulin Rouge. Her specialty was to drink the customers’ champagne between high kicks, which is why she was called La Goulue (the glutton). She also kicked off the top hats of customers – which they loved! Was painted by Renoir and was one of Toulouse Lautrec’s favorite subjects. With her considerable earnings, she started her own travelling revue. Sadly, it was a failure. Depressed, she became an alcoholic, drinking away her fortune and ended her days selling peanuts, cigarettes and matches, ironically unrecognized, on the steps of Montmartre. She died in 1929 aged 33.
• Edith Piaf
• Frank Sinatra
• Liza Minelli
• Ella Fitzgerald
• Elton John
• Josephine Baker

What can you see there now?

The revues used to be changed frequently, but since 1963, Le Moulin Rouge has run a series of revues, each lasting for a few years and each beginning with the letter F!

• 1963-1965 Frou Frou

• 1965-1967 Frisson

• 1967-1970 Fascination

• 1970-1973 Fantastic

• 1973-1976 Festival

• 1976-1978 Follement

• 1978-1983 Frenesie

• 1983-1988 Femmes, Femmes, Femmes

• 1988-1999 Formidable (which celebrated 100 years of Le Moulin Rouge)

1999 – Current Revue -  Féerie

Doris Haug has been the choreographer since 1961 and her dance troupe, the Doriss girls, perform in the current revue.  This extravaganza includes -

• 100 artists, including 60 Doriss Girls recruited from all over the world.
• Also features magicians, acrobats and clowns
• 1000 costumes of feathers, rhinestones and sequins, made in the most famous Parisian workshops
• breathtaking sets in shimmering colours, designed by Italian artists especially for the show
• outstanding international acts, and the long-awaited return of the Moulin Rouge’s giant aquarium
• Music written especially for the show, recorded by 80 musicians and 60 chorus singers
• Four main scenes and a total of 69 songs

How can I see a show at Le Moulin Rouge?

The venue can hold 850 people for lunch, dinner and for the revue.  The revue is played twice nightly, at 9pm and 11pm.  There is access for handicapped people.  Returned tickets may be queued for on the night but be prepared to wait for around one and a half hours!  To avoid disappointment, you can book tickets  Here.

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Chilli enjoying the sights of Paris. Here he is with the Eiffel Tower in the background.

In 2009 the Eiffel Tower will be 120 years old.  Not bad for an structure that was only meant to be put in place on a temporary basis for the Paris Exposition of 1889.

The Eiffel Tower was designed by the French structural engineer Alexandre Gustave Eiffel (b. Dec. 15, 1832, d. Dec. 28, 1923). He was awarded the opportunity to erect the Eiffel Tower after winning a design competition.

There were all manner of protests at the time from noted personages of the time such as Guy de Maupassant, Émile Zola, Charles Garnier (architect of the Opéra Garnier), and Alexandre Dumas and nature groups, all who felt the erection of the Eiffel Tower would be a blot on the Paris landscape.

Fortunately, their protests were ignored and the structure is still with us today. Although it was almost demolished in 1909 but the fact that its antenna was used for telegraphy. the Eiffel Tower was saved. And aren’t we all thankful that it was. It is a magnificent structure of lace ironwork.