Ile-de-France

Best travel reports from Ile-de-France

The Arrival

By bus from Munich to Paris. After half a day of sightseeing, continue on to Lisbon.

Museums and good views

In the morning, I set off towards the natural history museum and bought breakfast along the way. First, I went to the Museum of Mineralogy, which exhibited various beautiful...

A science museum and the Louvre

In the morning, I took the metro to the Science Museum and first visited the Mathematics exhibition. It was really good and had, among other things, a room that was spinning so...

2022-May-Paris-L'Atelier des Lumières with Cézanne and Kandinsky

You already know L'Atelier des Lumières in Paris? So do we. And yet we went there again. After all, there is a new show in 2022 and we are always delighted to immerse ourselves...

Day 17: Fontainebleau and Metz

We wake up one hour earlier than usual. It is 7 o'clock and we have breakfast, pack up, and set off 2 hours later. The first stage takes an hour and a half and brings us to...

2021 - June - Paris welcomes us again - Part 1

Finally: After having to cancel our trips to France twice in 2020 due to Corona, we finally set off this time. Of course, we are not alone here, as the French also like to...

Paris is always a good idea

Although we had originally decided against a trip to Paris and against the very popular Disneyland (we were there less than two years ago), we ended up there because of the...

Bike tour Day 30

The day started with a plentiful breakfast selection, including sausage and boiled egg, by French standards. That was good. The motto of the day was to take the shortest route...

Paris 2021 - Day 5

Friday, October 29, 2021 – Day 5 Today we're actually going to Disneyland, and since it's always busy there, we're there at half past ten. But even though there are apparently...

The approach

At 1:30 we set off from Cologne Bonn/Airport with the Flixbus to Paris Bercy. The journey lasted almost 5 hours and was quiet. Had 2 places for myself, but I couldn't really...

yours, mine, 'His' ... we are driving inland

The last two days we were mostly in the car - maybe because of the sun, but mainly because of my desire to visit Mr. Monet's garden. We started with Le Tréport, although we...

With hiking boots through Paris

Taking the bus to Paris sounds like fun? Unfortunately, it wasn't quite. When I saw that there was a direct bus from Santiago de Compostela to Paris, I immediately thought I'd...

Bicycle tour Day 31

Today, we went "cross-country" again. That means on roads and paths that were not reserved for bicycles only. For the first 15 km, the towns were still quite scattered, but then...

2021 - June - Paris has us again - Part 3

On the other hand, you definitely have to book the tickets for the Musée d'Orsay online. No one will be allowed in without a reservation or online ticket. Even though the...

2019 - September - Paris - Atelier des Lumières

The most enchanting place of our trip to Paris was the Atelier des Lumières. There is an exhibition there that is unparalleled. Perhaps you may have an idea of what it could be...

Paris, love and us

The children sleep early felt forever. Well, but they also go to bed late. So what? It's vacation. So today our Paris tour should start. A day to see at least the most famous....

Bicycle tour Day 33

The temperatures hardly dropped during the night, so the day started much too warm. The first 10 km out of the city center of Paris were expected to be quite difficult. Few bike...

Bike tour Day 32

Today was a rest day. For real this time. Didn't ride a single meter with the bike. Instead, I took the metro. Spent most of the time on the Eiffel Tower. Total statistics: ...

Paris 2021 - Day 3

So we walked to the 1st floor over 364 steps to a height of 57 meters, had a quick snack break, and then continued to the 2nd floor over another 381 steps to a height of 116...

Paris 2021 - Day 2

Tuesday, October 26, 2021 - Day 2 The breakfast at Hotel Aramis is excellent, very friendly service and good music start the day off well. Culture and shopping should determine...

Paris 2021 - Day 1

Monday, October 25, 2021 – Day 1 The trip was actually planned for August 2020 and the hotel and flight had already been booked, but Covid19 got in the way. So we had to...

Montmartre and a nice metro ride

I had booked a Montmartre tour first thing in the morning, for which I took the metro to the meeting point. We saw the Moulin Rouge and the Sacre Coeur, among other things, and...

The journey continues

Waking up relatively early, packed and had breakfast, then headed to the train station in Wetteren. From there, I took various regional trains towards Paris, as I didn't want to...

Sunday and Monday (the trip to Aguilar)

Sunday 07.05.23 On Sunday we left school at five in the afternoon towards Aguilar de Campoo. 20 hours by car were not as bad as everyone said. Probably because we went with the...

Paris, France

A little insight into the amazing capital of France. You can experience a lot here if you are well informed in advance (events, museums, parks, buildings, etc.). If you want to...

Saturday and Sunday (The trip to Aachen)

Saturday 13.05.23 On Saturday morning, I packed my bags. Since Sara and Heidi slept with us, I went to Heidi's room because Sara and Paola had breakfast without us. Then Heidi...

Paris 2021 - Day 7

Sunday, October 31, 2021 - Day 7 Prior to this, we had already seen the information on the internet and also in all the metros that every Sunday until 12:00 the entire Line 4 is...

Paris 2021 - Day 4

Thursday, October 28, 2021 - Day 4 Today we visit Palace of Versailles. The huge forecourt is crowded with never-ending queues. Entry is free for EU citizens under 26, but it...