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Château de Machecoul

Château de Machecoul. Vacation or travel is the most popular activities and eagerly awaited by everyone when it comes the holiday season. Everyone really liked and wanted a holiday to beautiful places and comfortable, in order to eliminate boredom and fatigue during a typical day working. But why the holiday is usually only aims to places who beautiful, luxurious, etc., why do not you try once in a while on vacation to places that are not normal, ie to places of 'haunted'. And one of them is the Château de Machecoul.

Opéra Bastille or L'Opéra Bastille, is a modern opera house yanag very famous in the Place de la Bastille, in the 12th arrondissement, Paris, France. This opera house is the home base Opera national de Paris and is designed to replace the Palais Garnier, which is currently mainly used for ballet performances.
The idea of making this house first came from the composer Pierre Boulez, Maurice Béjart, along with Jean Vilar, in 1968. They want to one day later this opera house can be advanced and famous in the world.

Construction of this building began in 1984 with the dismantling of the Gare de la Bastille, which opened in 1859 and closed on December 14, 1969, and where art expositions were held until after the demolition. then
This building was officially opened to the public on July 13, 1989, providing approximately 2723 seats, with a highly sophisticated facilities and modern.

Palais Garnier

Palais Garnier is an a very famous opera house in Paris even in the world. This place was built in 1861-1875 for the Paris Opera with an elegant 1979 seat opera house. And this place was originally called the Salle des Capucines because of its location on the Boulevard des Capucines in Paris 9th arrondissement.
Palais Garnier opera is a very luxurious building, and by the people considered the most famous opera houses in the world, becoming one of the symbols of Paris.

Parc André Citroën

Parc André Citroën is a public park covering 14 hectares (35 acres) located on the left bank of the river Seine in the XVe arrondissement, Paris. This park was built at the site of the former Citroën automobile manufacturing plant, and later named the same as the name of the company's founder, André Citroën. Furthermore officially opened to the public in 1992. The park is decorated with two greenhouses pavilion (hosting exotic plants and Mediterranean vegetation) at the end. In the Eastern cities, which are separated by a paved area featuring dancing fountains. South edge of grass bounded by a monumental canal, which consists of a pool reflecting an increase that reaches through granite guard houses. And on the North side are two sets of small gardens: the six "Serial Gardens", each with different scenery and architecture design, and "Garden in Movement" that presents wild grasses selected to respond at different levels for wind speed.

In addition, tourists who come to this park are very pleased with the existence of a giant balom. Balloon with a height of 32 meters high and 22 meters in diameter can accommodate about 30 adults, or 60 children. With the balloon is then allowed visitors to climb onto the sky of Paris and enjoy the beauty around him, like a scene Champ de Mars, the River Seine, the Basilica of the Sacré Cœur and Notre Dame de Paris Cathedral.
So if you are interested then just come to this park to enjoy the beauty of the park, as well as for large balloon ride while enjoying the scenery around the park.

Bois de Vincennes

Bois de Vincennes is a park by the English landscape to the east of Paris. The park is named after the nearest town, the Vincennes. This vast park of about 9.947 km ² (2458 acres), which is almost three times larger than Central Park in New York. Parks founded by Maurice "Morris" Blum was unveiled to the public park in 1860 by Napoleon III.

Around the park there are some places that can be used as tourist attractions, namely as:
In the southwest the park stands Redoute de Gravelle, a military fortress that was built under the reign of Louis-Philippe in the 19th century.
In the east lies a racecourse that specializes in running races.
In the west is a 14.5ha zoo, permanently established in 1934 at the zoo, while a smaller one built for the Exposition internationale coloniale 1931.
Arboretum de l'Ecole du Breuil, in the southeast corner of the park, is the town arboretum was established in this location in 1936.

And now the park has become one of the places frequented by tourists, both local and foreign tourists. So if you're around the area of this park, it never hurts to stop and relax while enjoying the scenery of this park.

Bois de Boulogne

Bois de Boulogne is a park which is quite popular in Paris, precisely located along the western edge of the 16th arrondissement of Paris, near the suburb of Boulogne-Billancourt and Neuilly-sur-Seine. This area has an area of 8.459 km2, which is 2.5 times larger than Central Park in New York. And in the northern part of the Bois de Boulogne is occupied by the Jardin d'Acclimatation, an amusement park with a zoo and other attractions.

Bois de Boulogne on the weekend full of activities, such as cycling, jogging, rowing boats, remote control speed boat, and picnic, but can not hold a barbecue. So that the tourists who come to tour the area around this park many who participated in the activities of events held at the park.

Parc des Buttes Chaumont

Parc des Buttes Chaumont is a very popular public park in Paris. The park is located in the 19th arrondissement in Paris, France This is the third largest park of its kind in Paris, which includes more than 5 kilometers of roads and streets.

Now the park is visited by many tourists, both from the domestic and overseas. Because here the tourists can enjoy some of the beauty of attractions, such as the following:
The main features and the most prominent is the corridor Sybil, who sits on the rocky peak of 30 feet above an island partially surrounded by lakes. Corridor, is added to the park in 1869, is a monument Corinthian style, modeled after the ancient Roman Temple of Vesta in Tivoli, Italy.
Then 63-meter-high suspension bridge, which crosses the lake and allow access to the island. And a bridge 22 meters high, known as "suicide bridge", allowing access to the corridor from the south side of the park.
Park also offers many kinds of native and exotic trees (many species of Asia): in particular, some of the cedars of Lebanon planted in 1880, the Himalayan cedar, Ginko Biloba, Byzantine hazelnuts, Siberian elm, European Hollies, and bamboo-leaved prickly ash, between other lots.
In addition, as part of the scheme city-wide wireless Internet access, the park has activated four wi-fi zone.

Jardin des Plantes

Jardin des Plantes is a major botanical garden in France, precisely located in 5ème arrondissement, on the left bank of the river Seine and includes 28 acres (280,000 m²). This garden is one of seven departments of the Museum National d'histoire naturelle, and is the first public gardens of Paris. This garden was founded in 1626 by Louis XIII's doctor Guy de La Brosse, garden plants for health. And after that precisely in 1640 the garden was opened to the public.

Jardin des Plantes museum includes four galleries, the Grande Galerie de l'Evolution, Museum of Mineralogy, Paleontology Museum and the Museum of Entomology. In addition to the garden there is also a small zoo, founded in 1795 by Bernardin de Saint-Pierre with animals from the zoo empire at Versailles. There is also a greenhouse was built in 1834-1836) by Rohault de Fleury, an early example of the French glass and architectural metals. Furthermore, 3 acres of garden is devoted to displays of ornamental horticulture crops. Alpine Park has 3000 species with worldwide representation. Special buildings, such as Art Deco wintergarden big, Mexico and Australia and hothouses display regional plants. And the Rose Garden which was created in 1990 by having hundreds of species of roses and rose trees.

So if you are interested then please come to this park, because you can travel while increasing knowledge.

Jardin du Luxembourg or the Luxembourg Gardens

Jardin du Luxembourg or the Luxembourg Gardens, is a famous park in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, France. This park is the second largest park in Paris, approximately 22.5 acres. The park is largely devoted to green parterre of gravel and lawn populated with statues and centered on a large octagonal basin of water, with a central jet of water, in which the children sail model boats.

The park is famous for its atmosphere is so calm and comfortable here. Approximately Bassin in balustraded terrace raised a series of statues of former French queens, saints and copies after the Antique. In the southwest corner, there are apple orchards and pear trees and the Theatre des marionnettes (puppet theater). Garden including a playground fenced in large numbers for the children and their parents and vintage carousel. In addition, a small cafe restaurant nearby, under a tree, with seating both indoor or outdoor, which will make you comfortable being here and enjoy a free musical performance presented in a gazebo.

Tuileries Garden

Tuileries Garden is a public park of the famous and historic, located between the Louvre and Place de la Concorde in Paris 1st arrondissement. This park is an enclosed space with a length of five hundred yards and three hundred yards, which separated from the new chateau with a single lane. It is divided into rectangular compartments by six gang, and part planted with grass, flower gardens, and small groups of five trees, called Quinconces, and, more practically, with kitchen gardens and vineyards. Was first opened to the public in 1667, and became a public park after the French Revolution. In the 19th and 20th centuries, it is the place where the celebrated Paris, met, promenaded, and relaxed.

This park was built in 1564 at the request of Catherine de Medici. Catherine commissioned landscape architect from Florence, Bernard de Carnesse to build an Italian Renaissance garden, with fountains, a maze, and a cave, decorated with images of plants and animals faience, made by Bernard Palissy. And the Tuileries is the largest and most beautiful parks in Paris at that time.

Tuileries Garden is now one of the places visited by many tourists. They come to relax and enjoy the beauty and history of this park.