Seine River Guided Cruise Champagne Option by Vedettes de Paris

At the foot of the Eiffel Tower, embark on the elegant and human sized boats of Vedettes de Paris for a unique 1 hour guided cruise. By day or by night, enjoy the most beautiful way of visiting a city to discover Paris’ iconic monuments and bridges while enjoying a glass of Champagne… So French!

The Eiffel Tower has been built by French engineer Gustave Eiffel, for the 1889 Universal Exhibition in Paris. This magnificent technical feat was achieved in a mere two years, two months and five days. It stands 324 metres tall, and the metal structure weighs 7,300 tonnes. Parisians were scandalised by its metallic look and height. It was built to last
20 years. A radio antenna was added to the top in 1903, saving the tower from demolition. It has now become the monument symbolic of Paris.

The new Russian Orthodox church is known as the Holy Trinity Cathedral. The centre houses a bilingual Franco-Russian school, a parish house, and a cultural centre.

The American Church in Paris with its green clock-tower was the first American Church built outside the US, in 1931. The stained-glass windows by Louis Comfort Tiffany have been listed as a historic monument.

The bridge named after Alexandre III was built for the 1900 Universal Exhibition and to seal the Franco-Russian Alliance. Its central feature is the Paris coat of arms covered in gold leaf and two nymphs symbolising the river Seine.
On the other side of the bridge, you’ll see the arms of Saint Petersburg, and two nymphs symbolising the river Neva.

Pont de la Concorde was built using stones from the former Bastille prison after it was famously stormed during the French Revolution in 1789. It leads to the Palais Bourbon on your right, seat of the National Assembly, and to your left to the Place de la Concorde.

The green dome of the Hotel de Salm which became the Légion d’honneur Palace under Napoleon I. The Légion d’honneur is the highest French honour.

The former Orsay railway station has been built for the 1900 Universal Exhibition in Paris, which had a railway line leading to the south-west of France. It was turned into a museum in the 1980s to house
19th-century art, including works by the greatest Impressionists and Post-Impressionists such as Auguste Renoir, Claude Monet and Vincent Van Gogh.

The Institut de France, former Collège des Quatre Nations, was built using funds bequeathed by cardinal Mazarin in 1661. It houses five academies, the most famous being the Académie Française. Its members’ job is to contribute to the French language, updating and

The Pont Neuf, or New Bridge is actually the oldest bridge in Paris. It was the first Parisian bridge to be built in stone with pavements rather than houses lining it.
It features 381 grimacing stone masks, all individually decorated and unique.

Pont Saint-Michel has been built at the request of Napoleon III, hence the two imperial Ns on its pillars. To the right, it leads to the Latin Quarter, so called because students at the University of Paris there spoke Latin until the 19th century.

One of the two natural islands in Paris, Ile de la Cité is the presumed birthplace of Paris. The Parisii tribe first settled here 300 years before the Common Era, calling the island Lutetia.

Paris’s Gothic masterpiece, Notre-Dame Cathedral construction started in 1163 and was completed nearly two centuries later, in 1345. The cathedral features a host of gargoyles
and sculptures.
The south rose window, called the Rose du Midi, is dedicated to the New Testament and was a gift from the French king, Saint Louis.

The Hotel des Invalides was built to the orders of Louis XIV as a military hospital for injured soldiers and officers. Today, the royal chapel houses the tomb of France’s first Emperor, Napoleon I.

The statue of Saint Genevieve, patron saint of Paris, with her back to us, was sculpted by Paul Landowski, who later sculpted the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro.

The Arab World Institute was inaugurated in 1987 by president François Mitterrand. The cultural centre focuses on history, art, society, religions and science in the Arab world.

• Wheelchair accessible
• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels

• Seine River Guided Cruise Champagne Option by Vedettes de Paris
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• A glass of Duval Leroy Champagne
• 1 Live Guide (french & english comments)
• 1H Sightseeing cruise

• Food

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