PARIS — Paris has vowed to kick off the 2024 Olympic Games with the world’s biggest show. Mother Nature dumped rain on the French capital’s parade, but Friday’s opening ceremony was still a feast for local fashion. The fashion show, which featured LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton as a premium partner, also featured Dior, Louis… Read More »
People visiting or living in central Paris between July 18 and 26 will need to show a QR code to walk on the street. No one without a code will be able to access major tourist attractions such as the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre and Notre Dame, as well as the Gare de Lyon station.… Read More »
It’s an inevitable sight: in almost every major city across Europe there is a rival network of open-top buses vying for visitors’ attention, with agencies pushing leaflets into the hands of bemused tourists. Competing companies, all with similar names and appearances, charge extremely high prices. It’s hard to argue that they encourage exploration rather than… Read More »
The tower is named after structural engineer Gustave Eiffel – Hulton Archive/Getty In the race to the top of the 19th century, Gustave Eiffel won by a mile. More precisely, 143 meters. With its height of 300 meters, the Eiffel Tower has almost doubled the previous record for “tallest structure”, held by the Washington Monument… Read More »