Planning a trip to Paris? This historian's guide covers the best things to see, where to stay, essential travel tips, attractions, tours, food, and more to help you plan your Paris trip.
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Paris Sightseeing: Best Paris Tours and Day Trips from Paris
In this blog I cover Paris sightseeing and some of the best Paris tours and day trips from Paris.
The Palace of Versailles—a Paris Day Trip
The "Sun King" Louis XIV made it into a magnificent estate. Countless courtiers danced, drank, and debauched there. Marie-Antoinette enjoyed decadent confectionaries amid palatial splendor there. Revolutionaries stormed its gates. The peace treaty ending World War I was signed there. Where did all this history occur? The Palace of Versailles, in France, of course. As… Continue reading The Palace of Versailles—a Paris Day Trip