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Parisian hotels are still going up

Last year hotel rooms in Paris rose in price by 6% – and the experts of touristic business warn that this is not the limit.

2% of this – inflation. The cost of services in European hotels rises by such amount every year approximately.

The rest – a result of lack of accommodation for guests of the French capital in Parisian hotels. And since 2003 their number is only increasing – not only from countries, traditionally “supplying” thousands of tourists to Paris. In recent years the citizens of Spain, Russia, Brazil and Mexico discover France in quantity.

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Fishing near Paris

You are an inveterate fisherman and always strive to find new places for the next catch? In this case, coming to Paris, you can not only discover countless numbers of sights of the French capital, but also to go for pleasant fishing experiences.

Your assistant in this matter will be the company Les Etangs de l’Abbaye (Abbey Lakes), founded by fishing amateurs – Harlé d’Ophove family. The organization is the first specialized European center for carp and catfish fishing. For more than ten-year history the center got a great popularity among anglers from France and other countries. Les Etangs de l’Abbaye offers a large number of lakes where fishing fans can test their abilities. Among them there are such lakes as Fox Lake, Heron Lake, Attila Lake, Frog Lake, King Fisher Lake, Wild Boar Lake.

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Sting at Parisian “Zenith”

The world-famous British rocker Sting celebrates the 25th anniversary of his solo career by the tour «Back To Bass», organized in support of the recently released three CDs collection of his best songs «Sting: 25 Years».

After the stunning success of the concerts in the USA and Canada the legendary rock musician returns to Europe. Parisian concerts of Sting will be held at the concert complex «Zenith» on March 13 and 14, 2012.

The Englishman, who sold over 100 million CDs and became one of the most popular rock musicians in the world, will perform live his most famous songs – starting from the debut hits of 1985 (for example, «The Dream Of The Blue Turtles») and ending with the compositions of the recent disks.

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Legendary Guns N ‘Roses will perform in Paris

The band-legend of the 1980s and early 1990s will give a concert in Paris as a part of the world tour. The “reason” for the concert can not be called “fresh” – the tour is dedicated to the album «Chinese Democracy» released in late 2008.

Fans of Guns N ‘Roses will have a great chance to see and hear the charismatic leader of the American hard-rock band Axl Rose and the new guitarist Daren Jay «DJ» Ashba.

Taking into account that the fans had to wait this disc long 15 years there is sense to stretch the pleasure to the next. Though a new guitarist says that Axl Rose has so many songs that they will be enough to record three great albums.

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Musee d’Orsay: Exhibition of Edgar Degas

If you are a connoisseur of the work of Edgar Degas, then we advise you to visit Paris from 13 March to 30 June. At this time the exhibition of the great master “Degas and Nude” will be organized in the halls of the Museum d’Orsay. This is the first exhibition of his works in Paris for the last 25 years, the previous one was at the Grand Palais.

The Museum continues to introduce Parisians and visitors the brightest representatives of visual art of the second half of the 19th century. The exhibition “Degas and Nude” will be next after large exhibitions of Edouard Manet and Claude Monet.

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The Young Wine – New Appellation in France

Great news for collectors and just lovers of French wines – a new Appellation has appeared on the map of France. And this spring, visitors to the Paris cafes and restaurants will be able to taste the wine whose label will proudly sound «Coteaux Bourguignons».

This is a long tradition to relate the taste and aroma of wine to the place where the grapes were grown and where it was produced. Actually, even within the same wine region such important natural factors as, for example, soil and climate can vary considerably.

It is significant that exactly the French introduced the world the concept of “terroir”, uniting all the conditions having an influence on the quality of grapes and, of course, the wine. Also French gave the majority of other wine terms.

Coteaux Bourguignons will replace in the French wine list of AOC (Appelation d’Origine Contrôlée) Bourgogne Grand Ordinaire. This decision has already been approved by the appropriate organization – the National Institute for origin and quality of goods (Institut National de l’Origine et de la Qualité).

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The amusement park dedicated to Napoleon will be opened near Paris

Napoleonland – even the name of this theme park, which will be built near Paris in coming years, says that its creators are going to take away a part of glory of the famous Disneyland.

Entertaining complex, conceived in honor of the French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, will locate in a very symbolic place – in the town of Montereau near Paris. Exactly here Napoleon won a symbolic victory over Russian and Austrian armies in the distant 1814.

The author of an idea of this new park is the former French Minister for Overseas Territories and a great lover of history – Yves Jego. According Mr. Jego, Napoleonland «will be perfect for a family recreation”.

Program of the new French amusement park, of course, will be composed of various “military” performances.

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David Guetta will perform in Bercy

French DJ- legend David Guetta will give the final concerts of his tour in Paris supporting the album «Nothing But The Beat».

The double album of the most popular French artist of the first decade of the XXI century was released in August 2011 and had already won the world-wide success.

David Guetta is known primarily for his inflammatory remixes (many pop-stars have been successful largely due to his “adaptations”). However, almost all the music for two new disks, united under one name, was created by David Guetta himself.

“I’ve never worked as much as on this album. It’s good that my wonderful colleagues helped me,”- David Guetta commented the album «Nothing But The Beat».

On April 7 and 8 the famous DJ will concertize at Bercy Sports Palace (Palais omnisports de Paris-Bercy) which to become “the biggest dance club in France” these days.

The concerts’ beginning – 21.30. The organizers advise to come earlier not to stand in line of the fans avid for energy of David Guetta. The doors of Bercy will open two hours before the show – at 19.30.

Ticket prices start from 45 euros.

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Soundgarden concert in Paris

The heyday of the American group Soundgarden fell on the first half of the 1990s when musicians were considered perhaps the main “competitors” of the legendary Nirvana (and we must admit that it was quite deservedly) in the popular musical direction – “grunge”. Founded in 1984 in Seattle by Chris Cornell the band has sold over twenty million of their disks before in 1997 the musicians stoped cooperation because of creative differences, – in any event the official version says so.

At the end of 2009 Soundgarden began its second life after the band’s frontman Chris Cornell and guitarist Kim Tayil decided to return to the common creative work. New members are also Matt Cameron and Ben Shepherd. And a new studio album «Live On i5», published in 2011, became the result of this reunion. In addition, the band begins their world tour in support of their new album.

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Nightwish is going to Paris

The debates about in what style Nightwish plays have being held since the beginning of its history. But this does not prevent the band to pack concert halls and stadiums in any of the cities where the famous Finnish musicians come to.

Perhaps, the best definition of their style is voiced by the author of Nightwish’s music and lyrics Tuomas Holopainen: “melodic heavy metal with female vocals”.

And let some fans to believe that after a former soloist Tarja Turunen departure the band is not the same, other fans like Nightwish with her successor Anette Olzon even more than before.

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