It’s rather easy to find time to visit it even for the busiest and indefatigable travelers who spend their vacations in Paris. Working time of the fair – daily from 12:00 am to midnight. During the weekend rides (La Foire du Trône has about three hundred) are available even later – until one o’clock in the morning.

Those lucky people, who have visited the fair in previous years, mark out among the rides, of course, a roller coaster – the highest in Europe. Also you have to visit Laser cinema “Psychedelic”, where you’ll become the main character of a real movie. And if you will not get enough impressions – welcome to the 60-meter swing “Star Flyer” and “V Max” catapult.

Certainly, there is Ferris wheel here, enabling to see Paris from a height. But in contrast to previous rides – this happens in a relaxed atmosphere.

All these entertainments are complemented with a variety of shops, stores and stalls with souvenirs, lotteries, candy floss, Belgian waffles, cakes and other sweets.

The fair is located in the 12th District at “Pelouse de Reuilly” area in the Bois de Vincennes. The entrance fee – 29.9 euros; rides tickets – from 2 to 10 euros.

This year the organizers expect the fair to be visited by more than 2 and a half million people. It is planned that every weekend 180,000 people will come to “La Foire du Trône”. So, probably, if you want to visit this place – the best decision is to choose a weekday, when the lines for attractions and shops will be slightly smaller.

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In the French capital the musician will continue a big tour in support of Coldplay’s album «Mylo Xyloto», released at the end of last year.

«Coldplay is for people with great taste, intelligence, incredible good lookingness, talent, ability, success, grabbing of life. Coldplay’s for people who know what life’s about. They’re always entertaining. Delightful to talk to. Sweet, charming, incredibly good in bed. Virile. They have incredible success with girls, or boys, or both. They’re generally just the world’s best citizens. Maybe I’m biased, but I’m definitely right.» – the words by frontman of the rock-band Chris Martin.

If anyone does not agree with his statement he continued: «We’re not a totalitarian regime; no one’s forced to listen to Coldplay».

Though, as we think it will be much greater the first people. And no wonder that organizers of the concert prepare Stade de France stadium for the British musicians.

Tickets are on sale now. Their cost ranges from 130 to 150 dollars.

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“Eternal party-goers” from Los Angeles Stefan Kendal Gordy and Skyler Husten Gordy, united under the name of LMFAO, have completely changed the club life in the world. Not only because of each party always offers such hits as «Sexy and I Know It», «Every day I’m Shuffling», «Party Rock Anthem» and others during several last years. “Beginners” Redfoo and Sky Blu, not “dinosaurs” of night clubs, could really unite millions of party-goers from all over the world in a unique social network «Party Rock People».

Tens of thousands their fans don’t feel shy to copy stupid, but funny hairstyles and costumes, because all this masquerade symbolizes the endless fun popularized by charismatic members of LMFAO project.

On Parisian stage musicians will perform not only own songs of LMFAO, but and stirring remixes on songs of Lady Gaga, David Guetta, Kanye West and other famous musicians. Of course, the famous dancing robot will get audience on stage with the dancers.

Tickets for the Paris concert of LMFAO cost from 67 to 284 euros.

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The Association of Non-smokers Protection filed an action to the French court with a demand to widen the list of places free from nicotine. In the middle of May we will know the decision of the authorities.

It will be recalled that today the fine for smoking at wrong places is from 68 to 135 Euros. Police fines violators not so often as the activists of the Association would like, and smoking opponents consider the law is implemented not very efficiently. And as statistics shows that the number of smokers is not decreasing (according to polls, more Parisian people had started to smoke at home than before the ban).

However, the number of “reservations” for smokers – as in Paris as in other regions of France – is constantly decreasing. For example, the first beach, whose visitors saw the signs ” No Smoking”, had been opened in Nice few months ago.

By the way, open terraces in Parisian cafes can become a history at all. As we already wrote before, next year the owners will not be able to use the outdoor gas heaters. Of course, there is an alternative option like electricity, but “green” activists insist on that lovers to have dinner on terraces with a view of the old Paris should get warm with environmental friendly blankets only.

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Like the Eiffel Tower, good wine and dainty cheeses, baguettes have become a national symbol of France. Identification of those who prepare the best traditional baked goods will be trusted not only to a professional jury but also to ordinary Frenchmen – organizers of the “championship” choose some lucky men every year.

Baguettes will be estimated by five specific and practical criterias – recipe, taste, flavor, cost of preparation and appearance of bakery products.

Ten of the best bakers will be announced in the early May of this year. The winner will receive a prize of 4 thousand Euro and, of course, a deserved fame. What about residents and visitors of Paris, so they will get an opportunity to learn which the bakeries should be visited to enjoy excellent French pastries.

Last year the winner of the competition became a baker Pascal Barillon, whose boulangerie «Au levain d’antan» is located at 6 rue des Abbesses in the 18th arrondissement of Paris.

By the way, in the same district – at Montmartre – a great romantic comedy “Amelie” (Le Fabuleux Destin d’Amélie Poulain) was made. You can also visit the famous Basilica of Sacre-Coeur (Basilique du Sacré Cœur), built on the highest point of the city or just walk the streets, remembering hundreds of famous artists and writers like such legendary persons as Vincent van Gogh, Gauguin, Edgar Degas, Émile Zola, Henri Matisse, Modigliani, Pablo Picasso, Renoir, Paul Cézanne, Toulouse-Lautrec and many others.

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No wonder that people from many countries of the world has a great interest in the great writer’s life. Thus, already at the beginning of the XXth century the Museum of Victor Hugo (Maison de Victor Hugo) was opened. It was located in the house on the Place des Vosges where he had lived. Incidentally, Alexandre Dumas père has “settled” his famous literary character D’Artagnan and his three friends musketeers into this house.

Every year thousands people visit the Museum to see personal belongings of the writer, the first copies of his books, drawings created by Victor Hugo during his numerous travels.

This spring the museum collection was enriched with new exhibits. The Christies International show here 500 items that belonged to the writer – books, paintings, furniture, etc. Also the Museum has bought a significant part of the collection.

By the way, you can visit the apartment, rented by a great writer for many years, by Paris Museum Pass. Its cost is 39 euros and it opens the doors of more than 60 Paris museums – including the Museum of Victor Hugo. You can buy PMP at the French Tourist Office or at any of the exhibition galleries, supporting the project.

The museum is open daily (except Monday) from 10.00 to 18.00.

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Last autumn they were ousted from the French squares and boulevards for a short time by rains, but in this winter the original cabs got roofs and has returned to the city streets.

The routes of Paris rickshaws include the major sights like Eiffel Tower, Champs Elysees, Place Vendome and much more. For the first time visitors they offer the Grand Tour – during a two and a half hours you will be all the major monuments of the city. The cost of this tour – 140 euros.

Advanced guests of Paris can offer a suitable route for shopping or exploring the sights by themselves, and a personal driver will carry you for 60 euros per hour. There are cheaper options. For example, a tour through the most romantic and majestic places of the French capital. This service will cost 45-80 euros. A newly married couple, of course, will be offered a special version of the hike in the city of love.

By the way, in addition to the originality and care about the environment TukTuk is also a way not to break the impression of Paris, stucking in a traffic jam on a halfway to the next attraction. Congestion on the roads are frequent thing for the city which lives an active life.

Official website of Paris rickshaws – www.paris-tuktuk.fr.

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By the way, one of the collections of the Louvre (about the history of Islamic art) will be moved to a new building this summer. The luxurious construction in the form of glass sail with golden elements has potential to become not less recognizable symbol of this Paris museum than the famous glass pyramid at the entrance to the Louvre.

The most famous exhibits of the museum, which annually attract near eight and a half million visitors from all over the world, are “Mona Lisa” by Leonardo da Vinci (La Gioconda), “Liberty on the Barricades” by Delacroix (La Liberté guidant le peuple Eugène Delacroix), “Code of Hammurabi”, “Venus de Milo”, “Nike of Samothrace”, paintings of Rembrandt and Titian (Tiziano).

The Centre of Pompidou in Paris (Centre Georges-Pompidou) – exhibition of the collection of modern art masterpieces has the eighth place in this ranking.

One more Paris museum – the Orsay Museum (Musée d’Orsay) – encloses the top-10. In 2011 the museum survived the reconstruction and it had only turned out for the best. Space of the exhibition was increased appreciably, the interior had become even more appropriate to the works of Impressionists displayed here.

The only city that can compete with Paris by number of the most popular museums is London. The capital of Britain has three objects in the top-10: the British Museum, Tate Modern gallery and the National Gallery (3rd, 4th and 5th places respectively).

Besides already mentioned cultural attractions the list includes the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, the National Palace Museum of Taiwan in Taipei and the National Museum of Korea in Seoul.

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Playing heavy metal and glam-rock Mötley Crüe’s members always met with this music and their image – as on the stage as in a private life. We can say even more: if the musicians cared about their reputation, so only to make it more scandalous. All of them had troubles with the law, alcohol and drugs and, of course, countless numbers of love adventures.

These facts have never lessened popularity of the band – rather on the contrary. Recognizable style of Mötley Crüe is not only a special sound and lyrics where they often sing about bikes, whiskey and striptease clubs. This is the atmosphere of scandal which the musicians still bring wherever they could appear.

Mötley Crüe will arrive to Paris with the gold membership: Vince Neil (vocals, harmonica), Mick Mars (solo and rhythm guitars), Nikki Sixx (bass guitar, back vocals) and Tommy Lee (drums, percussion, keyboards, back vocals).

The concert will be held on June 18 in Parisian concert hall “Zenith” at 08.00 pm. During the show the band will play such hits as Too Fast For Love, Shout At The Devil, Looks That Kill, Too Young To Fall In Love and many others.

The cost of tickets for the show of Mötley Crüe starts from 60 euros.

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Today he is called a Turkish man number one, and he became the first man whose photo dressed a cover of the local version of women’s magazine «Cosmopolitan». But 20 years ago when an obscure boy began to sing at weddings, only he believed that would be a star.

“I am a threat to men. Me and my dancing, dresses, hairstyles – these destroy all what they are trying to show as a true manliness”. This hot brunette, whose idol from his childhood is Elvis, looks a very together at any moment.

Tarkan became a star thanks to the song «Simarik». Over 29 million copies of his albums were sold all over the world from the moment when he had sung it the first time.

Tarkan’s concert at Parisian concert hall Zenith is a part of the European tour which began in 2011 in support of the singer’s new CD «Adimi Kalbine Yaz».

For three hours at the Paris concert stage fans of the musician will hear as new Tarkan’s songs as well-known hits like Simarik, Sikidim, Dudu, Gulumse Kaderine, Gitti Gideli, Ozgurluk Icimizde, Ay, Hup, Kuzu Kuzu, Yandim and many others.

The show will begin on April 16, 2012 at 20:00. Tickets price – 54-99 euros.

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