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Paris
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scheduled in 2003
Paris - the Eiffel Tower, the Musée d'Orsay, the Louvre, and too
many other attractions to mention. Paris, City of Lights, is an amazing city but can be hard to
grasp in one visit, two, or even more. On foot the city is so large it is hard to see everything.
On the subway you miss much of the beautiful architecture that pervades the city and isn't in the
tour guides.
If Paris hadn't been designed hundreds of years ago, before inline skates were re-invented and
popular, one might think it was made with skating in mind. The sidewalks are wide and smooth, the
area flat, and the small side streets perfect for a visit on skates. This is why Paris is the
skating capital of the world!
On our Paris Tour, we spend five days getting to know the city like you probably know few
other cities. We take each day to discover a different aspect of Paris.
- Day One (Paris Highlights): We tour the city's highlights such as the Tour d'Eiffel and the
Notre Dame.
- Day Two (Paris History): We take you on a rolling tour of Parisian and French History, visiting
famous landmarks, buildings, and plazas on our way.
- Day Three (Paris Museums): We tour several world famous Paris museums including the Rodin and
Picasso Museums, with time available for visiting the Louvre or the Orsay.
- Day Four (Famous Parisians): We skate from cafe to church to apartment as we discuss the famous
people who lived and made their names in Paris.
- Day Five (Seine Sunday): We have a final, farewell skate along the Seine River on streets
closed to traffic on Sundays.
Our Zephyr guide, Paris resident Martin Calnan, takes us on a daily tour of Paris. At night we
visit local eateries, popular with Parisians and unknown to tourists. You can choose between an
after-dinner drink and an evening skate. Paris at night is the perfect time to see the city as the
streets are less crowded and the monuments brilliantly lit. We stay in a small hotel with ambience
and charm but without a big western name and logo.
And the finale? We skate with 12,000 - 20,000 Parisians and other visitors at the world-famous
Friday Night Skate! The Paris Friday Night Skate is a weekly event and a once-in-a-lifetime
experience. Growing from a small group of friends just a few years ago, somehow the local
organizers have increased the numbers and fame to where 12,000 skaters regularly come out for a
night of fun and exercise. (For an independent review of the Paris Friday Night Skate, see the
articles
in the Washington Post and London Times.)
Our pace is casual and this is the one Zephyr tour where long pants might be appropriate. We
don't speed through the streets but you do need to be good at braking and negotiating curbs. Unlike
our other Tours, we stay together as a group, have only one route each day, and have no van
support. We are in Paris for the culture, the food, the museums, the history, and the ambience -
all best seen and experienced on inline skates!
See our Paris
Frequently Asked Questions
page or this five-part article written by Zephyr Paris
customers
for more information on
http://inlineskating.about.com
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