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BEAUTIFUL FRANCEParis and its environsPARIS—home of grandeur, elegance, and wit—plays a part in France probably unequalled in any other country, and may be considered, in many respects, as the chief city of Europe, and one of the greatest in the world. Above all, it possesses eminently national qualities which ten centuries of refinement and taste have handed down to contemporary France.It is impossible, in a few lines, to paint the exceptional charms of Paris which the whole world admires.Its vistas of the Champs-Elysées seen from the Tuileries and the Arc de Triomphe; of Notre-Dame and the point of the City Island seen from La Concorde Bridge; of the River Seine, the Institute, the Louvre, seen from the Pont-Neuf embankment; Notre-Dame and its quays, seen from the end of St. Louis Island; the panorama of the city seen from the top of Montmartre Hill; the Avenue du Bois de Boulogne and the Bois de Boulogne itself, etc., etc.,—all are of incomparable beauty.The city’s historical monuments are of inestimable value, and the most famous art treasures are to be found in its Museums.The surroundings of Paris join the charm of their landscapes to the world-wide fame of their parks and castles:Versailles, whose palace and park recall the splendor of the Louis XIV. period, and where the “Trianons” have preserved graceful traces of the Court of Marie-Antoinette;St. Germainwith its castle and forest;St. Cloudand its park;Sèvresand its world-renowned art porcelain factory;La Malmaison, home of Bonaparte before he became Napoleon I.;Rambouillet,Fontainebleau,Chartreswith its marvelous cathedral,Maintenon,Dreux, etc.—all these form a girdle round Paris such as no other metropolis in the world can boast of.
BEAUTIFUL FRANCE
Paris and its environs
PARIS—home of grandeur, elegance, and wit—plays a part in France probably unequalled in any other country, and may be considered, in many respects, as the chief city of Europe, and one of the greatest in the world. Above all, it possesses eminently national qualities which ten centuries of refinement and taste have handed down to contemporary France.
It is impossible, in a few lines, to paint the exceptional charms of Paris which the whole world admires.
Its vistas of the Champs-Elysées seen from the Tuileries and the Arc de Triomphe; of Notre-Dame and the point of the City Island seen from La Concorde Bridge; of the River Seine, the Institute, the Louvre, seen from the Pont-Neuf embankment; Notre-Dame and its quays, seen from the end of St. Louis Island; the panorama of the city seen from the top of Montmartre Hill; the Avenue du Bois de Boulogne and the Bois de Boulogne itself, etc., etc.,—all are of incomparable beauty.
The city’s historical monuments are of inestimable value, and the most famous art treasures are to be found in its Museums.
The surroundings of Paris join the charm of their landscapes to the world-wide fame of their parks and castles:Versailles, whose palace and park recall the splendor of the Louis XIV. period, and where the “Trianons” have preserved graceful traces of the Court of Marie-Antoinette;St. Germainwith its castle and forest;St. Cloudand its park;Sèvresand its world-renowned art porcelain factory;La Malmaison, home of Bonaparte before he became Napoleon I.;Rambouillet,Fontainebleau,Chartreswith its marvelous cathedral,Maintenon,Dreux, etc.—all these form a girdle round Paris such as no other metropolis in the world can boast of.
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MICHELIN TYRE CO., Ltd., LONDONTouring Office::81, Fulham Road, S. W.MICHELIN & Cie, CLERMONT-FERRANDTouring Office::97, Boulevard Péreire, PARIS
Why ask the Way, when . . . . .
Why ask the Way, when . . . . .
. . . . . Michelin will tell you free of charge?
. . . . . Michelin will tell you free of charge?
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Drop a line, ring us up, or call at one of ourTouring Offices and you will receive a carefullyworked-out description of the route to follow.
Drop a line, ring us up, or call at one of ourTouring Offices and you will receive a carefullyworked-out description of the route to follow.
Drop a line, ring us up, or call at one of ourTouring Offices and you will receive a carefullyworked-out description of the route to follow.