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Good Hotels in Paris and Burgundy
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PARIS
Grand Hotel des Balcons (left bank)
3, Rue Casimir-Delavigne Note: For international
Paris, France 75006 calls placed from the U.S.
Tel: 33 (1) 46 34 78 50 011 must precede the numbers.
Fax: 33 (1) 46 34 06 27
http://www.france-hotel-guide.com/h75006balcons.htm |
AUTUN
Hotel St. Louis de la Poste
6, Rue de l’Arbalete
Autun, France 71400
Tel: 33 (3) 85 52 01 01
Fax: 33 (3) 85 86 32 54
http://www.amadeusprop.com/Autun/
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PARIS
Hotel Opéra Cadet
(right bank)
24, Rue Cadet
Paris, France 75009
Tel: 33 (1) 53 34 50 50
Fax: 33 (1) 53 35 40 60
http://www.hotel-opera-cadet.fr/us/index.htm |
BEAUNE
Hotel Henry II
12-14, Rue de Faubourg St. Nicholas
Beaune, France 21200
Tel: 33 (3) 80 22 83 84
Fax: 33 (3) 80 24 15 13
http://hotelroomsplus.com/france/bourgogne/beaune.htm
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AUXERRE
Hotel Normandie
41, Boulevard Vaubon
Auxerre, France 8900
Tel: 33 (3) 86 52 57 80
Fax: 33 (3) 86 51 54 33
http://www.inter-hotel.com/Interhotel/hotels.nsf/$$Pages/CadreUS
(Click on “List” in left column, then on “Normandie”
in right column)
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DIJON
Hotel du Jura
14 Avenue Foch
Dijon, France 21000
Tel: 33 (3) 80 41 61 12
Fax: 33 03) 80 41 51 13
http://www.hotel-du-jura.com/uk/index_uk.htm
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List of Sites and Websites in Paris and Burgundy back
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Paris - Chartres - Auxerre
- Pontigny/Fontenay- Vezelay
- Autun - Beaune - Dijon
PARIS
(Medieval capital!) back to list of sites
Cluny Museum (01-53-73-78-00, fax 01-42-44-24-70)
http://www.musee-moyenage.fr/RMN/mnma/
http://www.etrav.com/pathways/html/cluny.asp
Louvre Museum (01-40-20-57-60, fax 01-40-20-58-24)
http://www.louvre.fr/louvrea.htm
(click your way to the “Objets d’Art” collection for
medieval art)
Notre-Dame (01-42-34-56-10)
http://www.paris.org/Monuments/NDame/
http://www.mcah.columbia.edu/notre-dame/
(Click on “Explore Notre-Dame” for images)
Sainte Chapelle (01-53-73-78-52)
http://www.paris.org/Monuments/Sainte.Chapelle/
http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/arch/chapelle.html
PARIS
to AUXERRE via CHARTRES (pilgrimage church, Gothic marvel, 12th-13th
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Chartres Cathedral (02-37-21-75-02 or 02-37-28-15-58)
http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/arch/chartres.html
http://www.ville-chartres.fr/anglais/index.html
(Click on “Heritage” then “The cathedral and churches”)
AUXERRE (Gothic (13th c.) and Carolingian (9th c.) – oldest
medieval frescoes in France) back to list of sites
Auxerre Cathedral
http://www.beloit.edu/~arthist/historyofart/gothic/auxerrecath.htm
and St. Germain d’Auxerre (fax 03-86-42-70-50)
http://www.auxerre.culture.gouv.fr/culture/arcnat/auxerre/en/index.htm
PONTIGNY and FONTENAY (beautiful, peaceful Cistercian Abbeys, 12th
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Pontigny
http://www.beloit.edu/~arthist/historyofart/gothic/pontigny.htm
and Fontenay (03-80-92-15-00, fax 03-80-92-16-88)
http://www.abbayedefontenay.com/
VEZELAY (pilgrimage church, relics of St. Mary Magdalene, 12th c.)
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Abbey of Mary Magdalene at Vezelay (03-86-33-39-50,
fax 03-86-33-36-93)
http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/arch/vezelay.html
http://catholique-sens-auxerre.cef.fr/vezelay/
(Click on “Découverte de la basilique” for images)
http://titan.iwu.edu/~callahan/vezelay-panorama-e.html
(Begin by clicking on “Basilica” and click your way through
images)
AUTUN (Romanesque marvel, 12th c.) back to list
of sites
Cathedral oif St. Lazarus at Autun (03-85-52-09-76)
http://titan.iwu.edu/~callahan/autun-stlazare-e.html
(Begin by clicking on “Lateral View” and click your way through
images)
BEAUNE (Hôtel Dieu of Burgundian Dukes, 15th c., also a fantastic
wine-tasting town) back to list of sites
Hôtel Dieu of Beaune (03-80-24-45-00
,fax 03-80-24-45-99)
http://www.vin-et-tradition.com/english/beaune/hospice.htm
http://www.abcgallery.com/W/weyden/weyden.html
(Scroll down for images of Rogier van der Weyden’s “Beaune
Altarpiece”)
DIJON (capital city of Dukes of Burgundym 15th c.) back
to list of sites
http://www.ville-dijon.fr/tourisme/uk_index.htm
Musée des Beaux-Arts (03-80-74-52-70,
fax 03-80-74-53-44)
http://dijoon.free.fr/mba/acc-mba.htm
and Chartreuse of Champmol (03-80-72-53-00)
http://dijoon.free.fr/puitsmoise.htm
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Pleasures
of Paris
- Museums - Parks - Walks
- Restaurants - Cafés
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Museums back to Pleasures list
Cognac-Jay (3e) 8 rue Elzévir metro
Saint Paul (18th c. art)
Carnavalet (3e) 23 rue de Sévigné,
metro Saint-Paul (history of Paris)
Pantheon (5e) place du Pantheon, RER Luxembourg
(Foucault’s pendulum!)
Natural History Museum (5e) in the beautiful
Jardin des Plantes, metro Gare d’Austerlitz
Arab Institute (5e)1 rue des Fosses St-Bernard,
metro Jussieu (great shows)
Delacroix Museum (6e) 6 place de Fursternberg,
metro Mabillon (his studio)
Musée du Luxembourg (6e) 19 rue
Vaugirard, metro St-Sulpice (great shows)
Army Museum (7e) Esplanade des Invalids,
metro Varenne (Napoleon’s tomb!)
Rodin Museum (7e) 77 rue de Varenne, metro
Varenne (his house and art)
Jacquemart-André Museum (9e) 158
Blvd. Haussmann, metro Miromesnil (incredible private art collection)
Musée Marmottan (16e) 2 rue Louis
Biolly, metro Lamuette (impressionists, Monet's palette)
Guimet Museum (16e) 6 place d’Iéna,
metro Iéna (brand new-stunning asian art)
Cluny Museum (5e) at Saint-German and Saint-Michel
(all medieval all the time)
Modern Art of the City of Paris (16e) 11
avenue du president Wilson, metro Iéna (best kept secret of modern
art)
Parks back to Pleasures list
Place des Vosges (4E) rue des Francs-Bourgeois,
metro Bastille (sitting on the grass is allowed-rare!)
Parc Monceau (8e) rue de Courcelles, metro
Monceau (faux Greek ruins!)
Buttes-Chaumont (19e) Rue Manin, Metro
Botzaris (Haussmann's last project, a fantasy scape!)
Walks back to Pleasures list
The Marais (4e) Rue des Francs-Bourgeois,
metro Saint-Paul (very hip area, old Middle Eastern neighborhood)
Viaduc des Arts (11e) an incredible (incredibly!)
elevated garden – pick up behind Bastille opéra
The 16th arrondissement – incredible
art nouveau buildings
Père-Lachaise Cemetery (20e) –
much more than jim morrison’s grave!
Restaurants back to Pleasures list
Dame Tartine (4e) to the right of the Pompidou
Center, behind the fountain
Chieng-mai (5e) 12, rue Frédéric
Sauton (great thai food)
Polidor (6e) 41 rue Monsieur-le-Prince
(a classic)
Anything in the Marais (4e)– great
tearooms, falafel stands, café-bars
Cafés (chosen for their fantastic people watching opportunities)
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Café Beaubourg (4e) to the right
of the Pompidou Center when facing it
Café Mabillon (6e) along Saint-Germain-des-Prés
The café on place de Saint-Sulpice
(6e) (old Gertrude stein hang out!)
Café Kléber (16e) on the
place du Trocadéro (great view of the Eiffel tower)
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