Musee d'Histoire des Sciences, Geneva

Advantages: Handy Location
Disadvantages: Expensive

...1.Location Hotel Des Bergues is my ideal hotel in Genenva, right outside Lake Geneva and River Rhone, easily access by car or on foot. Buses stop on the left side of the hotel (If you are coming from main railway station). 2.My room I stayed alone in one of their executive room and my room is hugh. My bed is two single bed put together and there are nice lamp and pictures in my room. There is also a hugh warerobe and a hallway in my room. The mix of ivory and pastel colour scheme in the room makes it very pleasant and cozy. There is also a writing desk and coffee table. In such a grand and luxury hotel there is of course television, well stocked mini bar and computer ports. I am particularly impress about the bathroom curtains. There are two layers of shower curtains, one for practical reason and the outer layer one is just... Read review

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Advantages: Fascinating visit
Disadvantages: A little on the smelly side

...Paris is a truly beautiful city with stunning places to visit - the Eiffel Tower, Sacre Couer, Musée D'Orsay, Louvre, Arc de Triomphe, to name but a few. I expect most people visiting Paris, have a few snapshots of all of these places, but as you may have noticed I like to visit the more unusual visitor attractions. Yes, I have been to all the places I've mentioned, but I felt that there must be somewhere a bit more off the beaten track - and then I read about the Musée des Égouts de Paris (the Paris Sewer Museum)! I immediately decided this was a place that I wanted to visit! Why you may ask, is she mad? The answer to that is probably, but if I explain my visit, you may think I'm only slightly barmy! You can tell me what you think on that score after you've finished reading! The guidebook said about this museum "A sewer museum... Read review

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Advantages: Only place to see the Mona Lisa
Disadvantages: Very busy all the time

...Musee du Louvre (Louvre Museum) Background The Louvre is the most visited and one of the oldest, largest and most famous art galleries and museums in the world. The first royal “Castle of the Louvre” was founded in what was then the western edge of Paris by Philip Augustus in 1190, as a fortified royal palace to defend Paris on its west against Plantagenet attacks. The first building in the existing Louvre was begun in 1535, after demolition of the Old Castle (foundations of the Old Castle are now an exhibition). The architect Pierre Lescot introduced to Paris the new design vocabulary of the Renaissance, which had been developed in the chateaux of the Loire. During his reign (1589 – 1610), King Henry IV added the Grande Galerie. Henry IV, a promoter of the arts, invited hundreds of artists and craftsmen to live and work... Read review

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