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My next destination is a bit further to the west along to the river Seine, so why not jump on the Batobus for a comfortable and lovely tour on the river Seine to get there?
The Batobus is a hop-on hop-off boat, with eight stops along the river Seine. I thought it was ideal to hop on board at one point, and hop off at the next place that I wanted to see. You can buy a ticket for the day (or longer) and hop on and off as much as you like.
We jokingly called it the "Burpobus" instead of the "Batobus". After having had a wonderful lunch in one of Paris' cafes and restaurants, we were too lazy to walk or do anything. But we didn't want to waste any of our precious time in Paris either..... oops, that's going to be a problem!! But, we discovered the perfect solution to this problem! Take the Burpobus and burp out for a while ;-) You won't feel lazy, you won't miss anything of Paris; all the views will flow by in front of you, and your feet and stomach can have the rest they so desperately want without making you feel guilty :-))
In my transportation tip I'll write a bit more practical tips about the Batobus. In the first photo you can see a little map with all the stops of the Batobus. But no more time to waste: it's almost time to hop off the boat again as I can already see the Eiffel Tower in the distance: our next stop for the day! Leave a Comment Phone: 0825 05 01 01 (0,15£/min)Website: http://www.batobus.com/ Other Contact: batobus.reservations@batobus.com
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| | | | La Seine and Its Bridges: Oldest Bridge in Paris | Tip Rating: | | | | |
The Pont Neuf was commissioned by Henry III in 1576.
Despite its name, which translates as New Bridge, it is now the oldest bridge in Paris.
Henry III was in tears when he laid the foundation stone for the bridge in May 1578.
This was because he had just returned from funeral services for two close friends who had been killed in duels. So, at first, the bridge was refered to as the "Bridge of Tears".
This was soon replaced with the name Pont Neuf because in its construction, Henry broke with tradition whereby all Parisian bridges had houses on them from one end to the other. No houses were to be built on this bridge.
Before the construction was finished Henry III was assassinated and the bridge was completed in 1604 by his successor Henry IV.
When Henry IV was assassinated in 1610 the Grand Duke of Tuscany presented his widow, Marie de Medicis, with a bronze horse as a memorial. The boat that transported the horse to France sank off the coast of Sardinia in 1613 and the horse went down with the ship. A year later it would be found and set on to Paris. It would be placed on the Pont Neuf rider-less for twenty-one years.
In 1635 Louis XIII had a statue make of his father Henry IV and placed him on the horse. This it would sit for the next 157 years.
In 1792, in the third year of the French Revolution, the Paris mobs took down the horse and the riding king. They smashed them both to bits. Most would go off to be melted down while the rest went into the Seine.
The Pont Neuf would remain without a statue until the return of the monarchy in 1814.
Louis XVIII then ordered a replica of the horse and Henry IV cast in bronze, using part of the melted down statue of Napoléon that had been on top of the Vendome column.
The caster was happy for the work, but also was a Bonapartist.
He is said to have placed a small statue of Napoléon in the right arm of Henry IV's right arm. In the belly of the horse he placed papers containing songs and celebrations from the Napoléonic era. Leave a Comment Directions: Connects the streets of Rue Dauphine and Rue du Pont-Neuf, cutting across Ile de la Cite where Ste. Chapelle and Notre Dame are located.
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| | | | La Seine and Its Bridges: La Seine | Tip Rating: | | | | |
The course of the Seine is, from which sources in Burgundy, to the canal coast, 776 kilometres long.
In the year 1765, William Cole called the river a "messy ditch."
Nowadays, the river is regulated, with an ingenious system of sluices.
The water of the Seine became clearly cleaner in the last years.
In the 37 Seine bridges, is mirrored, the entire Parisian construction history.
The eldest and most famous bridge is called Pont Neuf (newcomer bridge).
The bridge was built in the year 1604, and was, an abbreviation, for the way from the Louvre to the abbey of St-Germain-des-Prés.
The newest bridge, opens 1999, is the Passerelle de Solferino, a metal-y footbridge from the Quai des Tuilleries to the left shore (near to the Musée d'Orsay).
The most splendid bridge is, still, the Pont Alexandre III with gilt nymphs, bouncy horses, candelabra, lions and garlands.
On the Seine, a trip to the legendary bateaux-mouches belongs to the standard program. Leave a Comment
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