All About Paris

A Paris shopping excursion is a fundamental part of a Parisian vacation Paris, like most European cities, is built around a river.  The Seine, to be precise. Fashion style is organized around the river, believe it or not. In Paris, the Left Bank (Gauche) is the funky, perpetually gentrifying part of the city.   The…

Starring Dante the Dog, JuJu, and a Real Live Mummy One of the consequences of living in Los Angeles is that you develop a true fear of temperatures below 60 degrees. Not kidding. We are really bad at sub 70 degree temperatures. Try tearing your drawers apart finding matching socks when you spend your life…

Ten Paris tips to get your Paris vacation started. Fodor’s recently released their “10 Things You Need to Know Before You Go to Paris” list. It is a good article. Here is our own top ten Paris tips list. 1. Dining in Paris – Paris Tips Hot Pick: You do not need to tip when…

Visit the Museum of Aeronautics at Bourget in Paris Since 1975 France’s Air and Space Museum has delighted the world with a host of attractions. The museum was originally situated in Meudon, founded right after WWI. It moved to the Bourget in 1975. Why Bourget? Well it just happens to be the place where Charles…

LinkParis.com is an authorized Rail Europe agency, let us book all of your European rail for you, call us toll free in the US at 1-424-386-5222 or email.  Major Paris Train Stations Paris has six major train stations. If you are traveling outside of Paris or to another country by rail you will indeed pass through one…

Take a Custom World War One Tour from Paris with Us Though the living memory of World War I has faded, touring the famous sites of the ‘War to End All Wars” is easily done in a day trip from Paris, mostly just little more than a two hour drive. Below are three sample tour…

NOTE: ETIAS won’t be active until late 2026. No date has been set yet. What is ETIAS? The European Travel Information and Authorization System (ETIAS) is a new pre-travel authorization required for visa-free visitors to 30 European countries, including France. Similar to the US ESTA system, it’s designed to enhance security and streamline border checks….

Get to know the French rail system If you have never been to France before, understanding the French rail system seems a bit overwhelming.   At home, we are used to taking our car on long journeys, or using a nimble carrier like Southwest Airlines or Alaska to get to a regional city.   Although Easy Jet and…

A chronicle of a one day visit from Paris to the Loire Valley When I was a kid I considered Europe to be a place where knights and damsels and castles were still the way people lived, with some peasants picturesquely gathering wheat in the background of a jousting tournament.  There was definitely a guy…

The Founding of Paris Long before it became the “City of Light,” Paris began as a humble settlement founded by the Celtic Parisii around the 3rd century BC on the marshy banks of the Seine. Centuries of strife with Roman legions led to Julius Caesar’s conquest in 52 BC, embedding the fledgling city—then called Lutetia—firmly…