About the Area for SilverDoor Serviced Apartments in Paris - Louvre

Charles de Gaulle Airport is situated 14 miles north-east of Paris where the three terminals are connected via free shuttle buses. The quickest and cheapest way to get from the airport to Paris city centre is via the TGV. This takes 45 minutes and is signposted from the airport terminal. It is just a short walk to the station. Even if you have never used the French rail system before this is certainly the way to go as a Taxi would be very expensive.

The easiest way to get around Paris is on the Metro. There are Metro stations close to every public attraction and they serve the surrounding suburbs too. The best way to use the Metro is to buy a "carnet" - this is a set of 10 tickets which have virtually no expiry date and each ticket is valid for as many changes as you like on the Metro so long as you don’t exit and go above ground. For example you need two tickets for the outgoing and return journeys.

The main business sector of Paris is surrounding "La Grande Arch de La Defence" otherwise known as La Defence. This is the large grey arch visible over the road from the Arc de Triomphe. There is also an extensive shopping area here.

The most reasonable area in which to eat in central Paris is called the Latin Quarter and is close to Notre Dame. This is not as "touristy" as other areas and therefore has more reasonably priced menus. The most economic way to eat in restaurants is to buy a "menu a XX Euros", these will normally be a starter or dessert and main course off a set menu for a discounted price.

The Louvre, once Paris' second Royal Palace, is today a vast museum, garden (called the Tuileries), and, more recently, an underground shopping mall and fashion show centre - Le Carrousel du Louvre.

The Louvre Museum is the most visited and one of the oldest, largest and most famous art galleries and museums in the world. The Louvre has a long history of artistic and historic conservation. The building is famous for holding several of the world's most prestigious works of art, such as Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa, The Virgin and Child with St. Anne, Madonna of the Rocks and Alexandros of Antioch's Venus de Milo. It contains 225 galleries which are visited by 3 million people per year. The glass pyramid which now forms the Louvre’s main entrance was built in 1989 by the Chinese-American architect, I.M. Pei.

The Palais Royal just to the north was once the residence of the Cardinal Richelieu, and has a walled garden behind its Rue de Rivoli facade with covered and columned arcades that house boutiques forming what could be considered to be Paris' first shopping arcade. This quarter houses many important 17th and 18th century buildings, as well as some of Paris' more grandiose constructions along the Avenue de l'Opera from the Haussmann era. The long run of large buildings on the northern side of the Rue de Rivoli are a result of Paris' first attempt at large scale reconstruction from the 1840s, and today house the quarter's most tourist-oriented shops, boutiques and night-clubs.

Located between the Rive Droite of the Seine and the rue de Rivoli in the 1st arrondissement, it is accessed by the Palais Royal - Musee du Louvre Metro station.