About Paris Sights:

Central Paris is not huge. Cross it by Métro in 40 minutes or see the sights on foot. Bastille to the Eiffel Tower or Champs Elysées takes a leisurely two hours. The River Seine (La Seine) flow through its heart, diving the two banks, the Rive Droite(Right Bank) and Rive Gauche (left bank). 20 arrondissement (districts) spiral out from the plate-sized landmark Point Zero in the middle of Paris (in front of Notre Dame Cathedral), from where every village in France is measured. The Right Bank covers everything from the medieval Châtelet and Marais districts to the Louvre and the Champs Elysées as well as the old working-class districts of Montmartre, Bastille, Oberkampf and La Villette. The Left Bank is historically more literary taking in upper-crust district Saint-Germain-des-Prés, the modern Montparnasse skyscraper, cutting-edge François Mittérand library, the Latin Quarter and the Eiffel Tower. In between the Left and Right Banks, the Île de la Cité, home of Notre-Dame cathedral, and Île St-Louis with its 17th-century mansions mark the historic centre of Paris.