They offer private walking tours around Paris (and some other European cities). Their guides seem very informed and capable - lots of professors and authors, etc.

www.contexttravel.com/paris/

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Before entering the cemetery I strongly recommend either buying a guide, or photographing the map in the entrance (assuming your camera has a good LCD screen with zoom), because the layout sometimes defies logic, and you'll struggle to find such folk as Jim Morrison.

Whilst there, females looking to get pregnant might want to track down the tomb of Victor Noir (Yvan Salman), and rub his protruding trousers (just make sure you're not spotted by the authorities), or apply lipstick and kiss the already plastered tomb of Oscar Wilde.

www.paris-in-photos.com/pere-lachaise-cemetery/pere-lachaise-travel-guide.htm

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Paris is perfect for those with kids, and especially the park at La Villette. On the Canal de l'Ourq there is the awesome dragon slide (almost two stories high), playgrounds designed for specific age groups, a submarine my five-year-old nephew wants to return to with his big brother and cat (!) (3€ each). Just by the park bikes can be hired that take the whole family along the traffic-free canalside to the forest of Sevran, where coffee and ice cream can be had in the old poudrerie, where Nobel of the Nobel prize worked - well worth a visit. And if it rains, back at La Villette there is always the Cite des Sciences - again with exhibits tailored to tots and to slightly older kids. Further afield, there's Paris Plage for sunbathing, sandcastles, misters, boules, rock-climbing (5 years old and upwards), the fountains and concerts at Parc Andre Citroen, the fireworks on July 14, or the swimming pool on a barge by the Francois Mitterand Bibliotheque, or the fantastic mini Paris Plage at Canal St Martin where another five-year-old loved her tot-sized pedalo and the tea dances and water fountains. Paris is perfect for families, especially in the summer, and since almost everything referred to above is free or cheap, it won't break the bank. Plus - no hours spent travelling to, or queueing at, airports.

Just get on Eurostar and you are within 15-20 minutes walk of most of the above.

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My wife and I went on a 2CV (you know that old typical French car you see in the movies) car ride and I strongly recommend it to everyone. The driver was an authentic Parisian (except he was actually really friendly ahah) who told us random stories about the city and France in general.

They stopped in front of every main monument to let us take pictures or sometimes even took the pictures for us and the view was just breathtaking. We could stand up (even though the car is so cosy you don't feel like standing up) to take advantage of the view on the Champs Elysees etc... I mean it was such a great typical experience we actually decided to do it again.

So the next time they picked us up from the restaurant and drove us around (Moulin Rouge, the foot of the Eiffel tower, Notre Dame). There was literally no traffic, and we definitely appreciated that bottle of champagne they let us take in the car.

Finally they drove us around Montmartre in some tiny streets and places only locals know so I won't hop on any of those touristy buses ever again.

PS: The name of their website is parisauthentic.com but don't trust the website's bad quality, it doesn't reflect the quality of the service.

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Hopping on and off the bus round the sights of Paris is cheaper and better than taking either the metro (you see more) or taxi (feel safer!).

You can get a ticket for 48 hours, see Trocadero - walk through to the Eiffel Tower and catch it again, get off at Louvre, catch it again, get off at Musee d'Orsay etc.

Or, on your first day, just stay on for the whole round trip to see where you will want to visit later.

Stops all around centre of Paris, pay on the bus.

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Visit the Eiffel Tower very early in the day to avoid huge queues.

www.tour-eiffel.fr/teiffel/uk/

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Too much Paris ground to cover and so much information? This interactive area map has a district-by-district guide to the sights in each arrondissement in Paris.

Includes famous monuments, malls and markets, famous avenues, best scenic views and parks, where to picnic.

Perfect for planning your Paris shortlist.

www.way2stay.com/area-info-Paris-en-109.htm

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Sail down the Seine in a bateau mouche. Have your camera ready for some night time shots of the Eiffel Tower when you pass and it's all lit up.

FARES:

One-Hour Traditional Cruises
Adults: €8,5/person (before 8 p.m.), €9/person (after 8 p.m.) ; Children (under 12 years of age): €4,1/person.

2nd website also includes times as well as batobus if you want to go on that instead.

Departures from the Right Bank, next to Pont de l'Alma;
www.discoverfrance.net/France/Transportation/Water/Bateaux-Mouches.shtml

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If you're a first time traveller to Paris, I highly recommend this waling tours company. The "classic walk" is a great tour for beginners. It'll take you to all the major sites giving you an idea of what you'd like to see in more detail later.

Most tours are 4 hrs long and cost about 20 euros. Tour guides are young and full of interesting tid-bits. The office itself is a great source of English language info plus there's free internet.

24, rue Edgar Faure
75015 Paris
www.classicwalksparis.com

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This awe-inspiring structure is dedicated to the French citizens who were deported to concentration camps by the Nazis. As you approach, it doesn't look like much, but as you descend the stairs into the memorial you begin to feel a tremendous sense of claustrophobia.

The way it's constructed makes you think about the fate of the victims of the holocaust in a much more emotional way than I've experienced at any other memorial site - it's unsettling, but I'd go back anytime I'm in Paris. We owe it to the victims of the Holocaust to remember them.

Behind Notre Dame on the tip of the Ile de la Cite

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