Which is the most popular avenue in the whole France? The answer is clear. It is Les Champs-Elysées which is in the 8th Paris district. Actually, this area is full of both places of interest and places of entertainment. There are Place de la Concorde, Place de la Madeleine, the Presidential Élysée, luxury stores and restaurants, long French streets and impetuous romantic atmosphere. All in all, this district is a spot of modern rich life and fashion Paris.
Les Champs-Elysées is possibly one of the most beautiful and one of the richest avenue not only in France but in the whole world. Sometimes you can see more designer boutiques and cafés than tourists and visitors walking across them. It’s a major commercial center in Paris.
Concerning restaurants, we would counsel you to visit Plaza Athénée which is the place for connoisseurs of French wine.
For those who don’t what to buy something, it’d be better to go to Parc de Monceau or to Quartier Monceau with a famous flower market in.
Evening walking should pass near Arc de Triomphe. Marvelous decoration with thousands of light bulbs turns this avenue into the small City of Light.
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what side of the river is this district on though?
Reaper,
It’s the right side of the Seine river.
I’ve found a useful link about attractions and its location on both sides: http://www.parislogue.com/featured-articles/left-bank-vs-right-bank-whats-the-difference.html
Champs Elysées is on the right side of the Seine : Rive Droite. This side of the river is said to be the side of the power because there are most the ministries and mainly the Elysées ( President’s house ) and Matignon ( First Minister’s Office ) and also le Louvre which was the residence of kings for centuries. It is the oldest part of Paris because the left side of the river has grown mainly in the last 2 centuries. In opposition of the rive droite, the rive gauche was the artist place with all jazz bars ( St Germain des Pré … ) and a big place for the may68 protestation since the Sorbone is located in Odéon.
Anyway, I love the Champs Elysées and I have an apartment near the Arc de Triomphe.
Regards