After six years of work, the Musée de l'Homme (Museum of Mankind) in Palais de Chaillot, opposite the Eiffel Tower, and next to Green Hotels Paris, is reopening. It was first opened on June 20th, 1938 but closed to the public March 23rd, 2009 for renovations. The Museum's researchers continued their work during the closure […]
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- October 16, 2015
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The Palace of Versailles' magnificent gardens and kitchen gardens, designed by Louis XIV's gardeners, Le Nôtre and La Quintinie, are world famous. French gastronomy owes its reputation to royalty's feasting and celebration. It is for both these reasons that Versailles has got together with "Oh ! légumes oubliés" to create an organic specialty grocery brand […]
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- October 15, 2015
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Next to Green Hotels Paris, opposite the Eiffel Tower is the Chaillot National Theater, one of the places in the 16th arrondissement that you must see during your stay in Paris. It's admired both for its architecture and for its strong artistic programming and has become one of the emblems of the area. Typically Parisian […]
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- October 14, 2015
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Since COP21 is taking place in Paris from November 30th to December 11th, 2015, Météo France has adopted the theme of global warming as part of its new, free, application "Climat HD". It has been available on the Météo France site since September 29th, and will become available for tablets during the month of October. […]
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- October 13, 2015
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The Institut Suédois (Swedish Institute's) exhibition "D'après nature" ("According to Nature") looks at mankind's modern relationship with nature, and also with our conception of what it is. In the history of art, nature has always been everywhere, even if represented in different ways, at different times, by different cultures. This is why the Institut Suédois […]
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- October 12, 2015
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Both chronologically and thematically, the Grand Palais' exhibition revisits the productive confrontation that contemporary artists have had with the work of Pablo Picasso since the 1960s. This vast retrospective notably focuses on the formation of the myth associated to the artist's name, as well as his various stylistic phases. Visitors will be able to admire […]
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- October 09, 2015
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Are you leaving the capital soon? Green Hotels Paris have thought of everything and suggest you go and see Paris City Hall's official concept-store, Paris Rendez-Vous, to find some pretty souvenirs of your visit. It's in a great place, right next to Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral, so you can combine shopping with a visit! © […]
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- October 08, 2015
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The Parisian designer Sakina M'Sa decided to open her ethical concept store, Front de Mode, in the heart of the Marais. She is famous in the fashion world for her two lines, the first under her own name, and the second called "Blue Line", which recycles blue work clothes, and she wanted to create a […]
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- October 07, 2015
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Nowadays there a numerous applications which can help you explore nature. One which has caught our attention is "Pan, Parcours Appli’ Nature". It is by the Green Space Agency (AEV in French) and tells you, on your smartphone, about all the riches you can find in 30 different areas. Thanks to its system of geo-localization […]
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- October 06, 2015
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For its new exhibition starting in two days, the National Museum of the Marine takes us to the ends of the North-West Atlantic, on long cod fishing campaigns of the 16th century. Through its "In the cracks" retrospective, the museum tells the whole story of "Great fishing" via extracts, novels and films, paintings and drawings […]
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- October 05, 2015
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