Paris Orly- Top Attractions

Eiffel Tower
Towering over the Champ de Mars in the smart seventh arrondissement, the Eiffel Tower is a masterpiece in itself. This magnificent attraction offers a sweeping panorama of Paris. You can get a fascinating view of the delicate ironwork of Gustave Eiffel, who was commissioned to build the tower for the Exposition Universelle in 1889, the centenary of the French Revolution.
More over, the restaurant at the second floor serves scrumptious cuisine, where you can dine while you enjoy the panoramic view from the restaurant. Visit to Eiffel Tower will surely make a memorable day for you.

Cathedral of Our Lady
Situated on the Ile-de-la-Cité, the stocky Notre-Dame Cathedral is another popular attraction. The construction of the cathedral began in 1163, and completed in 1345.
The result is a Gothic masterpiece, with three stunning rose windows.
Visitors should be prepared to climb the 387 spiral steps to the top of the 75m (246ft) north tower.
The views over the River Seine and the city centre are breathtaking. There is also a treasury with various liturgical objects on display.

The Sacred Heart Basilica
The Catholic Church, built between 1870 and 1919, reflect a mishmash of styles.
Beliefs have it say it had been constructed to fulfill a vow made during the Franco-Prussian war.
A long, wide series of steps lead to the snowy-white-domed Sacré-Coeur that dominates the arty district of Montmartre. The interior is impressive with neo-Byzantine mosaics and the domed tower offers a spectacular view over Paris.
The crypt contains an attractive collection of religious relics and a slide show on the construction of the Basilica. Below the church, a park tumbles down the hillside in a flurry of benches that make an ideal spot for surveying the city skyline.

Rodin Museum
The Rodin Museum populates the interior and gardens with sculptures of Auguste Rodin. The Kiss portrays eternal passion frozen in white marble, while The Hand of God gives life to creamy white, half-formed figures.
Works of Rodin’s mistress and pupil, Camille Claudel, and paintings by Van Gogh, Monet, Renoir, and Rodin himself are also on display. The monumental bronze and controversial portraits of Balzac and many more pepper the gardens.

Museum of Orsay
An impressively converted railway station by the banks of the Seine is stunning large museum exhibiting in its collection of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist art. The collection, covering the decisive 1848-1914 period, is arranged chronologically, beginning on the ground floor, jumping to the third, and then descending to the middle level. Among the most famous works are Manet’s Déjeuner sur l’Herbe (Luncheon on the Grass), rejected from the Salon of 1863, five of Monet’s paintings of Rouen Cathedral and the realist work, L’Origine du Monde (The Origin of the World), by Gustave Courbet, whose graphic depiction of the female sex continues to shock.