What Makes Paris So Special?

There's no doubt about it - Paris is special. It is a city that has, for centuries, held captive the imaginations of travellers around the world. Many of the most prolific and celebrated writers and philosophers of all time worked in Paris and it is one of the top honeymoon destinations on earth. Paris definitely has that certain je ne sais quoi, but what makes Paris so special?

Romantic Walks - During the day or at night, Paris is a beautiful city in which to take a stroll. Walk alongside the romantic waters of the flowing Seine, take a trek through the charming alleyways of Montmarte - the city is your oyster!

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Beautiful Sights - Paris is filled with beauty, from its fashionable citizens to its adorable little shop fronts, idyllic streets and lovely museums. The city has some of the best architecture in Europe, to boot.

What Makes Paris So Special?

Gorgeous Food - Let's face it - the French practically invented haute cuisine, and where better to sample some of the best French food in the world than Paris? Most of the top chefs come to Paris to train in the city's dozens of top-notch restaurants, giving you the chance to taste-test your way through this gourmet paradise!

Iconic Landmarks - From the spire of the Eiffel Tower to the striking pyramid at the Louvre, Paris has some incredibly famous landmarks. Take a trip down the Seine is a boat, view Quasi Moto's hideaway at Notre Dame Cathedral and enjoy the sunrise over the Sacre Coeur.

Parks & Gardens - European royalty has often enjoyed the splendour of the Parisian outdoors, and so can you. From the quaint lawns of the Jardin du Luxembourg to the decadent greenery of the royal tuileries, the parks and gardens in Paris are truly special.

What Makes Paris So Special? Romania (#07): Sighetu Marmatiei Video Clips. Duration : 19.63 Mins.

Sighetu Marmatiei ... inhabited since the Hallstatt period, the urban area was situated on an important route that followed the Tisza Valley. The first mention of a settlement dates back to the 11th century, and the city as such was first mentioned in 1326. In 1352, it was a free royal town and the capital of Máramaros comitatus of the Kingdom of Hungary. From 1556, the settlement was a residence of Transylvanian Princes; from 1570 to 1733, the town and the county were part of the Principality of Transylvania. In 1733, King Charles III returned it and Máramaros County to his Hungarian domain. Sighetu Marmatiei was one of the Romanian, Rusyn, and Jewish cultural and political centers in the Kingdom of Hungary. It became part of the Kingdom of Romania at the end of World War I, and was again under Hungarian administration during World War II as a result of the Second Vienna Award. The latter lasted until 1944 and in these years more than 20000 Jews from Sighet would be sent to Auschwitz (including the Nobel Peace Prize winner Elie Wiesel, born in Sighet) and other Nazi extermination camps. Nowadays there are only about 100 Jews living in Sighetu Marmatiei. The Treaty of Paris at the end of World War II voided the Vienna Awards, and Sighetu Marmatiei returned to Romania. In the 1950s and 1960s, after the establishment of the Romanian communist regime, the Securitate ran the Sighet prison as a place for political repression of public figures that had been declared "class ...

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