{"id":120141,"date":"2018-01-31T11:00:26","date_gmt":"2018-01-31T16:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=120141"},"modified":"2018-01-31T11:21:28","modified_gmt":"2018-01-31T16:21:28","slug":"paris-reviewed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2018\/01\/31\/paris-reviewed\/","title":{"rendered":"Paris, Reviewed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Real life reviews from the City of Light, compiled from\u00a0TripAdvisor.com<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_120150\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/musee_dorsay_north-west_view_paris_7e_140402.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-120150\" class=\"size-large wp-image-120150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/musee_dorsay_north-west_view_paris_7e_140402-1024x469.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"469\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/musee_dorsay_north-west_view_paris_7e_140402-1024x469.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/musee_dorsay_north-west_view_paris_7e_140402-300x137.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/musee_dorsay_north-west_view_paris_7e_140402-768x352.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-120150\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Musee d&#8217;Orsay<\/p><\/div>\n<p>MUS\u00c9E D\u2019ORSAY<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/one-star-rating-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-120156 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/one-star-rating-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"35\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tripadvisor.co.uk\/ShowUserReviews-g187147-d188150-r154507854-Musee_d_Orsay-Paris_Ile_de_France.html%23REVIEWS\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\nNot worth unless you are into art<br \/>\n<\/a>Only go if you are interested in art history.\u00a0I love history, but\u00a0I couldn\u2019t stay here for more than an hour, as its pictures\u00a0doesn\u2019t\u00a0make sense to me.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/eiffel-tower-paris-france-eiffel0217.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-120158\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/eiffel-tower-paris-france-eiffel0217-1024x640.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/eiffel-tower-paris-france-eiffel0217-1024x640.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/eiffel-tower-paris-france-eiffel0217-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/eiffel-tower-paris-france-eiffel0217-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/eiffel-tower-paris-france-eiffel0217.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>EIFFEL TOWER<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/one-star-rating-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-120156 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/one-star-rating-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"35\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tripadvisor.com\/ShowUserReviews-g187147-d188151-r439384897-Eiffel_Tower-Paris_Ile_de_France.html#REVIEWS\" target=\"_blank\">Very not good!<\/a><u><br \/>\n<\/u>We expect from the Eiffel Tower something romantic. But we got\u2014very not good and not clean around the Eiffel Tower!\u00a0At night you can\u2019t see the city of Paris because there is not enough lighting!!!<br \/>\nAfter visiting the Eiffel Tower, NO body helped us to find the way to go down!!!<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_120144\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/shutterstockrf_139821658.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-120144\" class=\"size-large wp-image-120144\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/shutterstockrf_139821658-1024x749.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"749\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/shutterstockrf_139821658-1024x749.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/shutterstockrf_139821658-300x220.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/shutterstockrf_139821658-768x562.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-120144\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cathedral of Notre Dame, Paris, France.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>N\u00d4TRE DAME<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/one-star-rating-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-120156 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/one-star-rating-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"35\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tripadvisor.com\/ShowUserReviews-g187147-d188679-r363464089-Notre_Dame_Cathedral-Paris_Ile_de_France.html%23REVIEWS\" target=\"_blank\">10-euro charge to see a small church<br \/>\n<\/a>All church\u2019s were free to see in Italy\u00a0but not in France.<br \/>\nYou pay 10 euro to see house of God What a business ?\u00a0Over priced !!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_120145\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/01_feerie-de-1900-f2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-120145\" class=\"wp-image-120145 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/01_feerie-de-1900-f2-1024x666.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/01_feerie-de-1900-f2-1024x666.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/01_feerie-de-1900-f2-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/01_feerie-de-1900-f2-768x499.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/01_feerie-de-1900-f2.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-120145\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The floor show at the Moulin Rouge.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>MOULIN ROUGE<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/one-star-rating-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-120156 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/one-star-rating-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"35\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tripadvisor.com\/ShowUserReviews-g187147-d189283-r527624008-Moulin_Rouge-Paris_Ile_de_France.html#REVIEWS\" target=\"_blank\">Worse show ever&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<\/u>An excruciating one and half hours of pain watching dancers out of sync (like they couldn&#8217;t be bothered) and even the odd appearance of clowns??? wtf? CLOWNS really? I was expecting a &#8220;sexy show&#8221; with : Voulez Vous Couchez Avec Moix and instead got odd songs and even freaking ponies on stage?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/17038540_867176946758525_4178719549597678908_o.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-120146 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/17038540_867176946758525_4178719549597678908_o.jpg\" width=\"960\" height=\"507\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/17038540_867176946758525_4178719549597678908_o.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/17038540_867176946758525_4178719549597678908_o-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/17038540_867176946758525_4178719549597678908_o-768x406.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>LES DEUX MAGOTS<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/one-star-rating-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-120156 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/one-star-rating-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"35\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tripadvisor.com\/ShowUserReviews-g187147-d714904-r214155952-Cafe_Les_Deux_Magots-Paris_Ile_de_France.html%23REVIEWS\" target=\"_blank\">Hemingway ate here all the time. Hemingway also shot himself.<br \/>\n<\/a>Draw your own conclusions.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/cimetiere-pere-lachaise-paris-east-village-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-120148\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/cimetiere-pere-lachaise-paris-east-village-2-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/cimetiere-pere-lachaise-paris-east-village-2.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/cimetiere-pere-lachaise-paris-east-village-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/cimetiere-pere-lachaise-paris-east-village-2-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cimetiere P\u00e8re LachaiseP\u00c8RE LACHAISE CEMETARY<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/one-star-rating-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-120156 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/one-star-rating-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"35\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tripadvisor.com\/ShowUserReviews-g187147-d188698-r536666700-Pere_Lachaise_Cemetery_Cimetiere_du_Pere_Lachaise-Paris_Ile_de_France.html%23REVIEWS\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\nLots of famous people, but it gives me the creeps<br \/>\n<\/a>I always thought P\u00e8re Lachaise was a tourist attraction I shouldn\u2019t miss. I happened to be walking by it one day. It was a cold gray day in November, but I swear the place is full of entities\u2014disembodied beings. The energy pouring over the wall of this place felt like what you&#8217;d see in flood waters, dirty greasy full of trash! I will not be visiting. If you\u2019re psychic\u2014be warned.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_120149\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/shakespeare-and-co.-paris-bookstore.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-120149\" class=\"size-large wp-image-120149\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/shakespeare-and-co.-paris-bookstore-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/shakespeare-and-co.-paris-bookstore-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/shakespeare-and-co.-paris-bookstore-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/shakespeare-and-co.-paris-bookstore-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/shakespeare-and-co.-paris-bookstore.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-120149\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shakespeare and Company Bookstore<\/p><\/div>\n<p>SHAKESPEARE AND\u00a0COMPANY<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/one-star-rating-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-120156 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/one-star-rating-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"35\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tripadvisor.com\/ShowUserReviews-g187147-d263032-r501816904-Shakespeare_and_Company_Bookstore-Paris_Ile_de_France.html%23REVIEWS\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\nWelcome to North Korea<br \/>\n<\/a>I was very excited to visit the iconic Shakespeare and Company bookstore, but on arrival, it felt like I was entering North Korea because of their archaic no-photographs rule. I still enjoyed the beauty of the store, but the suppressive and censorial atmosphere motivated me to get out of there as soon as possible.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_120151\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/unnamed.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-120151\" class=\"wp-image-120151 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/unnamed.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/unnamed.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/unnamed-300x126.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/unnamed-768x323.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-120151\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Louvre<\/p><\/div>\n<p>THE LOUVRE<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/one-star-rating-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-120156 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/one-star-rating-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"35\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tripadvisor.com\/ShowUserReviews-g187147-d188757-r361094174-Louvre_Museum-Paris_Ile_de_France.html#REVIEWS\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/www.tripadvisor.com\/ShowUserReviews-g187147-d188757-r361094174-Louvre_Museum-Paris_Ile_de_France.html%23REVIEWS&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1515783371871000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGqkfFcbOa2WKNAYd7YwXdmZ2syEw\">Who put the pee in Paris<\/a><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tripadvisor.com\/ShowUserReviews-g187147-d188757-r361094174-Louvre_Museum-Paris_Ile_de_France.html#REVIEWS\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/www.tripadvisor.com\/ShowUserReviews-g187147-d188757-r361094174-Louvre_Museum-Paris_Ile_de_France.html%23REVIEWS&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1515783371871000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGqkfFcbOa2WKNAYd7YwXdmZ2syEw\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/em>Was in Paris for a very short time, love the place! Took a river cruise to see the sights, got off at the Louvre, had a coffee and cake, yummy! Needed a pee, as most people do on occassions. So I went to the shopping mall under the pyramid at the Louvre, went to the toilets, loo, or whatever you call it. \u20ac1.50 for a pee! Now I know they were taking the piss! And I know where the <em>p<\/em>\u00a0in Paris comes from.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Rosa Rankin-Gee is the author of<\/em> The Last Kings of Sark.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Real life reviews from the City of Light, compiled from\u00a0TripAdvisor.com MUS\u00c9E D\u2019ORSAY Not worth unless you are into art Only go if you are interested in art history.\u00a0I love history, but\u00a0I couldn\u2019t stay here for more than an hour, as its pictures\u00a0doesn\u2019t\u00a0make sense to me. &nbsp; EIFFEL TOWER Very not good! 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