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GDZIE WYJECHAĆ?21WHERE SHALL WE GO?Łuk Triumfalny | Arc de TriomphePARIS SEEMS TO BE A DIFFI-CULT CITY TO GET A GRASP OF.YOU CAN’T TAKE IT ALL IN WITHA SINGLE SWEEP OF THE EYESOR A SHORT STROLL. BUT IT’SNOT SO BIG AT ALL. IN FACT,FEWER PEOPLE LIVE WITHINITS ADMINISTRATIVE BOUNDA-RIES THAN IN THE SILESIANAGGLOMERATION. THE ORBIT-AL HIGHWAY DEFINES AN AREAWITH A POPULATION OF2 MILLION PEOPLE. IF YOUPLAN WELL, YOU CAN DO THE‘MUST-SEES’ OF THE FRENCHCAPITAL IN TWO DAYS.To get around Paris, you can use trams(three lines), buses (double-digit numberswithin the city, and triple-digit numbersin the suburbs), as well as the RER (in thesuburbs), and the metro which has severallines designated with different colours.The metro doesn’t run around the clock(there’s a break from 1:20 am – 5:30 am),but it’s the best way to get around particularlyif you’re doing an intensive tourof the city.Day 1All the major tourist attractions in theFrench capital are in its centre, which straddlesthe River Seine and Île de la Cité iswhere our journey begins. Shaped like aship, this long island is the scene of the city’sfirst settlement. The area was firstinhabited by the Parisii tribe, then theRomans, and later on became the capitalof the Merovingian Dynasty. With theriver straddling it, Île de la Cité is whereyou’ll find the absolute highlights of thecity – the Cathedral of Notre-Dame, withits stunning interior and phenomenal exteriordating back to the thirteenth century,or the rebuilt Conciergerie, the charmingtwo-storey Gothic Sainte- Chapelle or themedieval streets of Paris. Every few minutesyou’ll see tourist restaurant-boatswhisking up and down the Seine. Manypass under the famous Pont Neuf (NewBridge) or the Passerelle des Arts (Artists’Footbridge) which offers the best view ofthis part of the city.It’s best to start your tour on the Île dela Cité, because here, savouring Parisfor breakfast, you can decide and planwhere we to go. The choice is enormous,but let’s walk along the southern bank,through the Latin Quarter, which is a lotmore densely built-up, compact, with morenarrow streets than the northern section.If you turn to the West, you can visit (ifarchitecture’s your thing) the Gothic Saint-Germain-des-Prés church, which for a longtime was actually outside the city limits. Amuch more peaceful and lazy walk wouldbe along the river bank with stops at theFrench Institute and the Musée d' Orsay –probably the most famous museum inParis, apart from, of course, the Louvre,located on the other side of the Seine. It’samazing that the building of the Musée d'Orsay was actually the city’s main railwaystation, in the past. The way that they city