Italy Gained in Michelin Guide with a New Three-Star Restaurant

Italy has a new Michelin three-star restaurant today with the promotion of Osteria Francescana, Massimo Bottura’s establishment in Modena.

Italy now has a total of seven restaurants with three stars and 38 with two. Three stars mean exceptional cuisine, worth a special journey; two are for excellent cooking, worth a detour; one denotes a very good restaurant in its category.

Michelin & Cie. is the world’s second-biggest tiremaker, after Bridgestone Corp. It produced its first guide in August 1900, distributed free of charge (until 1920) and intended for chauffeurs. The guide contained practical information, including street maps and tips on using and repairing tires.

Tours in Europe - Food and Culture

There’s more than one way to say hello in Europe. No two countries are the same, and the different languages and cultures make the continent amazing.

Enjoy the super friendly Irish hospitality and foot-stomping rhythms, listen in to the lively conversations in Spain or Italy, or sit outside a café with the Paris locals. Be ready to barter for a bargain in Turkey’s markets or jump in a black cab in London and see if you can get a great tale out of the driver.

Fashionistas will love the style and glamour of Paris and Milan. Art, music and design fans will love Madrir, Venice, and Stockholm. And London is a Royal watcher’s dream.

The Best Restaurants in the World

Europe-basedRestaurant Magazinerecently revealed the 25 Best Restaurants in the World, chosen by an international panel of more than 600 impossible-to-please restaurateurs, chefs, food critics and industry experts.

The Fat Duck, Bray, Berkshire, Britain

El Bulli, Montjoi, Spain

French Laundry, California

Tetsuya’s, Sydney, Australia

Gordon Ramsay, London, Britain

Pierre Gagnaire, Paris, France

Per Se, New York, New York

Tom Aikens, London, Britain

Jean Georges, New York, New York

St John, London, Britain

Louis XV, Monaco

Chez Panisse, California

Charlie Trotter, Chicago, Illinois

Gramercy Tavern, New York, New York

Guy Savoy, Paris, France

Alain Ducasse, Paris, France

Sketch (Gallery), London, Britain

The Waterside Inn, Bray, Britain

Nobu, London, Britain

Arzak, San Sebastian, Spain

L’Hotel de Ville, Crissier, Switzerland

Tourism in Paris - Best Places, Restaurants, Hotels

Museums in Paris:

• Musée des Années Trente
• Cité de l'Architecture et du Patrimoine
• Musée de l'Armée
• Musée Arménien de France
• Musée d'Art Contemporain du Val-de-Marne
• Musée d'Art et d'Histoire du Judaïsme
• Musée Boleslas Biegas
• Musée Bouchard
• Musée de l'érotisme
• Musée d'Ethnographie du Trocadéro
• Musée de l'Éventail

Climate in Paris:

Summer days are usually warm and pleasant with average temperatures hovering between 15 and 25 °C, Some years have even witnessed some long periods of harsh summer weather, such as the heat wave of 2003 where temperatures exceeded 30 °C (86 °F) for weeks, surged up to 40 °C (104 °F) on some days and seldom cooled down at night. More recently, the average temperature for July 2011 was +17.6 °C, with an average minimum temperature of 12.9 ° and an average maximum temperature of 23.7 °C. 

Airports in Paris: 


Three international airports, Orly, Roissy and le Bourget, serve the city. The city's subway system, the métro, was opened in 1900.


Restaurants in Paris: 

Restaurantes en el barrio Alésia – Cité Universitaire – Denfert-Rochereau  Restaurantes en el barrio André Citroën – Lecourbe – Porte de Versailles  Restaurantes en el barrio Barbès – Pigalle  Restaurantes en el barrio Bastille  Restaurantes en el barrio Bercy – Gare de Lyon - Porte de Vincennes  Restaurantes en el barrio Bercy / Tolbiac / Bois de Vincennes  Restaurantes en el barrio Buttes-Chaumont – Belleville – Ménilmontant  Restaurantes en el barrio Champs-Elysées / Louvre  Restaurantes en el barrio Châtelet – Les Halles - Sentier  Restaurantes en el barrio Foch – Porte Maillot  Restaurantes en el barrio Gare du Nord – Gare de l’Est – Canal Saint-Martin  Restaurantes en el barrio Haussmann - Grands boulevards  Restaurantes en el barrio Invalides  Restaurantes en el barrio La Chapelle – Marché aux Puces  Restaurantes en el barrio La Villette / Belleville / Canal Saint-Martin  Restaurantes en el barrio La Villette

Hotels in Paris:

Hotel de Crillon		770 €uro	770 €uro
Hotel de Vendôme	Luxe	450 €uro	535 €uro
Hotel Regina		375 €uro	450 €uro
Normandy Hotel		267 €uro	336 €uro
Best Western Premier Opera-Richepanse		240 €uro	240 €uro
Washington-Opera PROMO		215 €uro	215 €uro
Le Relais St Honore PROMO		203 €uro	203 €uro
Hotel de la Place du Louvre		125 €uro	160 €uro
Hotel des Tuileries		140 €uro	150 €uro
Hotel Le Relais du Louvre		125 €uro	170 €uro
Grand Hotel de Champagne		189 €uro	236 €uro
Hotel Britannique		155 €uro	185 €uro
Hotel Ducs d'Anjou		206 €uro	227 €uro
Hotel Pavillon Louvre Rivoli