Seine River Sightseeing Cruise

Located in the heart of the romantic city of Paris is one of its iconic monuments, the Eiffel Tower, which symbolizes the city. Popularly known as the “Iron Lady”, the 324 meters tower, or as the French call it, La Tour Eiffel, is made up of 18,000 iron parts and is one of the world’s most recognizable landmarks. Take a look at the magnificent tower which was designed as a centerpiece of the 1889 Exposition Universelle (World's Fair) in Paris. Being located near the river makes it one of the places to see from Seine River Sightseeing Cruise.

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Île de la Cité is one of two attraction-packed islands that is included in the sights covered in Seine River Sightseeing Cruise. The beautiful island is the home of world-famous ancient architectural grandeurs.

You will be able to see the Conciergerie, Notre Dame Cathedral, and Sainte-Chapelle while passing this island. Apart from these places, the island is also known to be the birthplace of Paris and has other attractions such as a haunting World War II memorial, flower and bird market of the early 1800s etc. If you are interested in the history of Paris, there is an archaeological dig to take a look at the layers of Paris's history or a square with its 1600s buildings.

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One of the sights covered in Seine River Sightseeing Cruise is the famous Louvre Museum, known for its rice painting collection from around the world. Louvre Museum, also known as the French Musée du Louvre, is the national museum and art gallery of France. It is housed in a magnificent palace in Paris on the right-bank site of the 12th-century fortress of Philip Augustus.

The art museum has collections that span work from the ancient civilisation to the mid-19th century and houses several masterpieces of Italian Renaissance painters such as Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa. The museum also displays treasures of French royalty such as bronzes, miniature, jewellery etc. in its vast complex of two main quadrilateral buildings and has two large courtyards for exploration.

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While on your Seine River Sightseeing Cruise, be on the lookout to see two impressive buildings - the Grand-Palais and the Petit-Palais that were designed to showcase the splendor of Paris to the world in the 1900 Universal Exhibition.

As you pass the Grand Palais, you will be able to witness a 240-metre long facade with an iconic colonnade which hides a mosaic frieze portraying art across different civilisations. Watch Two monumental bronze quadrigae crown each end of the main facade. You will find the Petit Palais, another one of the places to see from the Seine River Sightseeing Cruise, on the opposite side of the Grand Palais. The Petit Palais is structured around a semi-circular courtyard with a beautiful inner garden. Watch the grand porch of the building with its beautiful railings and a gold-leafed door.

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As your cross Louvre, take a look at the other side of the river Seine to take a look at another one of the sights covered in Seine River Sightseeing Cruise, the Musée d’Orsay. Musée d’Orsay is one of the best-known museums in Paris and originated in 1900 as a train station. Look at the perfectly symmetrical north façade with its two clocks. Inside the museum is the world’s finest collection of Impressionism along with art pieces of Nabis art and Art Nouveau. The place contains works of artists such as Cézanne, Monet, Renoir, Van Gogh, Rodin, Mackintosh and others.

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One of the places to see from Seine River Sightseeing Cruise is the world-famous Notre Dame Cathedral, also known as Notre-Dame de Paris. The church is the most famous Gothic cathedral of the Middle Ages and is well known for its antiquity, sheer size and architectural magnificence. You will find the church located on the eastern end of the Île de la Cité.

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